Overview
Name Wetland and floodplains for Establishment of a Basin Management Framework for the Integrated Management of the Tisza Transboundary River (Tisza MSP)
Practice
Wetland and floodplains
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
Details
Analysis – Why the BMP worked or did not work?: In Progress
Description: Wetlands offer natural means to retain nutrients, mitigate floods and improve ecosystem biodiversity. Reconnection of wetlands and floodplains is being investigated in the Tisza River Basin and the results are linked to the development of an integrated river basing managment plan - integrating land/water management to reduce the impacts of floods and to enhance ecosystem quality. Three demonstration projects are investigating different aspects of wetlands / floodplains and their contribution to improved water quality and reduced impacts from floods
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
