Development and Protection of the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Hungary - Croatia

Date of latest update: 2024-03-26

Description

Description (EN):

The UNESCO’ programme Man and Biosphere declared the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube in June 2012, on the area of the Republic of Croatia and Hungary. Management institution from both country increase their cooperation by development joint projects which are successfully applied on different programmes for financing – IPA CBC HU-HR programme, INTERREG Danube Transnational programme, LIFE+ and LIFE programme. Those projects are related to the habitat restoration, landscape rehabilitation, education and eco-tourism development such as Three Rivers-One Aim, Water and Life for Drava and Vuka, Lingua, Two Rivers and One Hill, Old Drava, Drava Life. During the projects implementation an excellent partnership has been developed between the Hungarian and Croatian beneficiaries. These projects targeted certain issues, but during their realisation the need for an overall, harmonised management occurred. The project Riverside aimed to elaborate a Joint Nature Conservation Management Policy (hereafter Policy) for the core and buffer zones of Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube (hereafter TBR MDD). The Policy will focus on the following issues: give a general description of TBR MDD; state main threats and challenges for conservation; suggest potential solutions and management practices; share best practices and case studies; give recommendations for further development. In the development of the Policy, other relevant stakeholders (Ministries, water, forestry, tourism management, regional councils, local inhabitants,..) will be included. Fostering the joint management among the partners, mutual studies will be launched targeting selected Natura 2000 species (especially dragonfly species). Furthermore, protection measures will be applied on some Natura 2000 habitats and species. The message of the Policy will be shared not only with the stakeholders or decision makers, but wide public will be informed about the value and importance of TBR MDD too. Also, the small scale of infrastructure will improve the managment activities with visitors in the area of TBR MDD and with that consequently connected better managment with Natura 2000 habitats and species. The Representative book of TBR MDD will be published to show the joint efforts of management institutions. Numerous public events will be organized (3 Biosphere Reserve days, 3 Biodiverity days, Waterparty, Kick of and Closing conference, workshops, trainings) will be organised for the local inhabitants and stakeholders. To make the TBR MDD more tangible, promotional material (leaflets, giveaways...) will be made and distributed. The project will be realised by management institutions and Zala county, from Hungarian side Duna-Drava NPD, from Croatian side public institutions for nature protection from Međimurje, Varaždin, Koprivnica-Križevci, Virovitica-podravina i Osijek-Baranja county. To improve the quality of wetland habitats a small scale habitat restoration is planned within the Duna-Drava National Park, by partially dredging the Kisinci lake. Each beneficiary will participate in the development of the Policy and take part in the presentation and promotion of the TBR MDD. 20 studies and other document will be design during the project implementation. The Policy will be important for those stakeholders whose activity will affect the TBR MDD directly. The results of joint studies will be used by nature conservation managers and authorities. The wide public, especially the local inhabitants will benefit from the project by numerous public events, Representative book of TBR MDD and the multilingual leaflets. In all counties, TBR MDD is located in the eligible area. Although the concrete action will be realised in eligible area, the Policy will also mention those parts of TBR MDD (Tolna and Bács-Kiskun county), which are outside the eligible area. The planned project duration is 24 months.

Achievements (EN):

The project Riverside aimed to elaborate a Joint Nature Conservation Management Policy for the core and buffer zones of Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. The Policy will focus to give a general description of TBR MDD, state main threats and challenges for conservation, suggest potential solutions and management practices, share best practices and case studies and give recommendations for further development. The book of TBR MDD is published to show the joint efforts of management institutions and numerous public events (3 Biosphere Reserve days, 3 Biodiversity days, Waterparty, workshops, trainings) were organized for the local inhabitants and stakeholders.

Website: http://www.huhr-cbc.com

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources

Specific Objective: Restoring the ecological diversity in the border area

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 (7)

Lead Partner: Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim dijelovima prirode i ekološkom mrežom Virovitičko-podravske županije

Address: Noskovci 2/a, 33523 Čađavica, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://virovitica-nature.hr/

Total budget: EUR 188 138.45

ERDF budget: EUR 159 917.68

Javna ustanova agencija za upravljanje zaštićenim prirodnim vrijednostima na području Osječko-baranjske županije

Name: Javna ustanova agencija za upravljanje zaštićenim prirodnim vrijednostima na području Osječko-baranjske županije

Address: Županijska 4/III, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.obz-zastita-prirode.hr/

Total budget: EUR 86 355.64

ERDF budget: EUR 73 402.29

Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim dijelovima prirode na području Koprivničko-križevačke županij

Name: Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim dijelovima prirode na području Koprivničko-križevačke županij

Address: Florijanski trg 4/II, 48000 Koprivnica, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: https://zastita-prirode-kckzz.hr/

Total budget: EUR 92 735.00

ERDF budget: EUR 78 824.75

Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim dijelovima prirode Varaždinske županije

Name: Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim dijelovima prirode Varaždinske županije

Address: Ulica Stanka Vraza 4, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: https://priroda-vz.hr

Total budget: EUR 128 746.00

ERDF budget: EUR 109 434.10

Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság

Name: Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság

Address: Tettye tér 9., 7625 Pécs, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ddnp.hu

Total budget: EUR 214 820.31

ERDF budget: EUR 182 597.26

Međimurska priroda - Javna ustanova za zaštitu prirode

Name: Međimurska priroda - Javna ustanova za zaštitu prirode

Address: Trg međimurske prirode 1, 40315 Mursko središće, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.medjimurska-priroda.info/

Total budget: EUR 119 955.00

ERDF budget: EUR 101 961.75

Zala Vármegye Önkormányzata

Name: Zala Vármegye Önkormányzata

Address: Kosztolányi street 10, 8900 Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zala.hu

Total budget: EUR 123 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 104 975.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Development and Protection of the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube

Project acronym: Riverside

Project start date: 2020-09-01

Project end date: 2022-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 954 250.40

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 811 112.83

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 811 112.83.

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Hungary - Croatia

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

2022-11-26

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

131 / 131 (100%)

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

413 / 413 (100%)

Notes on the data

Iinformation provided by the Programme. Part of the data was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2021-09-13 and 2022-11-14. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.huhr-cbc.com/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-29, 2023-01-20 and 2024-03-12.

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Development and Protection of the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube

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