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Titre :	Danube, Drava, and Mura Rivers: The “Amazon of Europe”
Auteurs :	Paul Csagoly, Auteur ; Gernant Magnin, Auteur ; Arno Mohl, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur
Type de document :	Chapitre
Editeur :	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2018
Format :	903-909
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés:	Amazon of Europe ; Mura-Drava-Danube ; River restoration ; TBR MDD ; Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
Résumé :	Spanning Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia, the lower courses of the Drava and Mura Rivers and related sections of the Danube are among Europe’s most ecologically important riverine areas: the so-called “Amazon of Europe”.The rivers form a 700 kilometers long “green belt” connecting almost 1,000,000 hectares of highly valuable natural and cultural landscapes from all five countries and shall therefore become a symbol of unity by becoming the world’s first five country Transboundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve “Mura-Drava-Danube” (TBR MDD) as well as Europe’s largest river protected area.Despite numerous man-made changes in the past, this stunning river landscape hosts an amazing biological diversity and is a hotspot of rare natural species and habitats. A coherent network of 12 major protected areas along the rivers highlight their ecological values.On March 2011, WWF brokered a commitment by the Ministers responsible for environment and nature conservation of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia to jointly establish the reserve. Whereas UNESCO officially approved the Croatian-Hungarian part of the Biosphere Reserve, Serbia, Austria and Slovenia are still in the designation process.Despite outstanding natural features and protection status the Mura-Drava-Danube area is suffering from an ongoing degradation. A century of river channelling, the construction of dikes, the extraction of gravel and sand, as well as the construction of hydropower plants led to a loss of up to 80% of the former floodplain areas and the alteration of about 1,100 km of natural river banks and associated stretches. The situation can only improve if the characteristic natural conditions are restored. A potential study, conducted by WWF, shows that about 650 km of river banks and 120 side arms could be restored as well as 165,000 ha of new floodplains created. A series of EU Life funded restoration projects have already been implemented or are are under implementation.
En ligne :	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_252
contenu dans :	The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation

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