EUSDR Priority Area 06 To preserve biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils

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1 EUSDR Priority Area 06 To preserve biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils Bucharest, June 22nd 2018 Doina Cioacă, Ph.D SG PA06 Member Biodiversity Directorate / Ministry of Environment, Romania

2 EUSDR Priority Area 06 Coordination - Germany / Bavaria dr. Florian Ballnus and - Croatia Ana Kobaslic

3 EUSDR Priority Area 06 Task Forces 1. Danube Sturgeon Task Force DSTF 2. Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network DIAS 3. Danubeparks - Network of protected areas 4. Soil Strategy Network in the Danube Region (SONDAR) 5. Task Force on Air Quality 6. Task Force on pesticides and chemicals 7. Working Group Masterplan Bavarian Danube (currently focussing on Bavaria only).

4 EUSDR Priority Area 06 Task Forces - Task Force were initiated and dedicated to one specific issue. - Task Forces comprise actors from Civil Society (NGOs, Stakeholders), Scientific Community and Public Authorities / Policy Level. - Task Forces are the implementation level of PA 06 and formally linked to governance of PA 06 / EUSDR. - Task Force chairs are Observers of the PA 06 Steering Group.

5 Task Forces and Work Groups of Priority Area 06 Task Force Full Name Topic Chair DSTF Danube Sturgeon Task Force Saving Danube Sturgeons Implementation of Sturgeon 2020 DIAS Danube Region Invasive Alien Species Network Measures to monitor, manage and prevent aquatic IAS Danubeparks Danubeparks - Network of Protected Areas Network of protected areas along the Danube, Ecological Connectivity Institute of Biology Bucharest, Romanian Academy (RO) Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER-BAS) (BG) Danubeparks Association National park Donauauen (AT) SONDAR Soil Strategy Network in the Danube Region Soil protection network in the Danube region, linked to ELSA (European Land and Soil Alliance) Government of Lower Austria (AT) TFPC Task Force Pesticides and Chemicals Management and prevention of loss of obsolete Pesticides and Chemicals Slovenian National Institute for Public Health (SI) TFAQ Task Force Air Quality Measures to improve air quality, e.g. in terms of domestic fire and CO2 emissions Masterplan Masterplan Bavarian Danube Systematic and bottom-up oriented measures for enhancing biodiversity at the Bavarian Danube and its floodplains Joint Research Centre (JRC) (EC) Bund Naturschutz, Auenzentrum Neuburg, Landesbund für Vogelschutz, Bavaria (DE)

6 EUSDR Priority Area 06 Targets - Target 01: By 2020 strengthen the work on halting the deterioration in the status of all species and habitats covered by EU nature legislation in order to achieve a significant and measurable improvement, adapted to the special needs of the respective species and habitats in the Danube Region. - Target 02: Enhance the work on establishing green infrastructure and the process of restoration of at least 15% of degraded ecosystems, including soil, in order to maintain and enhance ecosystems and their services by 2020 in the Danube Region and to improve air quality. - Target 03: Encourage achieving significant progress in identification and prioritization of Invasive Alien Species and their pathways in order to control or eradicate priority species, to manage pathways and to prevent the introduction and establishment of new Invasive Alien Species in the Danube Region by Target 04: Continue the ongoing work and efforts to secure viable populations of Danube sturgeon species and other indigenous fish species by 2020.

7 Danube Transnational Programme / Projects that support the achivement of EUSDR PA06 targets in Romania 1) D2C - DARE TO CONNECT - SUPPORTING DANUBE REGION S ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY BY LINKING NATURA 2000 AREAS ALONG THE GREEN BELT 2) DANUBEPARKSCONNECTED - BRINGING THE DANUBE PROTECTED AREAS TOWARDS A DANUBE HABITAT CORRIDOR 3) CONNECTGREEN RESTORING AND MANAGING ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS IN MOUNTAINS AS THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DANUBE BASIN 4) MEASURES - MANAGING AND RESTORING AQUATIC ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS FOR MIGRATORY FISH SPECIES IN THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN 5) TRANSGREEN - INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING IN THE DANUBE-CARPATHIAN REGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND NATURE - TO THE LAST 3 PROJECTS (3-5), MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OF ROMANIA IS STRATEGIC ASSOCIATED PARTNER

8 EUSDR PA 06 - Current Projects and Activities Study on Ecological Connectivity to identify needs for action and concrete proposals for projects to increase the understanding of the role of ecological connectivity along the Danube in all habitats (air, water, land). Study on Ecosystem Services: Inventory of ESS in the EU and the EUSDR States; Systematics and available data for the evaluation of ecosystem services and their economic and social benefits for humans, differentiated according to suitable sub-ecosystems (e.g: forests, river and floodplains, cultural landscape, etc.)

9 Doina Cioacă, Ph.D counselor Biodiversity Directorate / Natural Protected Areas Service Ministry of Environment Bucharest, Romania doina.cioaca@mmediu.ro Thank you for your attention!