IDES Improving water quality in the Danube river and its tributaries by integrative floodplain management based on Ecosystem Services

A new scientific modelling shows that Danube River Basin floodplains - if restored - could retain more nitrogen and phosphorus. But for pollutant values to drop significantly the agricultural sector needs to reduce emissions as well. The IDES...

The second stakeholders' workshop for the Serbian Pilot Area of the IDES project took place inside the pilot area (Special Nature Reserve Koviljsko‐Petrovaradinski rit), in the village of Kovilj, on May 31st, 2022. The workshop was...

The second workshop for the Hungarian pilot area was held in Szolnok, on June 30, 2022, with an attendance of  17 participants.  According to the participants, the most significant pressures in the region of the pilot area are drought and...

The second workshop dedicated to the Romanian pilot area of the IDES project brought together 32 participants - most of them from sectoral agencies as well as higher education and research fields. It took place in the city of Brăila, near the...

The Slovenian second workshop of the project was hosted by the spa resort of Radenci, located in the Mura river pilor area. 15 participants were present in the event which took place on May 19th, 2022.  During the first part, the conceptual...

45 participants gathered in the Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa for the second IDES stakeholders workshop. The theme of the debate was the improvement of water quality in the Yantra River Basin. Local and regional authorities demonstrated...

The second stakeholders workshop corresponding to the Nationalpark Donau-Auen(AT) pilot area took place in an online format, on May 31st 2022. Martin Tschikof and Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze represented the project team, while the stakeholders...

Representatives of all IDES project partners met in Moravske Toplice, Slovenia, for the first time after the lockdown was lifted. 32 participants updated each-other on their latest activities and established the way forward for the finalisation...

Due to Covid-19 situation, the Mid-term Meeting Event of IDES project was held in a hybrid way - the PPs and some ASPs in Ingolstadt, other (including stakeholders) via zoom. More than 100 participants attended the meeting in the venue...

The first stakeholder forum of the project was organized on 28 June 2021 by KÖTIVIZIG in Szolnok, which provided an opportunity for the representatives of the institutions and non-governmental organizations involved in water management to express...

On Friday 28th of May, 17 participants in total (4 IDES project members from BOKU, 13 pilot area stakeholders including representatives of Donau-Auen National Park, forestry, fishery, WWF AT, regional authorities (city of Vienna), "viadonau" -...

On Thursday 27th of May 21, first stakeholders workshop was held in the village Kovilj, located in the Special nature reserve Koviljsko-petrovaradinski rit. Workshop was organized by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, in the...

On Thursday 27th of May 19 participants in total (including organizers - 2 from SFS and 2 from IWRS) participated in first national workshop organized on Mura River pilot area in Slovenia. Workshop was organized in the frame of IDES project...

On May 21st 2021, Bucharest University together with WWF-Romania hosted the first workshop for Romanian stakeholders entitled "Nature benefits for Danube Floodplain people - pilot area Braila Islands". The workshop was held in Braila, an eastern...

Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit (KPR) is situated on the left and the right bank of the Danube River, near the City of Novi Sad, capital of Vojvodina Province. It covers the surface of 5886 ha, and its total length is 22 km. It is a home to more...

On February 23, 2021 the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, hosted a...

Tisza, the Hungarian Pilot site, is the second most significant river in Hungary. It is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain. The area of the floodplain between Kisköre and Szolnok is 9,197 ha, of which 7,440 ha is agriculturally...

Donau-Auen National Park represents a "green ribbon" connecting the conurbations of Vienna and Bratislava. It’s the largest complete, (near) ecologically intact natural riverine environment of its kind in Central Europe, characterized by the...

Braila Islands is a socio-ecological system that is located in the South East of Romania and covers a total surface area of over 2600 km2. It corresponds to the Danube and stretches 78 km between Harsova and Braila. Find more...

Located in the eastern part of the country, this biosphere reserve includes the largest preserved complex of floodplains in Slovenia, where the interweaving of natural factors and human presence has created an exceptional cultural riverine...