Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2024-03-22

Description

Description (EN):

Many valuable ecological corridors of the Carpathian and other mountain ranges in the Danube region are impeded or threatened by economic development such as linear transport infrastructure construction or intensive agricultural, forestry, or water management practices. The reason for this conflict is that they are not sufficiently planned with the goal to maintain ecological connectivity and flow of multiple ecosystem services that these Green Infrastructure elements provide. Mitigation measures such as green bridges are often missing or dysfunctional because of inadequate design, location and inappropriate management of surrounding land use by e.g. agriculture or forestry. The impacts are traffic-kills and lowered reproductive success of key species dependent on functional corridors. The project SaveGREEN aims to demonstrate ways of designing appropriate mitigation measures and maintaining or improving the functionality of ecological corridors through integrated planning. It thereby builds on key results of the DTP projects TRANSGREEN, ConnectGREEN, and HARMON. Monitoring the impact of such measures will help us to learn and derive proper recommendations for follow-up action and policy design. The focus of the project will be on critical ecological corridors of the Alpine-Carpathian Corridor, SW-Carpathians, Zakarpattia, Beskydy, Lyulin and Balkan mountains impacted by linear transport projects and unsustainable land use. We will foster cross-sectoral collaboration, build capacity for replication of pilots and upscale results through improved policy frameworks. The project partnership covers key sectors to be involved in integrated planning of mitigation measures: nature conservation (ministries, agencies, authorities, NGOs), research and education (universities, research institution), transport (ministries, motorway companies) and consultancy business (limited company) and ASPs from complementary sectors from AT, BG, CZ, FR, GE, GR, HU, RO, SK and UA.

Achievements (EN):

For the past two-and-a-half years, the SaveGREEN project has focused on identifying, collecting, and promoting the best solutions for safeguarding ecological corridors in the Carpathians and other mountain ranges in the Danube region. Ecological corridors in the region are currently under threat, due mostly to a lack of adequate planning for economic development initiatives. Basing its work on integrated planning, SaveGREEN has monitored the impact of mitigation measures in eight pilot areas and has drafted relevant recommendations for follow-up actions and policy design.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of key actors in the programme area in order to foster restoration and management of ecological corridors (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

Contributing to the programme-specific result indicator, improved cross-sectoral cooperation in the fields of nature conservation, natural assets management (wildlife, forests, water), transport and land use/spatial planning will enhance GI coherence in Carpathian, Alpine and Balkan mountain valleys by planning and implementing coherent integrated mitigation measures for minimising negative impact of economic development. Key stakeholders incl. public authorities will be trained on 1) SEA targeting ecological connectivity, 2) EIA for projects in ecological corridors (based on TRANSGREEN and ConnectGREEN outputs), 3) developing integrated mitigation measures for maintenance of corridors (based on TRANSGREEN and ConnectGREEN results), 4) developing action plans for GI improvement in pilot areas, 5) securing funding for implementation of mitigation measures. They will use this new knowledge in their professional environment. Local cross-sectoral operational plans developed for 7 locations across 7 countries will present innovative and integrated solutions for increasing ecological functionality. The participatory approach of development will create ownership decision makers. Pilot area stakeholder groups will benefit from lessons learnt from other pilot areas with complementary foci and results of ConnectGREEN and TRANSGREEN at the transnational level. Policy-wise, decision-making bodies will be influenced to include financial allocations for environmental measures in new national programmes for disbursements of EU funds in line with EUSDR PA6 and EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030. The Carpathian Convention Action Plan on Sustainable Transport and the Strategy on Ecological Corridors will be adopted at COP6; ecological connectivity mainstreamed into EU, EUSDR and cross-macro-regional policy. The link between the revised Directive on Combined Transport (2021) under the Green Deal and project results will have been understood by transport stakeholder reached by this project.

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks

Specific Objective: Foster the restoration and management of ecological corridors (short title). Strengthen effective approaches to preservation, restoring and management of bio-corridors and wetlands of transnational relevance to contribute to the better conservation status of ecosystems of European relevance

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Umweltorganisation WWF Central and Eastern Europe

Address: Ottakringer Strasse 114-116, 1160 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.panda.org/cee

Total budget: EUR 368 231.15

ERDF budget: EUR 312 996.48

ЧЕРНОМОРСКА МРЕЖА НА НЕПРАВИТЕЛСТВЕНИТЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

Name: ЧЕРНОМОРСКА МРЕЖА НА НЕПРАВИТЕЛСТВЕНИТЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

Address: Dr- L. Zamenhof 2, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bsnn.org

Total budget: EUR 99 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 84 660.00

Българска Фондация Биоразнообразие

Name: Българска Фондация Биоразнообразие

Address: Triaditza 6, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 97 525.00

ERDF budget: EUR 82 896.25

Asociatia WWF Romania

Name: Asociatia WWF Romania

Address: Bulevardul Tudor Vladimirescu 29 3rd floor, 011536 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.wwf.ro/

Total budget: EUR 270 282.25

ERDF budget: EUR 229 739.91

Asociatia Zarand

Name: Asociatia Zarand

Address: Mihai Viteazul no. 44/63/E/10, 500187 Brasov, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.zarand.org

Total budget: EUR 248 935.75

ERDF budget: EUR 211 595.39

WWF Slovensko

Name: WWF Slovensko

Address: Medená 101/5, 81102 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: private

Website: http://slovakia.panda.org/

Total budget: EUR 246 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 209 865.00

Umweltbundesamt GmbH

Name: Umweltbundesamt GmbH

Department: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Address: Spittelauer Lände 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/

Total budget: EUR 237 404.67

ERDF budget: EUR 201 793.97

CEEweb a Biológiai sokféleségért

Name: CEEweb a Biológiai sokféleségért

Address: Széher út 40, 1021 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ceeweb.org

Total budget: EUR 224 330.00

ERDF budget: EUR 190 680.50

Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i.

Name: Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i.

Department: Department of Transportation and Environment (O22)

Address: Líšeňská 33a, 636 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cdv.cz/en

Total budget: EUR 198 841.45

ERDF budget: EUR 169 015.23

Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem

Name: Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem

Department: Department of Aquaculture & Department of Landscape Planning and Regional Development

Address: Páter K. 1, H-2100 Gödöllő, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://uni-mate.hu

Total budget: EUR 194 597.18

ERDF budget: EUR 165 407.60

Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Name: Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Address: Dolní náměstí 38, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Website: http://olomouc.hnutiduha.cz/

Total budget: EUR 194 431.25

ERDF budget: EUR 165 266.56

Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave - SPECTRA Centrum excelencie EÚ

Name: Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave - SPECTRA Centrum excelencie EÚ

Address: Vazovova 5, 812 43 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.stuba.sk

Total budget: EUR 153 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 130 262.50

EPC Consultanţă de mediu SRL

Name: EPC Consultanţă de mediu SRL

Address: Haga 7, floor 1 & 2, 011777 Bucharest, District 1, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.epcmediu.ro

Total budget: EUR 147 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 125 290.00

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WWF Central and Eastern Europe

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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Black Sea NGO Network

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Българска фондация "Биоразнообразие"

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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Association WWF Romania

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Zarand Association

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WWF Slovakia

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Umweltbundesamt GmbH

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CEEweb for Biodiversity

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Transport Research Centre Czech Republic

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Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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Hnutí DUHA Olomouc

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava - SPECTRA Centre of Excellence of EU

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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EPC Environmental Consultancy Ltd.

Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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Summary

Project name (EN): Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

Project acronym: SaveGREEN

Project start date: 2020-07-01

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 681 728.70

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 279 469.40

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 279 469.40.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

155 / 155 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

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Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

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