CLIMANATRES Danube Interreg projekt
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The main goal of the project is to provide scientifically supported decision-making and planning tools for the cross-border coordination of ecological habitat restorations along the Sava and Danube rivers.
Furthermore, it facilitates the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) and national-level ecological planning related to ongoing processes at the EU level (e.g., based on the Green Deal).
The key objective of the CLIMANATRES project is to support all of this by providing opportunities to consider the expected impacts of climate change.
The leading partner of the project is the HUN-REN Ecological Research Center, with additional partners joining from 5 countries: Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia.
The project involves research institutions, local, regional, and national conservation organizations, as well as forestry planning institutions, working together to ensure that the ecological management and restoration of our landscapes can provide for the well-being of humans through the services of living organisms and ecosystems, even in the face of climate change.
As part of the collaboration, free online maps and databases will be created, providing extensive and easily accessible support for local and regional ecological restoration planning, thereby facilitating the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law. The completed maps will indicate the suitability of various sites for different habitat restoration purposes, such as community significant habitats and ecological corridors.
During the project, 5 action plans will be developed considering climate change, contributing to the improvement of the connectivity and natural condition of the ecological corridors of the Sava and Danube rivers.
CLIMANATRES PROJECT DATA:
Ecological restoration plans for the middle and lower sections of the Danube
for the purpose of climate protection
Program: Interreg Danube Region Program
Identification number: DRP0301113
Amount of support: 1,983,340 EUR (Interreg funds 1,586,671.84 EUR) of which 10
million Trees: 97,090 EUR
Supporters: European Union and the Government of Hungary
Planned duration: April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2028
Contact person: György Maurer
Project website: Climanatres | Facebook | Bluesky | LinkedIn
Summary:
The main goal of the three-year project is to provide scientifically supported decision-making and planning tools for the cross-border coordination of ecological habitat restorations along the Sava and Danube rivers. The implementation requires the cooperation of eleven partners from six countries.
The CLIMANATRES project’s horizontal objective is to provide an opportunity to consider the expected impacts of climate change.
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CLIMANATRES – Climate proofing ecological restoration plans in the middle and lower Danube Region
Programme: Interreg Danube Region
ID: DRP0301113
Amount of support: 1,983,340 EUR (Interreg funds 1,586,671.84 EUR) out of this 10
million Trees: 97,090 EUR
Funding organisation: Co-founded by the European Union and the Hungarian Government
Planned duration: April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2028
Contact person: György Maurer
Website: Climanatres | Facebook | Bluesky | LinkedIn
The CLIMANATRES project aims to support the cross-border coordination of habitat restoration efforts along the Sava and Danube rivers through science-based decision-support tools. One of the project’s lead partners is the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research.
Coordinated in Hungary by the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research (HUN-REN CER), this international project supports ecological planning in line with the EU’s nature restoration objectives and the anticipated impacts of climate change.
The initiative aims to contribute to the restoration of natural habitats and to enhance landscape resilience in the face of future environmental challenges. In addition to HUN-REN CER, professional partners from five other countries — Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia — are also involved in the project.
The project brings together research institutions, nature conservation bodies at local, regional, and national levels, as well as forestry planning authorities.
Their collaboration aims to promote ecologically informed landscape management and restoration that will enable landscapes to continue supporting the well-being of wildlife — and, through the ecosystem services they provide, the well-being of people — even under the pressures of climate change.
As part of the collaboration, freely accessible online maps and databases will be developed to provide broad, user-friendly support for local and regional ecological restoration planning — and thereby also assist in implementing the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.
The maps will indicate the suitability of specific sites for various habitat restoration objectives — such as habitats of community interest or ecological corridors.
As part of the project, researchers and partners will develop five climate-informed action plans aimed at improving the ecological connectivity and natural condition of the Sava and Danube river corridors.
The public launch event of the CLIMANATRES Danube Interreg project was held on 21 July in Vácrátót, at the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research.
Further details about the project are available on the official websites:
https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/climanatres
Summary
Our project is dedicated to the creation of habitat suitability models and maps for the region, applying them to climate change scenarios, producing decision support tools to support restoration mapping, testing their applicability, and developing their use in seamless restoration planning in the region.
