Over one million barriers on Europe’s rivers have resulted in extensive loss of river connectivity and 70-90 % of
Europe’s floodplain areas are ecologically degraded due to human modifications. Despite having an ambitious EU policy framework in place, implementation of fresh and transitional water ecosystem restoration is lagging behind. Reasons for this lie among others in a lack of knowledge, awareness and participation of local people and business actors. The overall aim of DANUBE4all is the development of a comprehensive Restoration Action Plan for the Danube river basin lighthouse developed in an unprecedented co-creation process with stakeholders, integrating citizens’ interests to support the Mission “Restore our ocean and waters by 2030”. Based on solid scientific knowledge and new findings, the Action Plan will promote the improvement of ecological status, biodiversity and ecosystem connectivity. The development and implementation of innovative “Win-Win Nature Based Solutions” will simultaneously lead to an enhanced freeflowing status of rivers and floodplains, flood and drought risk reduction and enhancement of sediment and biota continuity. The aim is to adapt to climate change as well as to improve the endangered biodiversity of ecosystems. This will be reached by identifying, processing and upscaling effective and economically profitable restoration measures. DANUBE4all will implement innovative demonstration activities at three sites in the Upper, Middle Danube and the Danube Delta. DANUBE4all will link ecological and economic benefits providing tailored business cases for SMEs, and will deliver innovative tools to accelerate citizens’ and stakeholders’ engagement. DANUBE4all will provide GIS and Citizen Science tools for upscaling these restoration actions via ten Synergy Sites to the Danube Basin and will also transfer the outcomes to five Associated Regions by concrete steps towards the development of Replication Roadmaps for restoration action.
- Name of organisation
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
- List of Partners
UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
ZENTRUM FUR SOZIALE INNOVATION GMBH
PULSAQUA
"INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI
GEOECOLOGIE MARINA-GEOECOMAR"
Odessa State Environmental University
ECOLOGIC INSTITUT gemeinnützige GmbH
INSTITUT ZA MULTIDISCIPLINARNA ISTRAZIVANJA
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
RUDER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
"INSTITUT PO BIORAZNOOBRAZIE I EKOSISTEMNI IZSLEDVANIYA BALGARSKA
AKADEMIYA NA NAUKITE"
VYSKUMNY USTAV VODNEHO HOSPODARSTVA
STICHTING DELTARES
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE DELTA DUNARII
THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
"DANUBEPARKS -DANUBE RIVER NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREA -
DAS NETZWERK DER DONAUSCHUTZGEBIETE"
WWF VILAG TERMESZETI ALAP MAGYARORSZAG ALAPITVANY
STICHTING WERELD VISMIGRATIE
VIA DONAU OSTERREICHISCHE WASSERSTRASSEN GESELLSCHAFT MBH
BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM
ASOCIATIA WWF ROMANIA
CIVITTA STRATEGY & CONSULTING SA
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 8422267
- Basin coverage
- Danube River
- Website link
- danube4all@boku.ac.at
- Country
- AustriaBulgariaCroatiaGermanyHungaryIrelandItalyNetherlandsRomaniaSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaUkraine
- Other country
- European Union