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Practice: Changes in land use that improve floodplains and wetlands. Implemented for: Integrating multiple benefits of wetlands and floodplains into improved transboundary management for the Tisza River Basin (UNDP/GEF Tisza MSP).

Overview

Name Changes in land use that improve floodplains and wetlands for Establishment of a Basin Management Framework for the Integrated Management of the Tisza Transboundary River (Tisza MSP)

Practice Changes in land use that improve floodplains and wetlands

Project Integrating multiple benefits of wetlands and floodplains into improved transbou ...

Beneficiary country: Tisza Countries

Region: Beneficiary country Central and Eastern Europe Danube-Black Sea Mediterranean

Details

Analysis – Why the BMP worked or did not work?: In Progress

Lessons learned: Land ownership issues more complex and time consuming that originally thought

Comments: UA, SK, HU, RO, and RS

Implementation start date: 2008-01-01

Implementation end date: 2011-12-31

Link to project documents: Project documents www.icpdr.org/undp-gef-tisza

Link to project reports: Project reports www.icpdr.org/undp-gef-tisza

Results

Annual tons of nitrogen reduced: N/A

Annual tons of phosphorous reduced: N/A

Other outcomes: Development of an Integrated River Basin Management Plan linking the requirements and objectives of the EU Water Framework Directive, Flood Directive with improved land and water management

Finance

Total co-finance (USD): 1 M

Total GEF/WB investment: USD 1.0 million

Contacts

Co-finance partners: ICPDR, EC, UNEP, Coutries of the Tisza Basin www.icpdr.org

Project Manager: Peter Whalley

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