Taste of Danubian Nature

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The common challenge of the Danube area we are jointly tackling in our project is maintaining and promoting of natural and cultural heritage, the protection of biodiversity, environmental awareness raising, assuring the conditions for common water an d risk management and renovation of cultural heritage site, contribution to the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth of the surroundings of Komárno/Győr/Tata, Danubian protected areas – on 121 339 ha. The NATUREPARK is a unique natural landscape with high cultural value, landscape-level cooperation with the aim to preserve, present and promote rural development through the utilization of natural and cultural heritage actively involving the local communities. It is built on the principle that the INTEGRATED PROTECTION OF THE LANDSCAPE AND NATURE SHOULD NOT BE ORIENTED AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES OF MAN LIVING IN AREA, BUT PROTECTED IN COOPERATION WITH THEM! The overall objective of our project is to cooperate on both sides of the river Danube and maintain their ecological character, achieved through the implementation of ecosystem approaches, within the context of sustainable development. Slovak side will learn it from Hungarian. The expected change our project will make to the current situation is in line with 4 pillars of Naturepark model. The main outputs we will produce are 4000 new native trees, bushes, cleaned canals and marshes by amphibious machines, insect hotels placed in nature, bird houses, cameras, observatories for m onitoring birds, authentic water wells placed in nature, informative and recreational elements of small infrastructure for birds of prey and humans, built educational nature trails, built infrastructure for two eco-educational and 1 fishing tourist c enter, public education and Taste of Danubian Nature Fest. The beneficiaries are stakeholders, inhabitants, 2500 volunteers, tourists and wide public in cross–border region.

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