Overview
Name Wetlands restoration for Hungary — Reduction of Nutrient Discharges
Practice
Wetlands restoration
Project
Reduction of Nutrient Discharges - under WB-GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrie ...
Beneficiary country: Y
Region:
Central and Eastern Europe
Danube-Black Sea
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
Link to project documents: Project documents http://www.iwlearn.net/iw-projects/Fsp_112799468924
Link to project reports: Project reports http://www.iwlearn.net/iw-projects/Fsp_112799468924
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
World Bank contact: Miriam Van Dyck, (202) 458-2931
World Bank contact (email): mvandyck@worldbank.org
Project Manager:
Janos Tobias
