Case study:Restoration and conservation of riparian forests - habitats of European conservation importance on the territory of Dimitrovgrad municipality

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Location: 42° 3' 52.36" N, 25° 38' 18.58" E

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Status	Planned
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Bulgaria
Main contact forename	Plamen
Main contact surname	Mitkov
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Contact organisation	Dimitrovgrad municipality
Contact organisation web site	http://www.dimitrovgrad.bg/
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Project Objectives are the following:

1. Recovery and long-term conservation of habitats and species of European conservation importance in protected area "Reka Maritsa";

2. The restoration of habitat types 92A0, 91F0 and 92 D0; protected in protected area "Reka Maritsa;

3. Reducing the negative impact and spread of invasive and introduction species.

4. Improvement of habitats and populations of fish species protected in the protected area.

5. Improvement of the populations of hollow-nesting species of European and national conservation importance.

6. Raising public awareness and general environmental awareness related to the environment and species for protection.

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Before restoration

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district East Aegean River basin Maritsa Subcatchment River name Maritsa Area category more than 10000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Eastern Balkan Dominant land cover Intensive agriculture (arable) Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: Restoration and conservation of the protected site "Lozenski pat" - wetland, Restoration, protection and sustainable development of protected area "Zlato pole" Site Edit site Name protected area "Reka Maritsa" WFD water body codes BG3MA350R039 WFD (national) typology TR20 WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Embanked Reference morphology Sinuous Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body true National/international site designation EU - Special Area of Conservation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Invasive species present Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate Sand River corridor land use Plantation forestry Average bankfull channel width category more than 50 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 m Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2009/02/01 Works started Works completed 2012/02/01 Project completed Total cost category 500 - 1000 k€ Total cost (k€) 851 k€851,000 € <br /> Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Operative programme "Environment"2007-2013 Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Riparian development Hydromorphology Structure & condition of riparian/ lake shore zones Biology Fish: Abundance Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Aforestation Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Map_1 Map_2 Map_3 Map_4 Map_5 Map_6 Map_7 Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description http://www.greenbalkans.org/show.php?id=1872&language=bg BG&cat id=4 NGO Green Balkans Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information