Project Title: DANUBEparksCONNECTED - Bridging the
Danube Protected Areas towards a Danube Habitat Corridor
Project budget: € 3,085,412
Co-financing source: Interreg Danube Transnational
Programme
Project duration: January 2017 – November 2019
Summary:
DANUBEparksCONNECTED has initiated the DANUBE HABITAT
CORRIDOR campaign to counteract fragmentation. It offers Danube-wide strategies
and exemplary activities aiming to restore and maintain connectivity in all
habitat elements:
- Water: The cross-sector Danube WILDisland CORRIDOR
program protects the islands, which are flagship habitats for intact river
dynamics and home to characteristic species.
- Land: Natural river systems also host dry habitats,
today often fragmented to isolated patches. Under DANUBE DRY HABITAT CORRIDOR
actvities such as cross-border grazing herds to manage dry habitats and test
the long-distance functionality of the habitat corridor or the establishment of
DANUBEPARKS Canyons Network will be implemented. A fitness check of the Danube
Riparian Forest Corridor will define necessary measures and activities in
cooperation with the forestry sector for further development of the Riparian
Forest corridor.
- Air: DANUBE FREE SKY ensures collision-free bird migration
along the Danube flyway. In cooperation with power line operators, technical
solutions against bird collision with electricity wires crossing the Danube
will be installed.
- Fire - COMMUNICATION: The various communication
measures represent the"fire" and "spice up" our activities.
For example: CYCLING THE DYKE invites stakeholders and interested participants
from the public to bike the Danube Corridor on the dykes and to visit project
results. Helping hands for the corridor management are welcome at the 1st
DANUBE VOLUNTEERS DAY. The ongoing experience and knowledge exchange of project
partners from 10 Danube countries and the cross-sectorial approach between
water management, energy, nature conservation and policy drivers stands for
long-term capitalisation of the Danube Habitat Corridor.