Ecological Restoration of Mata Radeanu, Romania

NWRM

Application scale

River

Installation date

2009

Area subject to Land use change or Management/Practice change (ha)

605,400024414063

Favourable preconditions

Wetlands belong to the category of ecologically fragile areas, their dynamic being influenced mainly by the qualitative and quantitative characteristic of the water in the hydrographical basin in which they extend. For this reason, the conservation measures promoted in these spaces must be doubled by a strict control of the anthropic activities / arrangements using water for different purposes or as a medium of discharging some wastes.

Public consultation

Design contractual arrangement

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Design consultation activity

Activity stage	Key issues	Name	Comments
Implementation phase	These include information dissemination, consultation of every village in the area, and active participation and education with local educational material to be produced. The project takes into account that there is a relatively high illiteracy in the area and will address stakeholders in wide variety of ways, including picture books, nature trails, six annual environment days with expeditions into the area, children's exhibitions, and bird watching towers	Awareness raising activities

Design land use change

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Design authority

Authority type	Role	Name
Regional / sub-national water authority	Monitoring	Regional Environmental Protection Agency Galati
Other	Initiation of the measure	County Council Galati
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	University of Bucharest, Research Center for Environment and Impact Studies
NGO	Monitoring	Romanian Ornithological Society
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	Forestry Department Galati
Other	Determination of design details of the measure	Park Administration Lower Prut Floodplain

Key lessons

Restoration of the area for the redevelopment and broadening of natural habitats for fish, birds and further species that may contribute to the expansion of the Natura 2000 network.

Success factor(s)

Success factor type	Success factor role	Comments
Attitude of decision makers	main factor

Financing

Financing type	Comments
EU-funds: LIFE+	The European Commission - LIFE Nature
National funds	The Ministry of Environment and the Sustainable Development
Local funds	Galati County Council

Barrier

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Driver

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Financing share type	Share	Comments
European funds	50	412.355 Euro
National funds	50	412.355 Euro

Policy description

To deal with the degradation of hydrological structures, the project also aims to re-establish the ecological balance of the lakes, including improvement of the water level and its maintenance. The rehabilitation works are aimed at the maintaining of the water level of the Mata Lake for the protection of the existing habitats, an area making integral part of special conservation area in the Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park, both during drought periods and the flooding ones.

Quantified objectives

The rehabilitation works will consist in the restoration of the separation and subdivision in Mata Area. In October 2009 rehabilitation works were carried out on the dykes on Mata Lake, Galati County.The works consisted of filling with soil and gravel and compacting the gaps that appeared in the dykes. The two dykes, making the object of the investment are: dike 1 (1800 m), separating Mata Lake (Galati county) from Carja Lake (Vaslui County) and dike 2 (3600 m), separating Mata Lake into two basins.

Part of wider plan

Policy target

Target purpose
Increase Water Storage
Improved Biodiversity
Groundwater Recharge

Policy pressure

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Policy area

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Policy impact

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Policy wider plan

Wider plan type	Wider plan focus	Name	Comments
National	Environment & Biodiversity	Lower Danube Green Corridor programme

Policy requirement directive

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Direct benefits information

Better conditions for the birds population; increasing the number for aquatic bird species (especially those listed in Annex I of Birds Directive, Bern Convention and in ORNIS lists); improve the trophic state and saprobity of the target aquatic systems; allowing the water oxygenation of the lakes through the input of the fresh water from the Prut River; including the monitoring birds protocols in the adaptive Management Plan of Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park;

Ancillary benefits information

Supply the potential of fisheries resources; using the potential of providing services for tourism and recreation;

Costs total

824710

Ecosystem improved biodiversity

Information on Ecosystem improved biodiversity

Restoration of aquatic birds sites in the natural protected area located in Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park - Mata Lake

National Id

Romania_ 06

Site name

Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park

Summary

The project's objective was to improve the conservation status of aquatic bird species in Lower Prut Floodplain Natural Park, Galati County, Romania, through a series of strategic interventions involving scientific inventory, monitoring activities, sites restoration, raising awareness activities, implementation of the park management plan and designating four Special Protected Area - Romanian Natura 2000 sites. Partners were the University of Bucharest, Romanian ornithological society and Romsilva-Galati Forestry.

NUTS Code

Sud-Est

RBD code

RO1000

Transboundary

Data provider

Bogdan Barbu, RECImola Koszta

Longitude

28.097778

Latitude

46.090833

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