Integrating multiple benefits of wetlands and floodplains in to a trans-boundary management plan for the Tisza River Basin

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Description

The Tisza River Basin is the largest tributary of the Danube River and includes part of the territory of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Republic of Serbia. Over the last 150 years the basin has been subject to significant anthropogenic impacts that have resulted in a significantly degraded system, particularly in terms of pollution and the loss of floodplains and wetlands. The countries of the basin have requested support to develop an integrated strategy for water quality and water quantity that is incremental to the current work and to implement demonstration projects that test the multiple environmental benefits of wetlands to mitigate impacts of floods and droughts and help to reduce nutrient pollution.

The project has two overarching objectives:

1. To integrate water quality, water quantity, land use and biodiversity objectives within integrated water resources / river basin management (IWRM/IRBM) under the legal umbrella of the EU and the ICPDR
2. To begin implementation of IWRM principles through the testing new approaches on wetland and floodplain management through community-based demonstration projects

Expected Outcomes

1. Adoption of policies and legislation that promote the use of wetlands / floodplains
2. Demonstration of effective floodplain management strategies

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

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References

See also

Related projects in Romania

1. Water and Waste Management for small rural communities
2. Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (TEST) to Reduce Transboundary Pollution in the Danube River Basin
3. Tisza community-led demonstration regional project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
4. Tisza community-led demonstration project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
5. Sustainable Development for the Community from the Dorman Creek Valley, Romania
6. Strengthening the Implementation Capacities for Nutrient Reduction and Transboundary Cooperation in the Danube River Basin
7. Romania Freshwater Country Profile
8. Romania - USAID – Strengthening Water Users Associations
9. International Black Sea Day
10. Integrated River Basin Management in the Prut River Basin
11. Integrated Management and Conservation of the Mara Basin Reversing the Water Degradation in the Romanian Transboundary Region of the Upper Tisza, Romania
12. Garla Mare – Salcia – a double role wetland: biodiversity conservation and nitrate pollution filtration, Romania
13. Control of eutrophication, hazardous substances and related measures for rehabilitating the Black Sea ecosystem
14. Capacity and Community Building for Industrial Water Stewardship in the Danube/Black Sea region
15. Assessment of the Management of Shared Lake Basins in Southeastern Europe
16. A public-private partnership to fix a water supply system in Medjidia
17. A Practical Model for a Sustainable Development of the Rural Communities along the Green Corridor of the Danube River

Related projects in Serbia

1. Tisza community-led demonstration regional project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
2. Strengthening capacities in the Western Balkans countries to address environmental problems
3. Assessment of the Management of Shared Lake Basins in Southeastern Europe

Related projects in Slovakia

1. Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies (TEST) to Reduce Transboundary Pollution in the Danube River Basin
2. Tisza community-led demonstration regional project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
3. Tisza community-led demonstration project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
4. Strengthening the Implementation Capacities for Nutrient Reduction and Transboundary Cooperation in the Danube River Basin
5. Small Hydro-Power Plants for Slovakia
6. Promoting Replication of Good Practices for Nutrient Reduction and Joint Collaboration in Central and Eastern Europe
7. Integration of Ecosystem Management Principles and Practices into Land and Water Management of Laborec-Uh region (Eastern Slovakian Lowlands)
8. Capacity and Community Building for Industrial Water Stewardship in the Danube/Black Sea region

Related projects in Ukraine

1. Water supply and sanitation for local community: Ethnic conflict and water
2. UNEP - Sustainable Use of the Mesozoic Transboundary Aquifer System in the Bug River Basin (Belarus, Poland, Ukraine)
3. Tisza community-led demonstration regional project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
4. Tisza community-led demonstration project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
5. Strengthening the Implementation Capacities for Nutrient Reduction and Transboundary Cooperation in the Danube River Basin
6. SDC - Forestry programme in Trans-Carpathia, phase III, Ukraine 2003-2005
7. Reforming Municipal Water Supply Systems in Rural Areas of Crimea
8. Promoting Replication of Good Practices for Nutrient Reduction and Joint Collaboration in Central and Eastern Europe
9. Lessons from Community Based Approaches in Water Supply Projects for Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhoods in Crimea
10. International Black Sea Day
11. Integrated River Basin Management in the Prut River Basin
12. Implementation of The Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Program for the reduction of persistent toxics pollution
13. Implementation of Priority Interventions of the Dnipro Basin Strategic Action Program: Chemical Industrial Pollution Reduction and The Development of Joint Institutional Arrangements
14. Crimea Integration and Development Programme
15. Control of eutrophication, hazardous substances and related measures for rehabilitating the Black Sea ecosystem
16. Capacity and Community Building for Industrial Water Stewardship in the Danube/Black Sea region
17. 2006 Annual Report on UN Chernobyl Coordination

Related projects in the Tisza Basin

1. Tisza community-led demonstration project for sustainable development and integrated land and water management
2. Integrated Management and Conservation of the Mara Basin Reversing the Water Degradation in the Romanian Transboundary Region of the Upper Tisza, Romania
3. Conservation and Restoration of the Global Significant Biodiversity of the Tisza River Floodplain through Integrated Floodplain Management

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