coop MDD Transboundary Management Programme for the planned 5-country Biosphere Reserve “Mura-Drava-Danube”
The Mura, Drava and Danube rivers form a highly valuable and free-flowing river corridor spanning 700 kilometres and connecting almost 1.000.000 hectares across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia - the "Amazon of Europe" - a truly European treasure. Stunning river landscape hosts amazing biological diversity and is a hotspot of rare species and natural habitats such as large floodplain forests, river islands, gravel and sand banks.
Rivers don´t know national borders as their waters flow and transport sediment cross borders. Animal species cross national boundary lines on their search for food every day and people living along these rivers feel the up- and downstream developments.Therefore, the river management also needs to be done on the transboundary level. Through the coop MDD project, we are working towards harmonization of Protected Areas management and develop a joint Management Programme for the future 5-country UNESCO Biosphere Reserve "Mura-Drava-Danube" (TBR MDD).
Please visit the website or download our project leaflet in English, German, Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian or Hungarian language for more information.
- Start date
- 01-01-2017
- End date
- 30-06-2019
- Budget in Euro
- Overall: 2154000
- ERDF Contribution: 1609900
- IPA Contribution: 221000
- ENI Contribution: 0
- Call number
- Call 1
- Priority
- Environment and culture responsible Danube region
- Specific objective
- Foster the restoration and management of ecological corridors
Library
| Filename | Date of upload | |
|---|---|---|
| Cooperation Agreement | 07-10-2019 08:27:34 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan for Education in RIVER'SCOOL Koprivnica-Križevci County (CRO) | 08-07-2019 12:33:28 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan for Karađorđevo Special Nature Reserve (SER) | 08-07-2019 12:26:57 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan in Osijek-Baranja County (CRO) | 08-07-2019 12:25:55 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan for the European Mudminnow in Virovitica-Podravina County | 08-07-2019 12:22:21 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan for the European Mudminnow in Virovitica-Podravina County (EN) | 08-07-2019 12:23:09 | |
| LAP – Local Action Plan for the European Mudminnow in Virovitica-Podravina County (CRO) | 08-07-2019 12:23:47 | |
| APENDIX IV. PI VPC Activities Umbra.pdf | 08-07-2019 12:24:37 | |
| PRILOG IV. JU VPŽ-Aktivnosti Umbra.pdf | 08-07-2019 12:25:00 | |
Project Partners
| Name | Type | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wide Fund for Nature Austria - WWF Austria | Lead partner | magdalena.wagner@wwf.at | Austria |
| Office of the State Government of Styria, Department 13 – Environment and Spatial Planning, Section Nature Conservation | ERDF partner | dietlind.proske@stmk.gv.at | Austria |
| Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation | ERDF partner | simon.veberic@zrsvn.si | Slovenia |
| Municipality Velika Polana | ERDF partner | zupan@velika-polana.si | Slovenia |
| Public institution for nature protection of Virovitica-Podravina County | ERDF partner | tatjana.arnold.sabo@gmail.com | Croatia |
Project News
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coop MDD - Local Action Plans
- 08-07-2019
Local action plans were developed by eight project partners as means of implementing the Guidelines focused on one or more selected topics. These topics were chosen based on the interest and responsibility of their respective institutions. The...
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coop MDD - ALL RIVER'SCOOLS ARE OPEN FOR VISITORS!
- 03-07-2019
One of the main achievements of the coop MDD project was the establishment of a network of RIVER’SCOOLs. It was a long process, but through enthusiastic and dedicated work by our project, all eight RIVER’SCOOLs in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia,...
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coop MDD - FINAL PROJECT CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS!
- 02-07-2019
BAD RADKERSBURG, AUSTRIA – Last week, from 27th to 28th June, the final coop MDD project conference was held. All project partners and more than 100 representatives from other institutions, organizations and projects gathered in Bad Radkersburg...
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coop MDD - 5th International Coordination Board Meeting
- 17-05-2019
MURECK, AUSTRIA – From 6th to 7th May 2019 in Mureck, Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, in cooperation with the Land Steiermark, Department 14, Water Management, Resources and Sustainability, and the...
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coop MDD - SAVE THE DATE – FINAL CONFERENCE!
- 24-04-2019
BAD RADKERSBURG, AUSTRIA – We are happy to announce the Mura-Drava-Danube conference that will be held on the 28th June 2019 in Bad Radkersburg, Austria. As our project is nearing its completion, the conference will also be the final event of the...
