Joint Conservation Management and Development of Information Infrastructure of Protected Areas along the Romanian and Hungarian Course of Tur River

The project "Joint Conservation Management and Development of Information Infrastructure of Protected Areas along the Romanian and Hungarian Course of Tur River" proposed by the legal administrators of protected areas situated along the lower course of the Tur River in Hungary and Romania aims to increase the number of visitors in the natural protected areas, by improving the state of conservation of habitats and species of community interest and by better informing the stakeholders (tourists and the local community).
More specifically, in a period of 30 month the project intends to contribute to increasing the attractiveness of the target area for tourists, through the elaboration of a common action plan aiming to conserve the natural heritage of the region, by implementing conservation measures of wet forest habitats and developing the informational infrastructure of protected areas to the benefit of tourists and the local community.
The elaboration of a common action plan aiming to conserve the habitats and species of community interest from the natural protected areas of the lower course of Tur River, as a precondition for developing some future nature conservation actions through cooperation among the experts of the partner organizations. The managers of the natural protected areas from Romania and Hungary, with the involvement of their experts and companies specialized in researching biodiversity, shall evaluate the state of conservation of habitats and species of community interest, by using a harmonized monitoring methodology, able to provide comparable data, usable for elaborating a common action plan.
Increasing the touristic attractiveness of Natura 2000 sites along the Tur River, by promoting the natural values of the region and developing the informational infrastructure targeting tourists and the local community.
Through the involvement of specialized companies, project partners shall develop the informational facilities needed for promoting the region’s natural values among tourists and members of the local community, by developing a Smartphone application, placing desktop interactive kiosks in the tourist information centers, building a website, materializing and distributing informative materials.
Improving the state of conservation of woodlands of community interest from the Natura 2000 sites on the lower course of Tur River, by implementing conservation measures of bat species, as umbrella species.
Project partners shall purchase and place artificial roosts, ensuring a better state of conservation of bats and simultaneously of woodlands from the target area of the project.
The project will support to attain a better conservation status of 34571 hectare of habitate.R 6/c Tourist overnight stays in the eligible programme areaBy improving the state of conservation of the natural heritage, the region becomes more appealing for tourists attracted by ecotourism. Thanks to the variety of microhabitats and protected species, the old wet forests from the Tur River meadow offer a unique landscape within the Carpathian basin, which is being visited by an increasing number of tourists.
Through the development of informational facilities, tourists will have the opportunity to access all useful information regarding the natural and cultural values of the area, thematic paths, tourist routs and accommodations, reaching higher levels of satisfaction and higher rate of return in the area.
Well informed members of the local community, in the topic of natural values of the area, will be able to guide tourists to the most well-known tourist attractions and will understand the necessity of protecting the unique natural heritage of the region.