Overview
Name Leveraging investments for Reduction of Nutrient Discharges- under WB-GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction in the Danube River and Black Sea
Practice
Leveraging investments
Project
Reduction of Nutrient Discharges - under WB-GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrie ...
Beneficiary country: Y
Region:
Baltic Sea
Central and Eastern Europe
Danube-Black Sea
Kura-Aras River Basin
Details
Description: Enhancement of the nutrient trapping capacity of the Gemenc and Beda-Karapancsa wetlands situated in the lower Hungarian reaches of the Danube River. This approach is critical to demonstrate in Hungary and the region as a replicable model for the treatment of non-point sources of nutrient pollution using wetlands and floodplains.
Comments: Hungary
Implementation start date:
2006-01-01
Implementation end date:
2011-12-31
Results
Other outcomes: • Protection of the ecosystems of two internationally important Ramsar sites that are nesting places for a number of migratory birds and other species of global importance
Finance
Contacts
Project Manager:
Janos Tobias
