European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-602
  • fiwar:
    LIFE17 NAT/HU/000577
  • Project_Acronym:
    WISEDRAVALIFE
  • Project_Name:
    Wise water management for the conservation of riverine and floodplain habitats along the Drava River
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Nature
  • Focus Area:
    Grasslands,Freshwater,Forests
  • Begin Date:
    2018-07-01
  • End Date:
    2024-03-31
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 001 778 117.00
  • Description:
    WISEDRAVALIFE aims to improve the conservation status and resilience of the three riparian habitats - alluvial forests, water courses and alluvial meadows - on the Croatian-Hungarian stretches of the Drava river. The project will take action to improve the water regime and biodiversity of the riparian forests, restore habitats and control invasive alien species. It also aims to apply new approaches to combat riverbed degradation. Through its work, WISEDRAVALIFE will contribute to the implementation of EU legislation, namely the Birds, Habitats, Water Framework and Flood directives. Specific objectives: Assessment of the root causes of riverbed incision along the Drava river; Provide solutions/implement area-specific measures to combat riverbed degradation and to improve the conservation status of the habitats targeted; Integration of project results into national and European policies. Expected results: Redesign of existing river regulation structures (in at least three locations within the project area); Reconnection of one side branch to the Drava river; Construction of five bottom weirs to improve the water retention capacity of Lankoc Forest and installation of three sluices on side channels of the Dombo watercourse, improving water supply in the forest; Purchase of land (almost 45 ha) in Lankóc Forest to overcome conflicts of interest between landowners and nature conservation management bodies; Improved ecological condition of habitats in Lankóc Forest (on over 500 ha); Elimination of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), a non-native tree species covering more than half of a wooded area in Gyékényes, and planting of young forest; Installation of black stork nests and bat boxes; and Development of recommendations for harmonising the management plans of river basin, flood risk and Natura 2000 areas.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE17-NAT-HU-000577/wise-water-management-for-the-conservation-of-riverine-and-floodplain-habitats-along-the-drava-river
  • Inland water types:
    Rivers and estuaries', 'Wetlands'