Babina

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Babina


Factsheet: Babina

General
Country RO
River Name Danube
Site Name Babina
River Characterisation
    River typology
    Location (Lat Lon) 45.424763, 29.411763
    Altitude lowland: < 200 m
    Catchment area very large: > 10000 km2
    Geology Siliceous
    National code/
    River type name
    RO15/Large slow flowing river over sand/clay

    Biological quality elements
    Ecosystem Services
    EU Directives
    Pressures
    Measures
    Other
    Project size 2100 ha
    Approximate costs 100 000 - 1 000 000 Euros
    Synergy Nutrient removal, wildlife habitat
    Status Realised
    Period of realization 1994
    Evaluation Hydromorphological and ecological changes
    Implemented by Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development and Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority


    Key features of the case study

    Site description

    During the last decades of the 20th century, the Danube Delta has suffered from human interventions that led to dramatic changes in some areas. These interventions consisted in the dyking of large areas for the purpose of agricultural use, intensive fish-farming and forestry, which resulted in dramatic alterations or disturbances of the water balance. This had effects on the alteration of natural processes, the ecological balance as well as the characteristic functions of wetlands and led to a deterioration, or worse the loss of area-specific habitats. When the transformation measures were stopped in early 1990, the dyked area covered 97.408 ha (22 %) of the total 482.592 ha, including Babina polder(2100 ha), designed to be a rice polder but abandoned before to be fully built. Studies for rehabilitation/restoration measures were started in the Danube Delta immediately following its declaration as Biosphere Reserve in 1990.

    Measures selection

    Success criteria

    Ecological response

    Hydromorphological response

    Monitoring before and after implementation of the project

    Socio-economic aspects

    Contact person within the organization

    Marian Tudor

    mtudor@indd.tim.ro

    Extra background information

    References


    Related Measures

    Related Pressures