About the project
Project WETMAN
Wetlands are one of the most endangered habitats in Slovenia. The main objective of the “Conservation and Management of Freshwater Wetlands in Slovenia – WETMAN” project is the restoration and improvement of conditions of six Slovene wetlands.
The pilot areas Pohorje bogs, Vrhe, Planik, Zelenci, Gornji kal and the Mura oxbow lake near Petišovci are also classified as Natura 2000 areas. The project objectives are aimed at improving or establishing favourable conditions for fifteen endangered plant and animal species and habitats of Community importance, which can be found in these areas.
In the course of the project we will improve the hydrological conditions, remove the overgrowth, remove the invasive alien fish species in Gornji kal and Mura oxbow lakes, prevent the destruction of endangered habitats and the disturbance of endangered species by building footpaths in Zelenci and in Pohorje bogs, prepare guidelines for management of pilot areas and integrate them into sector plans, which will ensure a sustainable conservation of pilot areas. Field actions will be supported by awareness raising action both on national and local level.
The project’s start and end dates are 1. 2. 2011 and 1. 2. 2015. Project value is 2,144,376 € and it is 50% co-financed by the EU “LIFE+ Nature” programme (1,072,188€).
As the project applicant, the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation invited the following partners to cooperate:
Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia Forest Service, Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia, Municipalities Ruše and Kranjska Gora and RTV Slovenia.
