LIFE17 NAT/PL/000011
Project goals:
The strategic goal of the LIFE17 NAT/PL/000011 project is to improve the conservation status of the European pond turtle Emys orbicularis and fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina in five Natura 2000 areas in Poland and Denmark.
The specific objectives are:
- Increasing the area and improving the conservation status of breeding habitats and the habitats of the European pond turtle and fire-bellied toad;
- Increasing the number and preventing the disappearance of the population at the genetic level and preventing the extinction and isolation of the European pond turtle and fire-bellied toad;
- Raising the level of knowledge and environmental awareness of local communities, mainly in the area of species being the subject of the project.
Actions:
The assumed objectives of the project will be implemented thanks to the following protection measures:
- Construction of a damming threshold in Nowe Sady (PLH 280055) to increase up to 2.3 ha of the habitat of the European pond turtle and the breeding habitat of the fire-bellied toad.
- Construction of three systems of lower passages for small vertebrate animals to eliminate migratory barriers isolating populations of European pond turtles (PLH 280055, PLH 280048, PLH 080015)
- Construction of 24 wintering places for amphibians, including fire-bellied toad (PLH 280005, DK 008X201)
- Revitalization of 62 ponds for amphibians, including lowland fire-bellied toad (PLH 280005, DK 008X201) and 2.75 ha of European pond turtles habitat (PLH 280055)
- Protection of 1.4 ha of European pond turtle breeding habitats (PLH 280055)
- Reconstruction of the fire-bellied toad population on the island of Skarø aiming at maintaining the genetic variability of the fire-bellied toad population in Denmark (DK 008X201) - a spawn collection (2000 pcs), ex-situ breeding and the introduction of 1,500 juvenile fire-bellied toads.
Results:
The implementation of the project will yield the following results:
- Improvement of the conservation status of breeding habitats of European pond turtle from 0.4 ha to 1.4 ha (Cudnochy; PLH 280055)
- Increasing the area of habitats of the European pond turtle from 0.09 ha to 0.45 ha (Faszcze; PLH 280055) and from 0.1 ha to 2.3 ha (Nowe Sady; PLH 280055)
- Recreation of 62 breeding places for the fire-bellied toad (12 pcs DK 008X201, 50 pieces PLH 280005)
- Establishment of 24 hibernation sites for the fire-bellied toad (12 DK 008X201, 12 pieces PLH 280005)
- Liquidation of three existing barriers in the mud tortoises migration corridors (1 item PLH 280055, 1 item PLH 280048, 1 item PLH 080015)
- Improving the conservation status of the fire-bellied toad population on the island of Skarø in Denmark (DK 008X201)
Budget:
Total budget: 2,765,954 Euro
Eligible costs: EUR 2,765,954
European Union contribution: 1,659,572 Euro
Co-financing:
National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
Voivodship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Olsztyn
Coordinating beneficiary:
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Managing partner:
"Man and Nature" Association
The co-beneficiary: