European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-612
  • fiwar:
    LIFE03 NAT/D/000005
  • Project_Acronym:
    Binnensalzstellen Thüringen
  • Project_Name:
    Conservation and development of the inland salt marshes of Northern Thuringia
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Nature
  • Focus Area:
    Grasslands,Coastal
  • Begin Date:
    2003-09-01
  • End Date:
    2008-08-31
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 002 440 050.00
  • Description:
    This LIFE Nature project sought to improve, enlarge and conserve the major inland or ‘continental’ salt marsh habitats. Its target was to expand their area to 110 ha by the end of the project. To achieve its overall objective, the project aimed to regain control over the water regime in the groundwater-dominated Esperstedter Ried basin in central Germany. Foreseen activities included the clearing of ditches and the construction or renovation of weirs. Such measures, and the construction of a connecting channel, would allow the development of saline habitats of varying humidity and conditions over a larger area. A preliminary measure required for these actions would be the purchase of land. After these interventions extensive grazing would need to be continued or introduced over the project area. Similarly, broad dissemination work would be needed to make the local population, tourists and guests of the nearby health resort aware of this very special habitat type.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE03-NAT-D-000005/conservation-and-development-of-the-inland-salt-marshes-of-northern-thuringia
  • Inland water types:
    Wetlands', 'Groundwater'