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project info
Start date: 30 July 2015
End date: 31 December 2023
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 595 658,05 €
EU contribution: 506 309,34 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Zarząd Województwa Pomorskiego/departamenty właściwe wskazane w Regulaminie Organizacyjnym UMWP
European Commission Topic

Conservation of biodiversity of nature reserves Pomerania

The project is focused on the protection of populations of 3 plant species and 2 types of ecosystems, which are an important element of the voivodship’s natural assets. Selected species having few positions in the voivodship and in the country, with a significant part or all of the resources of their national population located within the limits of the voivodship, and their preservation depends on the taking of conservation measures as quickly as possible. These are: cis common Taxus baccata, birch low Betula humilis and large peas Lathyrus pisiformis. The selected ecosystems are urgently needed for conservation of xerothermic grasslands, one of the rarest types of ecosystems in Pomerania, and hydrogen ecosystems (mechanics, transitional peat bogs, halophilic meadows and inter-dune reductions), which are a distinguishing feature of the voivodship on the national scale. The project comprises 18 nature reserves where these species and ecosystems are protected. Each reserve shall carry out activities planned in its conservation plan or in approved conservation tasks, ensuring the conservation of the projected species and ecosystems and allowing sustainable use of reserves for tourism and education. In addition, in 13 municipalities with reserves, educational workshops for the local community will be carried out in order to raise awareness of the natural values of the reserves and the principles of their protection. In addition to the natural benefits, the project will indirectly affect the potential for increasing the number of tourists oriented towards active recreation and getting to know the natural qualities of the region and the potential to generate revenue from tourism in the cities covered by the project, while ensuring proper protection of reserves against anthropopression.

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