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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Project overview

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Status	Planned
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	Bulgaria
Main contact forename	Plamen
Main contact surname	Mitkov
Main contact user ID
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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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)
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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"

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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
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Heavily modified water body	true
National/international site designation	EU - Special Area of Conservation
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Dominant substrate	Sand
River corridor land use	Plantation forestry
Average bankfull channel width category	more than 50 m
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Average bankfull channel depth category	0.5 - 2 m
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Project started	2009/02/01
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Works completed	2012/02/01
Project completed
Total cost category	500 - 1000 k€
Total cost (k€)	851 k€851,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Operative programme "Environment"2007-2013

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Reasons for river restoration

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Mitigation of a pressure	Riparian development
Hydromorphology	Structure & condition of riparian/ lake shore zones
Biology	Fish: Abundance
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Bank/bed modifications	Aforestation
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Before restoration

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http://www.greenbalkans.org/show.php?id=1872&language=bg BG&cat id=4	NGO Green Balkans

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