Reprezentative Projects - Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development

Project Name: “Research on biodiversity conservation, habitats, invasive species (non-native), sustainable exploitation of natural resources and socio-economic implications of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of climate change” – PN3, code PN 23 13 01 01 03
Implementation period: 2023 – 2026
Total Budget: 8.648.081,18 lei
Funding Program: MINISTRY OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND DIGITALIZATION
Project Manager: Dr. Gabriel LUPU
DDNI role: Coordinator

Objective name: Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. The field and subfields of smart specialization / public policies to which the project proposal is addressed:
6. Environment and eco-technologies
6.1 Technologies for environmental management, monitoring and depollution

Includes environmental monitoring technologies (including through sensor networks and satellite data) as well as those aimed at improving the quality of air, water, soil and complex biological systems and enabling rapid and efficient management of contamination situations. Type of R&D, innovation and demonstration activity: fundamental research, industrial research, experimental development, large-scale dissemination of the results of such activities, knowledge transfer.

Short presentation of the project: The conservation of biodiversity of species and habitats, the sustainable exploitation of ecosystem services and especially those based on renewable natural resources is a major objective of humanity, the European Union, Romania and including the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Administration (A.R.B.D.D.). The conservation of biological resources and their sustainable use is an objective of the “National Strategy for Sustainable Development of Romania 2030”, and at international level starting with the Rio de Janeiro Convention, 1992, Convention signed and ratified by Romania. Thus, Romania subscribed to the concept of biodiversity conservation and exploitation of renewable natural resources within the limits of the environmental support capacity established by national environmental legislation. The project identifies, monitors and estimates the conservation status of biodiversity, taxonomically, nationally and as a natural resource, through field sampling studies, laboratory processing and processing, analysis, statistics and modelling of results. The main components of biodiversity: vegetation, invertebrates, fish, birds and mammals, are studied both as components of biodiversity and as natural resources exploitable by local human communities, but also as support for landscape valorization through tourism. In order to implement the EU Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation, the National Strategy and the Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation 2014-2020, the following aspects are considered: maintaining the diversity of ecosystems, habitats and biomes within protected areas; maintaining specific diversity; maintaining genetic diversity; reducing pressures due to land use change and leading to loss of natural and semi-natural habitats; limiting the negative impact of invasive species; stopping unsustainable exploitation; reducing pressures due to climate change, pollution and soil erosion; maintaining the capacity of ecosystems to provide environmentally friendly goods and services and function as a life support system.

General objective:
Conservation of biodiversity, habitats, invasive (non-native) species, sustainable exploitation of natural resources and socio-economic implications of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of climate change.

Specific objectives:
– Making the map of reedbeds and characterizing their typologies in order to implement fire regulation actions, based on elements of fire ecology and extension of grazing areas (REED MAPPING AND FIRE ECOLOGY)
– Research for sustainable exploitation of vegetal resources in DDBR (VEGETAL RESOURCES)
– Research on assessing the presence, distribution and conservation status of invertebrate species of community interest in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (INVERTEBRATES)
– Research on assessing the conservation status of ichthyofauna species of community interest in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (IHTIOFAUNA)
– Danube Delta fisheries research for sustainable exploitation and biodiversity conservation (FISHERIES RESOURCES)
– Research on colonial waterfowl species in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (COLONIAL WATERFOWL)
– Research on mammal species of community interest in Natura 2000 SCIs of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (MAMMALS)
– Assessing the degree of invasiveness of some species, using the latest methodologies, in the context of climate changes that have favored recent appearances of non-native species with impact in the biocenoses of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (INVASIVE SPECIES)
– Study on the quality of life of the population in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS)
– Research on ecotourism practice in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of Sustainable Development (ECOLOGICAL TOURISM)
– Research on reptile and amphibian species of community interest in NATURA 2000 SCIs in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS)

Project title: Ensuring a favorable conservation status to save the European mink population – Mustela lutreola (species of Community interest, critically endangered) – in Romania from extinction SAVE E-MINK-RO (2017-2020)

Contract period: 2020 – 2023
Total budget: 40.246.125,3 lei
Funding program: Large Infrastructure Operational Program
Project Manager: Dr. Mihai MARINOV
DDNI role: Partner
Web adress: https://ddbra.ro/asigurarea-unui-statut-favorabil-de-conservare-pentru-salvarea-de-la-extinctie-a-populatiei-de-nurca-europeana-mustela-lutreola-specie-de-interes-comunitar-critic-periclitata-din-romani/

Description: General objective of the project: Implementation of measures from the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Management Plan to improve the conservation status of the european mink (Musteola lutreola) in the Danube Delta. By implementing the activities envisaged in the project, we will contribute to the achievement of specific objective 4.1 of POIM, axis 4, namely to increase the degree of conservation and protection of biodiversity through appropiate habitat and species management measures.

The project meets the requirements of POIM by contributing to:
Priority Axes 4: “Environmental protection through biodiversity conservation measures, air quality monitoring, and decontamination of historically polluted sites”.
Investment Priority 6c “Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soils and promoting ecosystems services, including through Natura 2000 and ecological infrastructure”.
Specific Objective 4.1 “Increasing the level of protection and conservation of biodiversity through appropiate management measures and the restoration of degraded ecosystems” in accordance with the provision of Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats.

The project meets the requirements of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region by contributing to:
Priority axis: “Conservation of biodiversity, landscapes, and air and soil quality”.

Action: “Conservation of biodiversity and lanscapes,” contributing to the EU’s 2050 and 2020 vision for biodiversity, efficient management of Natura 2000 sites and other protected areas, and protection and restoration of the most valuable ecosystems and endangered animal species.
The project is type B: Implementation of management plans/sets of conservation measures/actions plans for protected natural areas and approved species of Community interest (including marine environment).

Action:
• Measures to maintain and improve the conservation status of species and habitats of Community importance, including the ecological restoration of ecosystems in protected natural areas, including the Natura 2000 sites.
• Monitoring and evaluation of the conservation status of species and habitats of Community importance.
The project will be implemented on the territory of two Natura 2000 sites, sites of Community importance (SCI) and special protection areas for birds (SPA) as follows:
ROSCI0065 Danube Delta – covering an area of 453,645 ha
ROSPA0031 Danube Delta and Razim-Sinoe Complex – covering an area of 508,302 ha.

The area in which the actions of this project are proposed to be implemented consists of the Dunavat-Dranov and Razim-Sinoe hydrographic units (aquatic complexes), located in the central area of the Danube Delta.
This project will implement the main measure A1.3:
Restoration of European mink (Mustela lutreola) populations from the RBDD management plans, but other measures will also be partially implemented, as presented in the correlation matrix attached to the Funding Application.

Scientific research programme for the development of research skills and capacities in the field of wetland health and environmental protection – ”Danube Delta 2030”

NUCLEUS PROGRAMME – ”Danube Delta 2030”

Contractor: Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development (DDNI)

NUCLEUS Programme title and acronym: Scientific research programme for the development of research skills and capacities in the field of wetland health and environmental protection – ”Danube Delta 2030”

Implementation period of the NUCLEUS Programme: 01.01.2023 –31.12.2026

Main domain and secondary areas of smart specialization / public policies addressed by the NUCLEUS Programme:

Main Domain 6. – Environment and eco-technologies

Secondary domain 6.1 – Technologies for environmental management, monitoring and environmental depollution.

-Include tehnologiile de monitorizare a mediului (inclusiv prin rețele de senzori și date satelitare), precum și cele menite să îmbunătățească calitatea aerului, apelor, solului și a sistemelor biologice complexe și să permită gestionarea rapidă și eficientă a situațiilor de contaminare.

Domeniu secundar 6.2 – Technologies for the circular economy

It includes technologies for waste management (such as those for optimized collection and selection, water filtration, biological reprocessing, waste recovery in energy, pyrolysis, etc.) and the set of solutions that contribute to reducing waste and increasing the degree of recycling in the value chains associated with electronic products, batteries, packaging, plastics, textiles, construction, food, etc.

The total amount requested for the implementation of the NUCLEUS Programme in accordance with the algorithm methodology: 58 588 740 lei

NUCLEUS Programme Director: Dr. Gabriel LUPU

OBJECTIVES OF THE NUCLEUS PROGRAMME

The “Danube Delta 2030” NUCLEU Program is a continuation of some themes from the previous “Danube Delta” NUCLEUS Programmes, and aims to accumulate new knowledge and address new research themes for institutional development and increasing research capacity in its field of activity – in the field of sustainable development, health, ecology and environmental protection, substantiation of management in Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR) and in other wetlands of national and international interest for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, as well as the elaboration of development strategies in the specific field, for the achievement of the objectives contained in the national research strategy SNCISI 2030, constituting bases of scientific and technological competence, expertise, improvement of human resources and scientific and technical documentation. The Programme improve the research capacity for participation in the Horizon Europe Programme (European Innovation Council, Missions – on the 5 main areas: Adaptation to climate change, including societal transformation, Cancer, Soil health and food, Smart and climate-neutral cities, Oceans, seas and coastal and inland healthy waters, Open science policy – compulsory open access to publications and open science principles, applied throughout the Programme, the new partnership approach: more ambitious and goal-based partnerships with industry in support of EU policy objectives.

In order to achieve these goals, the NUCLEUS Programme “Danube Delta 2030” proposes the approach of 4 representative objectives, whose achievement will be done through the implementation of 10 projects, mentioning that they are part of the research directions of the “Strategy and Multiannual Development Plan of DDNI 2022-2030”:

Objective 1: Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve;

Objective 2: Ecological restoration and recovery of species in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve;

Objective 3: Sustainable development of human communities and risk factors in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve;

Objective 4: Information management in biodiversity research, ecological restoration and sustainable development in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.

The scientific approach of the NUCLEUS Programme “Danube Delta 2030” is supported by the scientific knowledge capacity in the field of environmental health of the Danube Delta and wetlands, through competence and tradition acquired during the 100 years of experience.

The elements of originality, in the development and solution of research problems in the field of environmental health, as well as ways of scientific validation of them, at the level of complexity and specificity of the deltaic landscapes and ecosystems of the Danube Delta biome, consist of projects with relevant themes specific to the 3 objectives, both from a theoretical perspective, focused on a research of a fundamental nature, but also applicative character aimed at integrative methods of approach to obtain the proposed results. The objectives are addressed on the one hand to the national and international scientific community in the researched issue, for the fulfilment of academic, scientific, professional or managerial promotion and consolidation requirements, for the development of new ways and modalities of cooperation in the investigation of the field of environmental health, but also for raising awareness among economic agents and/or government authorities in the financing of future research programs.

COMPONENT PROJECTS:

PN – Assessment of the ecological status of the ecosystems in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of climate change and the achievement of the 2030 decarbonization targets

PN – Molecular approaches – from DNA barcoding to DNA metabarcoding – for the study of aquatic species in the Danube Delta

PN – Research on the conservation of biodiversity, habitats, invasive (non-native) species, sustainable exploitation of natural resources and socio-economic implications in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of climate change

PN – Research on the contribution of ecological restoration activities in the management of environmental risks caused by global climate change in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

PN – Research on the development and implementation of suitable reproductive technologies for endangered and declining fish species in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

PN – Research on the natural, touristic, cultural and spiritual heritage of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of sustainable development and global change. Problems, challenges, perspectives

PN – Vector diseases and epidemiological aspects in wild animal populations in deltaic ecosystems

PN – Research on new classes of chemical contaminants resulting from the development of new generations of goods and products

PN – Research on the evaluation and analysis of the clogging rate of the canals subjected to engineering interventions to improve the hydrological conditions on the territory of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

PN – Research on the digitization of the monitoring process of the specific elements in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Invasive Alien Species Observatory and Network Development for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Contextual Ecosystem Services Evaluation in Black Sea Deltaic Protected Areas” – IASON+

The project is funded by the European Union through the Interreg VI-B mechanism, the Next Black Sea Basin Programme. The value of the contract is €1,396,112.46.

Contract period: 28.06.2024 – 27.12.2026

Project priority

Programme priority

02 – Clean and Green Region

Specific objective

RSO2.4 – Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches.

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE “IASON+” project – to continue the activities of establishing and carrying out joint actions for monitoring Invasive Alien Species (IAS), to assess their influence in defining Ecosystem Services (ES) in deltaic ecosystems in the Black Sea Basin, in five countries (Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey and Georgia) and to assess resilience in current and forecasted climatic conditions, to create and promote the premises for adaptation to climate change.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF THE “IASON+” PROJECT: Continuing, developing and implementing common procedures for monitoring and assessing risks to invasive alien species (IAS), assessing their influence in defining ecosystem services (ES) in deltaic ecosystems in the Black Sea Basin (BSM) and assessing resilience in current and forecasted climate conditions, in order to create and promote climate change adaptation premises in the protected areas of the project, in line with regional strategies and policies, targeting, motivating and assisting countries in the creation of IAS inventories, based on long-term cross-border collaboration, information and research capacity through access to and use of innovative technologies on IAS monitoring and their influence on SE, improving cooperation through the involvement of stakeholders at different levels of the project.

PROJECT TEAM:

Consortium Leader: DANUBE DELTA NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

DDNI

Project Manager: PhD. Gabriel LUPU

Assistant Manager: Matei SIMIONOV

Financial manager: Camelia Drăghiceanu

Communication manager: Liliana ENE

PROJECT PARTNERS:

Project Partner 2 – Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority (ARBDD) – Romania,

Project Partner 3 – Institute of Marine Biology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine (IMB) – Ukraine.

Project Partner 4 – Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) – Greece,

Project Partner 5 – Karadeniz Technical University – Marine Sciences Faculty (KTU-MSF) – Turkey, Project Partner 6 – International Business and Economic Development Center (IBEDC) – Georgia.

PROJECT RESULTS:

IASON+ Project aims to tackle the identified common challenges regarding the influence of IAS on ES through innovative approaches and solutions. There are some ways the project approach goes beyond existing practices and the solutions that can be developed, adopted, and implemented during the IASON+ Project lifetime:

Enhanced Monitoring and Early Warning System: the project will develop an advanced monitoring system that combines remote sensing, citizen science, and traditional surveillance methods. This approach will provide real-time data on the presence and spread of IAS, enabling early detection and rapid response actions. The integration of innovative technologies and community participation goes beyond existing practices and enhances the effectiveness and timeliness of monitoring efforts.

Integrated Management Strategies: IASON+ Project will develop and implement integrated management strategies that consider the ecological, socio-economic, and policy dimensions of IAS management. These strategies will focus on prevention, interception, eradication, and restoration measures. The approach goes beyond existing practices by promoting a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach that addresses the root causes of IAS introductions and prioritizes ecosystem resilience.

Adaptive Management and Decision Support Tools: the project will develop adaptive management frameworks and decision support instruments to facilitate dynamic and evidence-based decision-making. These instruments will assist policymakers, land managers, and other stakeholders in assessing risks, evaluating management options, and adapting strategies in response to changing conditions. The incorporation of adaptive management principles and decision support instruments goes beyond traditional approaches and enhances the project’s ability to respond to emerging challenges and uncertainties.

Stakeholder Engagement and Capacity Building: the project will emphasize stakeholder engagement and capacity building activities to ensure a participatory and inclusive approach. Local communities, policymakers, scientists, and other relevant stakeholders will be actively involved in the project through workshops, training programs, and awareness campaigns. This approach goes beyond existing practices by fostering ownership, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, which are vital for sustained and effective IAS and ES management.

Transnational Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange: the project promotes transnational cooperation among participating countries, facilitating the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and expertise in IAS and ES management. This collaboration allows for the identification of common challenges, sharing of lessons learned, and joint development of solutions. The transnational approach goes beyond existing practices by harnessing the collective wisdom and resources of multiple countries, enabling a more comprehensive and effective response to the challenges of IAS in the Black Sea Basin deltaic regions.

By adopting these innovative approaches and implementing the described solutions, the project surpasses existing practices in the sector/programme area/participating countries. It introduces novel monitoring techniques, integrates multiple dimensions of IAS management, promotes adaptive decision-making, engages stakeholders, and facilitates transnational collaboration. These elements collectively enhance the project’s ability to tackle the identified challenges and contribute to sustainable ecosystem services in the deltaic regions of the Black Sea Basin.

The Pannonian Biogeographical Area (PBA) – covering Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Czechia, and Slovakia – is a highly exposed to climate change, with agriculture particularly at risk. The EU-funded ClimaPannonia project promotes climate-neutral practices in four key sectors: water-food systems, agroforestry, organic crops, and cattle. The project engages regional stakeholders, together with partners from Germany, Italy, and France, to enhance resilience within the Pannonian Biogeographical Area and to develop solutions that can serve as models for sustainable agriculture across Europe.

The project’s main goal is to help agricultural in the PBA become far more resilient to climate pressures. By introducing innovative, systemic approaches and encouraging cooperation among the six participating countries – Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Czechia, and Slovakia – ClimaPannonia is laying the groundwork for a more sustainable future in farming.

DDNI will replicate previously tested solutions in the Rusca agricultural pond with the aim of increasing productivity and supporting adaptation to climate change. Activities will include the assessment of meteorological and groundwater data, the restoration of the infiltration pond through dredging and land modeling works, as well as analyses of the efficiency of water retention technologies and their impact on water resource availability.

At the same time, DDNI will analyze the effect of the ecologically reconstructed Carasuhat area (924 ha) on the neighboring dike, which will cause the flooding of a 2000 ha agricultural pond. Field activities will include Lidar flights, groundwater level monitoring, biodiversity observations, and complex chemical and zooplankton analyses.

Technical contributions will focus on integrating wetlands into agricultural landscapes to strengthen climate resilience, applying hydrological modeling and geospatial analysis to assess water retention capacity, and developing ecological monitoring and laboratory capacities for soil, water, and biodiversity analysis. The results will be presented at the “Deltas and Wetlands” symposium.

Building climate resilience via large scale uptake of systemic solutions in agricultural ecosystems in the Pannonian region

6 Countries

Coordinator – UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU, POLJOPRIVREDNI FAKULTET NOVI SAD

48 months (01 March 2025 – 28 February 2029)

19 participants
5 Asociated partners

4 demonstrator sites (Hungary & Serbia)
8 repplication sites (Czechia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia)

ClimaPannionia
Grant Agreement ID: 101156281

DOI
10.3030/101156281

EC Signature date
19 November 2024

Start Date End Date
01 March 2025 28 February 2029

Funded under
Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost EU contribution
€ 6 074 682,50 € 5 783 991,50

Investment in EU polocy priorities
Climate action & Biodiversity

Coordinated by
UNIVERZITET U NOVOM SADU, POLJOPRIVREDNI
FAKULTET NOVI SAD
SERBIA

Partner
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE „DELTA DUNARII”

Lead by Dragos Balaican

Net EU contribution Total cost
€ 283 250 € 283 250

Project Title: Restoring European mink to the Romanian Carpathians

Contract period: 2023 – 2025
Project budget: 31,472 GBP
Project Manager: Dr. Marinov Mihai

Project objective: The project will restore European mink to the Romanian Carpathians, using this charismatic riparian mammal as a flagship species to engage civil society and government in restoring and conserving Romania’s freshwater ecosystems. By combining participatory and solutions-based approaches, we will directly engage local communities, government, NGOs, and the private sector in addressing barriers to implementing conservation in Romania. Our long-term impact will be a greater awareness amongst society of integrated conservation approaches that bring people together, to restore natural processes to ecosystems and why these processes are important, including evidence of European mink populations restored to the Carpathians and acting as an indicator species for better secured freshwater habitats.

Project Title: Forensic Intelligence and Remote Sensing Technologies for nature conservation with the proposal acronym: NATURE- FIRST is a project financed by Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) Part of the HORIZON- CL6-2021-BIODIV-01 call.

Contract period: September 2022 – September 2025

Project budget: 5 mil euro

Project Manager: Dr. Doroșencu Alexandru-Cătălin

Project objective: The overall aim of NATURE-FIRST is to reverse the decline of biodiversity, in Europe and elsewhere. To achieve this we need to move from reactive to proactive action, from restoration to prevention. This requires deepening our insights in the drivers behind the what, how, where and when of biodiversity decline, which in turn requires a data-driven approach. To this end, and to enable data-driven monitoring of ecosystems and determine whether restoration and intervention strategies are effective, we start with making management objectives, evaluation criteria and evaluation methods explicit. To turn the collected data into facts and actionable information (i.e. intelligence) that can be used to inform proactive measures to make ecosystems more resilient, we aim at developing a comprehensive yet open system that automates many of the tedious and laboursome tasks. It will include top-notch features and algorithms that not only assess the conservation status of the studied natural areas, but also shows the risk distribution of a wide range of biodiversity threats, including but not limited to poaching, encroachment, roadkills, drought and fire. The Proof of Principle will contain four interrelated tools that we will develop and test in close collaboration with Field Partners:

a tool to automatically create ecosystem basemaps, including biotic, abiotic, natural and anthropogenic features. This will significantly increase the quality of such maps, lower the costs of creating them drastically, and make comparisons across ecosystems much easier;
a tool for automatic monitoring of ecosystems and evaluation of interventions. This will facilitate more continuous and proactive monitoring and alerting, needed to detect and address drivers behind biodiversity decline in an early stage.
digital twin models. The modelled ecological and anthropogenic processes serve as codified body of knowledge to contextualise and interpret environmental observations. We will also use them to make data-driven predictions and support scenario simulations, thus building upon the latest state of knowledge to create new knowledge about biodiversity drivers and decline.
semantics-driven data methods and tools to harmonise taxonomies. These are needed to bridge taxonomic differences between data collections and organisations and prepare the various data sources for the three above mentioned tools. To this end we will apply the latest graph and semantic AI technologies.

The data required for the Proof of Principle will be derived, where possible automatically, from field partners (project boundaries and field observations), open access data collections and where necessary, commercially available data sources (e.g. from weather forecast stations). As most biodiversity threats are of human origin, legal and illegal, we introduce forensic methods and the latest remote sensing and data science technologies to identify, understand and attribute pressures on natural habitats and wildlife. Moreover, by adding the knowledge from forensic science, we also build the capacity of local law enforcement agencies to use environmental observations as evidence in case of persistent and deliberate offences and infringements. The issue of human-wildlife conflict (HWC), which is rising throughout Europe, will be tackled using the same logic.

The outcome of the above tools are available to on-site decision makers and policy makers in the form of technical reports, including analyses, charts and maps.

Danube Delta is one of the test sites where the target species groups are Sturgeons. Our overall objective is thus to develop predictive, proactive and preventative capabilities for nature conservation stakeholders by combining theoretic premises from the sciences of ecology and environmental forensics with empirical environmental observations (satellite-based & on-site) into a Proof of Principle that is tested and demonstrated in the following European areas, covering six biogeographical regions (Field Sites)

Project Title: Scientific Studies for the Evaluation of Game Species within the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, for the Years 2023–2026

Contract period: 2022 – 2026
Project budget: 80.000 RON
Project Manager: Dr. Vasile ALEXE

Project objective: Conducting scientific studies to assess game species in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DBBR) in the period 2023–2026.
Description. The project aims to monitor and analyze the game species listed in Annex I of the current hunting legislation, in order to assess their impact on the DBBR ecosystem. The study will include assessing the damage caused by these species, as well as investigating their trophobiological, ecological and epidemiological implications. The target species are Sus scrofa (wild boar), Canis aureus (golden jackal), Vulpes vulpes (red fox) and Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog).

Project Name: Services for monitoring of the conservation status of the species of amphibians and reptiles of Community Interest from Romania
Implementation: 2012.06.26 – 2015.04.25
Total Budget: 716597.24 euro
Financing Programe: Sectoral Operational Program Environment 2007-2013 (Priority Axe 4, SMIS-CSNR 17655) & European Regional Development Fund
Leader/Coordinator: Dr. Török Zsolt

The goal of the project was to perform monitoring of the reptiles and amphibians of Community Interest in order to provide field-data for (and to compile) the National Reports on the current ecological status of the studied species. The first reports were submitted in June 2013 to the European Commission.

Project Name: Estimation of the wintering and breeding population of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in Romania -CONTRACT 475 – This contract is part of the project ‘Cormorant counts in the Western
Palearctic’
Implementation: 2013
Total Budget: 10000 euro
Financing Programe: Funded by DG Environment under the European Commission and conducted by the EC project ‘CorMan’ in collaboration with the IUCN/Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group and national organisations.
Partner/Coordinator: Dr. Janos Botond Kiss

This project aim was to make a census of the wintering and breeding population of Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in Romania in 2013. The results of the census were necessary in order to present the status of the species at national, european and Western Palearctic level.It gives an overview of numbers and distribution. It compiles 2 detailed national reports on breeding numbers, colony sizes, colony distribution and the extent of human intervention in breeding colonies as well as important wintering roosting and feeding sites in Romania .

Project Name: “Adaptive Management of Climate-induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE)
Implementation: 2010 – 2013
Total Budget: 85000 euro
Financing Programe: INTERREG IV B CENTRAL EUROPE programme
Partner/Coordinator: Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Germany

Climate Change and anthropogenic activities are challenging European habitats and their management. Especially protected areas are confronted with the pressing need to monitor changes, adapt management strategies and consider flexible responses to future developments. HABIT-CHANGE evaluates, enhances and adapts existing management and conservation strategies in protected areas. This way, conservation managers can pro-actively respond to likely influences of climate change which threaten habitat integrity and diversity. HABIT-CHANGE analyses not only the changes of habitats caused by climate change but also focuses on the necessary changes of our habits in conservation management and land use in protected areas. It is built on a stakeholder dialogue about current user known problems in regard to climate change and is geared towards raising awareness on the demand for adaptive management of protected areas. Investigation areas of HABIT-CHANGE cover protected sites from all over Central and Eastern Europe. They are managed as National Parks, Biosphere Reserves or Natural Parks with a focus on wetlands, forests, grasslands or alpine areas. The habitat types of these reserves and their composition seem to be very vulnerable regarding climate change. The direction of future changes in regional climate and their effects on management measures are still unclear. At site-level precipitation as one of the main climatic drivers might de- or increase and shift its seasonality. This will result in different preconditions for the remaining natural habitats and change species composition, especially in water-based ecosystems such as wetlands and rivers but also in forests and natural grasslands.

Project Name: Adequate-evaluation study for the the project Elaboration of works for enclosing „ Sulina beach arrangement”
Implementation: 2014
Total Budget: 30000 euro
Financing Programe: Tulcea County Council
Leader/Coordinator: Danube Delta National Institute

The present study was elaborated in conformity with MO 19/2010 for the passage of Methodological Guide with regard to the adequate evaluation of potential plans or projects’effects on communitary-interest protected natural areas. The project for carrying out the enclosing works at „Sulina Beach Arrangement” is one for protecting the area already built. Administratively, it is situated within the incorporated area of Sulina town, and geographically, within the Danube Delta, at the south of the Sulina channel’s mouth/discharge into the Black Sea. In this A.E. study, the entire surface of the settlement „Sulina Beach Arrangement” which is aimed to be enclosed and its vecinities is analysed. The cumulated impact of the existent project with the enclosing project which follows to be implemented in the Sulina beach area and which may affect habitats and Natura 2000 sites’ integrity is also analysed. It must be mentioned that numerous studies for the biodiversity component were carried out in the studied area in the last 5 years. The presented data is the study final result and aims at inventorying and assessing the conservation state of the habitats and species in the seahore area. The coast area integrated in the study displays from the Sulina channel’s mouth to Gura Portitei on a length of 80 km and a width of 1000m. In addition, conservation measures are described, which were elaborated in conformity with both the national legislation and by consulting the management plans of certain protected natural areas from outside the country, which contain habitats characteristic to the marine coast and the cordon littoral within their perimetre. The information with concern to the project elaboration was accessed from the documents applied for to Tulcea County Council. In these documents, thre was not found information with regard to the enclosing project’s time period.
In order to elaborate the A.E. study, the following documents were employed: D.D.B.R. managment plan; standard forms Natura 2000 and SPA; relevant information supplied by peers from Bucuresti University and „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University in Iasi; plans, maps, materials dealing with the area’s geology, hydrology and ecology from D.D.N.I. archives; the report with regard to the environmental state within D.D.B.R, as well as the plans concerning the land use. The update and check of the information from the above mentioned sources was carried out by field studies.
The investment project is called Elaboration of works for enclosing “Sulina beach arrangement”, owned by Sc. A.S.P.L. Sulina S.R.L.. Its objective is to develop the beach area’s tourist infrastructure in order to provide services to the target public. The necessity to enclose the forementioned objective is justified by the limitation of unauthorized persons and animal access. The scheduled objective is the enclosure of the constructed premises with stall moduli. This investment project will be approximately 1100 m long and 1.3 m high. The construction works with regard to the project implementation will be manually carried out. The materials of which it will be built on the west, north and east sides will be bordered-net panels fixed/shielded on wooden poles/pylons/pilots directly stayed in the ground, without concrete cribs. On the southern side, the enclosing fence will be manufactured of willow, reed or scrubs characteristic to the area. Its purpose is to ensure the enclosure of the „Sulina beach arrangement”premises built with stall type moduli.

Project Name: „Evaluation study for Corbu, Vadu, Portița, Sf. Gheorghe and Sulina coastal areas to regulate toristic activities in relation with conservation of species and habitats”
Implementation: 2016 – 2017
Total Budget: 30000 euro
Financing Programe: Tulcea County Council
Leader/Coordinator: Danube Delta National Institute

The previous research projects, regarding biodiversity conservation, in relation with touristic activities and their impacts on coastal areas and thematic maps elaboration by G.I.S. technics as well, represents an important base of information for future evaluation studies and recommendation on sustainable exploitation. Thus, the proposed actions and management measures for touristic activities regulation in beach arrangements and wild beach areas from Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR) must be in accordance with the significant development of Natura 2000 ROSCI0065 Danube Delta site in coastal areas. Another aspect that must be previsioned is the long-term maintenance of a favorable conservation status for natural habitats and species of conservation interest with regards to ongoing legislation by designing a national model for sustainable management of coastal areas, within a Natura 2000 site. From this perspective, the study includes the following information: conservation and maintaining of the biodiversity favorable status within Natura 2000 ROSCI0065 Danube Delta site and conception of a data base that can enhance the importance of biodiversity at regional, national and international level. The regulation, monitoring and control of activities conducted in beach arrangements and wild beach areas from ROSCI0065 Danube Delta and promotion of activities with low impact on biodiversity of protected area. The study will assist the elaboration of measures regarding conservation of species and habitats from coastal areas and regulation of touristic activities developed in DDBR, coastal areas.

Project Name: Innovative Instruments for Environmental Analysis in North Western Black Sea Basin (Black sea e-eye)
Implementation: 2013 – 2015
Total Budget: 124107.48 euro
Financing Programe: BSB – JOP / MDRAP
Partner/Coordinator: Dr. Ion Navodaru

Supporting the development of durable environmental policies by deploying innovative research initiatives focused on the analysis, monitoring and investigation of physical-chemical and biological parameters of surface aquatic systems in North Western Black Sea Basin.

- Project title: Revision of the management plan and regulations of the DDBR.
- Implementation period: 2020-2023
- Total budget: project budget, €8,700,000, DDNI budget, €4,500,000.
- Funding program: Structural Funds.
- Partner/Lader: Project leader, DDBRA Tulcea and 4 other partners, DDNI Tulcea (Dr. Mihai MARINOV), GALU Galați, NIRD Constanța, Geoecomar Bucharest.
  
  “Revision of the management plan and regulations for the DDBR”, code SMIS 2014+ 123322, funded by the Large Infrastructure Operational Program 2014-2020, Priority Axis 4 – Environmental protection through biodiversity conservation measures, air quality monitoring, and decontamination of historically poluted sites, Objective 4.1 Increasing the level of protection and conservation of biodiversity and restoring degraded ecosystems.
  Description: The overall objective of the project is to maintain the ecological balance of biodiversity and natural heritage, as well as to implement measures to improve the conservation status of ecosystems in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve by increasing the institutional capacity to manage the network of protected natural areas, in accordance with European Directives. The specific objectives are to increase the institutional capacity of the DDBRA to initiate and implement measures to preserve ecological balance by adopting simplified procedures for integration, analysis, evaluation, and reporting that will ensure the efficiency of internal administrative flows and optimize collaboration with other institutions, as well as improving the professional skills and expertise of 70 DDBRA staff in order to successfully implement measures to conserve biological diversity, natural habitats, wild flora and fauna species, and ensure the efficient management of the protected natural area (DDBR).

Project title: “Research on the status and conservation of biodiversity, habitats, sustainable exploitation of natural resources, the impact of non-native species, and socio-economic implications in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve”. – Core Program, “Danube Delta 2022,” code PN 19 12.

Implementation period: 2019-2022.
Total budget: 9.402.138 lei
Funding program: MINISTRY OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND DIGITALIZATION
Project Manager: Dr. Gabriel LUPU
DDNI Role: Coordinator

Description: The project identifies, monitors, and estimates the conservation status of biodiversity from a taxonomic, population, and natural resource perspective through field sampling studies, laboratory processing and analysis, statistics, and modeling of results. The main components of biodiversity: vegetation, entomofauna (insect species), fish, birds, and mammals, studied as components of biodiversity and as natural resources exploitable by local human communities, but also as a support for landscape enhancement through tourism. In order to implement the EU Strategy of Biodiversity Conservation, in accordance with the National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation 2013-2020, the following aspects are taken into account: maintaining the diversity of ecosystems, habitats, and biomes within protected areas; maintaining specific diversity by reducing decline, restoring and maintaining the conservation status of populations belonging to protected species; improving the status of endangered species; reducing pressures due to land use change leading to the loss of natural and semi-natural habitats; and limiting the negative impact of invasive species.
The main targets proposed to be achieved are: i) estimating the state of conservation of biodiversity (flora, fauna), ii) estimating sustainable harvest yields of natural resources (vegetation, fish, game), iii) establishing a basis for eco-tourism, iv) studying socio-economic systems, v) creating habitat maps according to the Romanian classification, vi) completing database for monitoring species and habitats.

Numele Proiectului: Invasive Alien Species Observatory and Network Development for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Black Sea Deltaic Protected Areas – ”IASON”
Perioada de Implementare: 2020 – 2022
Bugetul Total: 987700 euro
Programul de Finantare: Joint Operational Programme Black Sea Basin 2014-2020
Responsabil Proiect: Dr. Gabriel LUPU
Rolul INCDDD: Coordonator consorțiu
Adresa Web: https: https://ddni.ro/wps/ro/iason_ro/

Descriere: Proiectul “IASON” are ca obiectiv stabilirea și efectuarea de acțiuni comune de monitorizare a IAS în ecosistemele deltaice din Bioregiunea Mării Negre din cinci țări (România, Ucraina, Grecia, Turcia și Georgia) și evaluarea răspunsului acestora la condiții climatice actuale și prognozate. Atingerea acestei ținte are la bază creșterea gradului de conștientizare, promovarea networking-ului, transferul de cunoștințe și experiență cu privire la cele mai bune practici și optimizarea dialogului între autorități, instituții academice și de cercetare științifică și sectorul privat, cu privire la monitorizarea Speciilor Invazive Alohtone, pentru îmbunătățirea accesului și utilizării datelor, evaluare uniformă, informații și proceduri de comunicare privind amenințările. Aceste cerințe pot fi îndeplinite prin abordarea integrată a institutelor de cercetare și universităților, autorităților publice centrale și locale, a companiilor private, ONG-urilor și reprezentanți ai societății civile.

Project title: Development of new genetic tools for the bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe (DNAqua-Net).

Implementation period: 2016-2020.
Total budget –
Funding Program: COST EU.
Project Manager: Dr. Ing. Ion NĂVODARU.
DDNI role: Partner.
Website: http://dnaqua.net

Description: The protection, conservation, and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions is of global importance. For European countries, this has become legally binding, mainly through the EU water-Framework Directive (WFD). To assess the ecological status of a water body, aquatic biodiversity data is estimated and compared with a reference water body. The current approach to biodiversity assessment is based on morpho-taxonomy. This approach has several disadvantages, such as being time-consuming, limited in temporal and spatial resolution, and prone to errors due to variations in the individual taxonomic expertise of analysts. New genomic tools can overcome many of these problems and could complement or replace traditional bioestimation methods. However, a number of approaches are being developed independently in diffrent institutions, thus preventing any concerted routine applications. The aim of this action is to bring together a group of researchers from several disciplines with the task of identifying standard genomic tools and new eco-genomic indicators for routine implementation in biodiversity assessments of European water bodies. Furthermore, DNAqua-Net will provide a platform for training the next generation of European researchers, preparing them for new technologies. Together with water body managers, politicians, and other stakeholders, the group will develop a conceptual framework for the standard application of the eco-genomic toolkit as part of mandatory water quality assessments.

Project title: Climate Change and Water resources in Europe (CERES)

Implementation period: 2016-2020
Total budget: €120.875
Funding program: H2020
Project manager: Dr. Ing. Ion. NĂVODARU
DDNI role: Partner
Website: https://ceresproject.eu

Description: CERES provides a cause-and-effect understanding of how climate change will affect most of Europe’s major fish and shellfish resources and the economic activities that depend on them. The project will provide tools and strategies for adaptative development, enabling the aquaculture and fisheries sectors, as well as their governance, to prepare for the adverse changes or future benefits of climate change.

Department: MANAGEMENT | GENERAL DIRECTOR / PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER

Expertise: Ecological Reconstruction, Habitats

Team: Management

Contact:

Email: office@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 101

Principal researcher, licensed in Ecology and also PhD at “Ovidius” University from Constanta – Environmental Scienes faculty focusing onEnvironment Protection – Ecology. Had participated in over 15 specialized courses both national and international, coordinated over 14 national and international projects, published 19 ISI articles, one patent, published 14 papers at various acknowledged scientific events national and international, a book and 8 book chapters.

Departament: DEZVOLTARE TEHNOLOGICA, TRANSFER TEHNOLOGIC SI PLANIFICARE SPATIALA

Expertiza: Desen Tehnic, Proiectare, Incarcare Baze de Date

Echipa: Dezvoltare Tehnologica, Transfer Tehnologic si Planificare Spatiala

Contact:

Email: mihaela.nichifor@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 167

Mihaela Nichifor este Tehnician Proiectant in cadrul Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare „Delta Dunarii” din anul 1991 cu urmatoarele atributii: executarea lucrarilor de birou in domeniul proiectarii; fotointerpretare; gestiune si arhivare proiecte; activitate de secretariat; sarcivi cu caracter administrativ; documentare si colectare de date; verificarea calitatii documentelor, actelor si a materialelor studiilor de proiectare.

Department: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFER AND SPATIAL PLANNING

Expertise: Technician, Drawing Design, Database Loading

Team: Technological Development, Treansfer and Spatial Planning

Contact:

Email: mihaela.nichifor@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 167

Mihaela Nichifor is a Research and Development Technician in “Danube Delta” National Institute since 1991 and the main attributions are: implementation of development projects; photointerpretation; administration and project archiving; secretatial activities; administrative tasks; documentation and data collection; quality check.

Departament: DEZVOLTARE TEHNOLOGICA, TRANSFER TEHNOLOGIC SI PLANIFICARE SPATIALA

Expertiza: Modelare Hidraulica 1D2D, GIS

Echipa: Dezvoltare Tehnologica, Transfer Tehnologic si Planificare Spatiala

Contact:

Email: adrian.constantinescu@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 134

Constantinescu Adrian Cornel este inginer IDT I cu specializare in modelare hidrologica si GIS. Are o experienta de 20 ani in modelare hidrologica utilizand softul specializat Sobek Rural 1D2D si 25 de ani in procesare GIS. Principalele realizari pe partea de modelare hidrologica sunt legate de participarea la proiecte FP si nationale:

– “ Centre of Excellence – DELWET” prin modelul hidraulic al Deltei Dunarii (inceput in 1997 si actualizat permanent) pentru care a primit Diploma Sesiunii Stiintifice Romane 2000 pentru „Modelul hidrologic al Deltei Dunarii”,

– FP5 “Nutrient Management in the Danube Basin and its Impact on the Black Sea – DANUBS”, prin modelul hidrochimic la Deltei Dunarii,

– “Redimensionarea ecologica a luncii Dunarii – REELD”, 2008 prin realizarea modelului hidraulic al Dunarii de la Gruia la marea Neagra,

– SEE- INTERREG IV B “STAKEHOLDER ORIENTED FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE DANUBE FLOODPLAINS (“DANUBE FLOODRISK”), 2009-2012 prin realizarea hartilor de hazard si risc la inundatii in lunca Dunarii de la Gruia la Marea Neagra,

– POS Mediu “Elaborarea unui suport cartografic digital de rezoluţie înaltă necesar implementării planurilor, strategiilor şi a schemelor de management în Rezervaţia Biosferei Delta Dunării” 2009-2012 prin modelul hidraulic al Deltei Dunarii si scenarii de renaturare,

– “MARS” project (Managing Aquatic ecosystems and water Resources under multiple Stress) funded under the 7th EU Framework Programme, prin modelarea lacurilor din Delta Dunarii utilizand Aquatox.

Principalele realizari pe partea GIS sunt legate de participarea la proiecte FP si nationale:

– Harti tematice ale Deltei Dunarii (vegetatie, sol, inundabilitate) pentru care a primit Nederlandse Vereninging voor Kartografie Technical Cartography Award 1994 for Danube Delta soil map,

– Phare-Ro “Establishment of an information system and a database for water management field according to the requirements of the water framework directive” 2008 prin harta retelei hidrografice a Romaniei si a statiilor de tratare/epurare a apei,

– PN II “Inventarierea pajistilor naturale cu biodiversitate ridicata din Romania in vederea fundamentarii stiintifice a masurilor de management pentru conservarea acestora-NARDUS” 2007-2010, prin procesarea GIS a hartilor,

– PN II „Harta Micropotenţialului Hidroenergetic al României – abordări complexe tehnico-economice HARMIH-RO” 2008-2010 pentru hartile hidrografice ale debitelor raurilor din Romania,

– Corine Land Cover (1995, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018),

– A black Sea network promoting integrated natural Wastewater treatment systems – “WASTE-net” (Retea pentru Marea Neagra de promovare a sistemelor integrate de tratare naturala a apelor uzate), 2013-2015 pentru identificarea/evaluare potentialului utilizarii procedeelor naturale de epurare a apelor menajere ale localitatilor din Romania cu o populatie sub 2000 de locuitori,

– Program Nucleu 2016-2020 Elaborarea hărților de risc și hazard la inundații pentru localitățile din Delta Dunării.

Department: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFER AND SPATIAL PLANNING

Expertise: 1D2D Hydraulic Modeling, GIS

Team: Technological Development, Treansfer and Spatial Planning

Contact:

Email: adrian.constantinescu@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 134

Adrian Constantinescu Cornel is an engineer specializing in hydrological modeling and GIS. He has 20 years of experience in hydrological modeling using specialized software Rural 1D2D Sobek and 25 years in GIS processing. The main achievements on the hydrological modeling are related to participation in FP and national projects:

– “Centre of Excellence – DELWET” by hydraulic model of the Danube Delta (beginning in 1997 and constantly updated) for which she received Diploma Romanian Scientific Session 2000 “hydrological model of the Danube Delta”

– FP5 “Nutrient Management in the Danube Basin and Its Impact on the Black Sea – DANUBS” by hydro chemical model in the Danube Delta

– “Resize ecological floodplain Danube – REELD” in 2008 by conducting hydraulic model of the Danube from the Black Sea Gruia,

– SEE INTERREG IVB “stakeholder FLOOD RISK ORIENTED ASSESSMENT FOR THE DANUBE FLOODPLAINS (” DANUBE FLOODRISK “), from 2009 to 2012 by making hazard maps and flood risk in the Danube Floodplain Gruia Black Sea

– SOP “Developing a high-resolution digital cartographic support needed to implement the plans, strategies and management schemes in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve” 2009-2012, by hydraulic model of the Danube Delta and scenarios of renaturation

– “MARS” project (Managing Aquatic Resources under multiple ecosystems and water stress) Funded under the EU 7th Framework Program, by modeling using Aquatox Delta lakes.

GIS on the main achievements are related to participation in FP and national projects:

– Thematic Maps of the Danube Delta (vegetation, soil, flooding) for which he received voor Nederlandse Vereninging KARTOGRAFIA 1994 Award for Technical Cartography Danube Delta soil map,

– Phare-Ro “Establishment of year and the database information system for water management field According to the Requirements of the Water Framework Directive” 2008, by hydrographic network map of Romania and potable water treatment / water treatment,

– PN II “Inventory of natural grasslands with high biodiversity in Romania in order to substantiate scientific management measures for their conservation-Nardus” 2007-2010 by processing GIS maps,

– PN II “Hydropower Potential Map of Romania – complex technical and economic approach HARMIH-E” hydrographic maps 2008-2010 for the flow of rivers in Romania,

– Corine Land Cover (1995, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2018),

– Promoting integrated network A Black Sea natural Wastewater treatment systems – “WASTE-net” (Network for the Black Sea to promote integrated systems for natural treatment of wastewater) from 2013 to 2015 for identifying / evaluating the potential use of natural water treatment processes household of localities in Romania with a population under 2,000 inhabitants,

– National Program 2016-2020 Develop risk maps and flood hazard to localities in the Danube Delta.

Departament: CENTRUL DE INFORMARE TEHNOLOGICA „DELTA DUNARII”

Expertiza: Monitorizarea şi managementul mediului, Turism, Informare si Transfer Tehnologic, Organizare Evenimente Stiintifice

Echipa: CENTRUL DE INFORMARE TEHNOLOGICA „DELTA DUNARII”

Contact:

Email: edward.bratfanof@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 126

Edward Bratfanof – Facultatea de Silvicultură și Exploatări Forestiere, Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov (5 ani), licențiat în: Ingineria Mediului (1995). Un alt Master în Management și Monitorizare a Mediului (2016), Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați. Doctorand în Inginerie Industrială – Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați, intitulată „Studii privind impactul antropic asupra sturionilor la nivelul brațului Chilia din RBDD”. Coordonează activitățile specifice departamentului CIT DD din 2014, a elaborat Strategia de dezvoltare și Planul de afaceri al DD TIC. Obiective principale: Crearea unui pol de competitivitate și inovare în regiunea Dobrogea și promovarea sustenabilității în Delta Dunării, pentru care a contribuit la înființarea clusterului 3D Edaphic-BLOOM Dunărea. A fost implicat în numeroase proiecte precum: WETECOS, TARCHS, Restoration-DD Restoration of Sontea – Fortuna Wetland Ecosystems, Creating Interfaces – Belmont, Danubius RI – Support Project, Flood-Serv, Lucas, RAIN Solutions, ResponSEAble – Ocean Literacy, SCENT , Danurb+, Anadrom, BlueNIGHTs, EDAPHIC -BLOOM Dunărea, EcoDALLi, DaWetRest, Restore4Life și altele. Organizează numeroase evenimente științifice internaționale, naționale sau regionale, precum: Simpozionul Internațional „Deltas & Wetlands”, „Dialogii cu părțile interesate privind strategiile de dezvoltare durabilă: lecții, oportunități, studii de caz – 4 DELTA”.

Department: DANUBE DELTA TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER

Expertise: Environmental Management and Monitoring, Tourism, Technological Transfer and Information, Organizing Scientific Events

Team: DANUBE DELTA TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER

Contact:

Email: edward.bratfanof@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 126

Edward Bratfanof – Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov (5 years), licensed in: Environmental Engineering (1995). Another Master in Environmental Management and Monitoring (2016), “Lower Danube” University of Galati. PhD student in Industrial Engineering – “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati, entitled “Studies on the anthropogenic impact on sturgeons in the Chilia arm of the DDBR”. He coordinates the specific activities of the DD TIC department since 2014, elaborated the Development Strategy and the Business Plan of the DD TIC. Main objectives: Creating a pole of competitiveness and innovation in the Dobrogea region and promoting sustainability in the Danube Delta, for which he contributed to the establishment of the 3D Edaphic-BLOOM Danube cluster. He was involved in numerous projects such as : WETECOS, TARCHS, Restoration-DD Restoration of Sontea – Fortuna Wetland Ecosystems, Creating Interfaces – Belmont, Danubius RI – Support Project, Flood-Serv, Lucas, RAIN Solutions, ResponSEAble – Ocean Literacy, SCENT, Danurb+, Anadrom, BlueNIGHTs, EDAPHIC -BLOOM Danube, EcoDALLi, DaWetRest, Restore4Life and others. He organizes many international, national or regional scientific events, such as: “Deltas & Wetlands” International Symposium, “Stakeholder dialogues regarding sustainable development strategies: lessons, opportunities, case studies – 4 DELTA”.

Department: LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH BASES

Expertise: Aquatic Ecology, Zooplankton

Team: Hyrdobiology Laboratory

Contact:

Email: iasemin.suliman@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 161

Iasemin Suliman, graduated from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences “Ovidius” University of Constanța, in 2008.
In 2010 she graduate a Master degree in Management of Environmental Impacts. Since 2017 has been working at the “Danube Delta” National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea as Research Assistant.
Currently she is scientific researcher in the team of the Hydrobiology Laboratory and PhD student at Doctoral School of Applied Sciences, “Ovidius” University of Constanța, She is involved in various projects that aim to evaluate the quality of aquatic ecosystems.
The main responsability being the study and characterization of zooplankton communities from the aquatic ecosystems of the Danube Delta.

Departament: LABORATOARE SI BAZE DE CERCETARE

Expertiza: Chimia Mediului, Geochimie si Biotehnologie

Echipa: Laboratorul de Chimie

Contact:

Email: cristina.despina@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 136

Cercetător în cadrul INCDDD, Tulcea, Romania, doctor în Știința Materialelor din anul 2010, cu experiență în chimia mediului, impactul factorilor de mediu asupra prezenței micropoluanților organic și anorganici în ecosistemele acvatice, experiență în spectrometria de masă cu plasmă cuplată inductiv, gazcromatografie cu spectrometrie de masă, spectroscopie moleculară în UVVIS, absorbţie atomică cu vapori reci (CVAAS). A fost colaborator în numeroase proiecte naționale și internaționale și este autorul mai multor publicații în reviste cotate ISI (9), reviste indexate în baze de date internaționale (3) și coautor al unui capitol de carte.

Departament: LABORATOARE SI BAZE DE CERCETARE

Expertiza: Chimia Mediului si Geochimie

Echipa: Laboratorul de Chimie

Contact:

Email: liliana.teodorof@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 186

Cercetător științific în cadrul INCDDD Tulcea și coordonatorul Departamentului Laboratoare și Baze de Cercetare. Este Licențiată în Chimie (Facultatea de chimie din cadrul Universității București, 1991) și Doctor în Chimie (Facultatea de chimie din cadrul Universității București, 2009). Are o vastă experiență în spectrometria de masă cu plasmă cuplată inductiv, gaz cromatografie/ spectrometrie de masă, spectroscopie moleculară în UVVIS, absorbţie atomică cu vapori reci și cu flacără, spectrometrie în infraroșu. Are o experiență de peste 26 de ani în evaluarea, acumularea și transferul poluanților în sistemul aer-apă de suprafață-sol/sedimente-floră și fauna terestră/acvatică, dezvoltare durabilă, evaluarea impactului de mediu. Este coautor la 6 cărți și la 4 capitole de carți, din care 2 ca prim autor. A publicat 13 articole publicate în reviste cotate ISI din care 6 ca prim autor, 1 articol în extenso într-o revistă indexată ISI, 8 articole extenso publicate în reviste indexate în baze de date internaţionale (BDI). A coordonat 8 proiecte/contracte naționale. Este membru B.EN.A– Balkan Environmental Association și membru I.A.D. – International Association of Danube River Research, Viena, Austria. A fost profesor asociat al Universității École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse (2002, 2004) și profesor asociat la Masterul Dezvoltare Durabilă și Protecția Biodiversității al Universității Tehnice de la Cluj.

Department: LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH BASES

Expertise: Environmental Chemistry, Geo-Chemistry

Team: Chemistry Laboratory

Contact:

Email: liliana.teodorof@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 186

Research Scientist at DDNI Tulcea and the head of the Laboratories and Research Facilities Department. Has a degree in Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 1991) and the scientific title of Doctor in Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, 2009). She has extensive experience in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), gas chromatography / mass spectrometry, UV-VIS molecular spectroscopy, atomic absorption with cold vapor and flames, infrared spectrometry. Her experience spans over 26 years in evaluation, accumulation and transfer of pollutants in systems such as air – surface-water – soil / sediments-flora and aquatic/terrestrial fauna, sustainable development, environmental impact assessment. Is co-author of 6 books and 4 book chapters. Has published 13 articles in ISI journals with impact factor, out of which 6 as first author, an article in extenso in an ISI indexed journal and 8 articles in IDB indexed journals. Has been the coordinator of 8 national research projects. Is a member of Balkan Environmental Association (B.E.N.A) and International Association of Danube River Research (I.A.D), Vienna, Austria. Was an associate professor at the School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of Toulouse, France (2002, 2004) and associate professor in the Master of Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Protection at the Technical University of Cluj.

Departament: CONSERVAREA BIODIVERSITATII SI UTILIZAREA DURABILA A RESURSELOR NATURALE

Expertiza: Ornitologie, Resurse Cinegetice, Zoonoze (în care sunt implicate păsările și mamiferele), Ecologie, Mamalogie, Natura 2000, studii de impact asupra mediului

Contact:

Email: mihai.marinov@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 157

Dr. Mihai Marinov (specialist în ornitologie, ecologie, zoonoze în care sunt implicate păsările și mamiferele, ecologie și Natura 2000) a terminat facultatea de Ecologie, în profilul de Biologice cu specializarea Ecologie, în anul 2002. În anul 2012 a susținut public teza de doctorat cu titlul ”Ornitofauna Rezervației Biosferei Delta Dunării și implicația acesteia în transmiterea virusului West Nile”, la București în cadrul Universității din București, în urma căreia obține titlul de doctor în Biologie. Lucrează în cadrul Institutului Național Delta Dunării din anul 2003, inițial în Departamentul de Biodiversitate (echipele de ornitologie și resurse cinegetice) iar din anul 2016 conduce Departamentul Centrul pentru Studiul Bolilor Transfrontaliere, Emergente si Zoonozelor. Principalele sale interese de cercetare sunt ecologia ornitofaunei din România, zoonozele în care sunt implicate păsările și mamiferele din Delta Dunării, resursele cinegetice și implementarea Rețelei Natura 2000 în România. Din perspectiva Departamentului pe care îl conduce, din anul 2005 și până în prezent cercetează ecologia virusului West Nile în colaborare cu Instituții din România, Franța, Austria, Spania, Italia, Republica Cehă, Marea Britanie și Ungaria (proiecte precum EDEN – FP6, EDENext – FP7, ROVETNILE – Biotech). Din perspectiva cercetării virusului West Nile, pe lângă investigații asupra speciilor rezervor și a vectorilor se ocupă și de realizarea de modele de prognozare a infecțiilor cu virusul studiat. Împreună cu colaboratorii a identificat speciile de păsări implicate în transmiterea virusului West Nile respectiv a identificat pentru prima dată în Europa prezența virusului West Nile într-o specie de Ixodidae. Actualmente, împreună cu instituții partenere din România lucrează la modelarea epidemiologie virusului West Nile prin monitorizare cu ajutorul dronelor (proiectul WNV-RPAS – PN II) respective instruiește doctoranzi din România și Serbia în domeniul tehnicilor de recoltare de material biologic și ecologia agenților patogeni din zone umede (proiectul AMSAR – SCOPE finanțare elvețiană). Pe lângă studiul virusului West Nile sunt realizate sau vizate studii, cercetări și proiecte cu privire la Pesta Porcină Africană, Boala Carre, Hepatita E, Gripa Aviară, Trichineloza, Encefalita de căpuşă, Febra hemoragică Crimeea-Congo, Febra hemoragică Dengue, Febra hemoragică Chikungunya ș.a.

Department: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Expertise: Ornithology, Game Resources, Zoonosys (in which are involved birds and mammals), Ecology, Mammalogy, Natura 2000, Environmental Impact Assessment

Contact:

Email: mihai.marinov@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 157

PhD Mihai Marinov (specialist in ornithology, ecology, zoonosys in which are involved birds and mammals, ecology, mammalogy) has graduated in 2002 Faculty of Biology, Biology profile, Ecology Specialization. In 2012 he defended his PhD thesis entitled “The ornithofauna of Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and its implication in the transmission of West Nile virus” at the University of Bucharest, after which obtained a PhD in Biology. He is working in the Danube Delta National Institute since 2003, initially in the Department of Biodiversity (Irnithology and Hunting and Game species teams) and from 2016 leads the Centre for the study of transborder and emergent diseases and zoonosys. His main research interests are ecology of birds, zoonosys involving birds and mammals in the Danube Delta, wildlife resources and implementation of the Natura 2000 Network in Romania. From the perspective of the Department he leads, since 2005 until now, he investigates the ecology of West Nile virus in co-operation with institutions from Romania, France, Austria, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Great Britain and Hungary (projects such as EDEN – FP6, EDENext – FP7, ROVETNILE – Biotech). From the perspective of West Nile virus research, in addition to investigations of reservoir and vector species, he deals with making forecasting models of infections with the studied virus. Together with collaborators he identified the bird species most involved in the transmission of West Nile virus, respectively, identifying for the first time in Europe the presence of West Nile virus in a species of Ixodidae. Currently, together with partner institutions in Romania he is working on modelling the epidemiology of West Nile virus by monitoring using drones (project WNV-PSUR – PN II), respectively, he trains PhD students from Romania and Serbia in techniques for harvesting biological material and ecology of pathogens in wet areas (AMSAR project – Swiss finance SCOPE). Besides the study of West Nile virus are conducted or targeted studies, research and projects on the African swine fever, distemper, hepatitis E, Avian Influenza, trichinosis, Tick borne encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever Crimean-Congo, haemorrhagic fever Dengue, hemorrhagic fever Chikungunya etc.

Departament: SISTEM INFORMATIONAL SI GEOMATICA

Expertiza: Sisteme Informationale Geografice si Teledetectie

Echipa: SISTEM INFORMATIONAL SI GEOMATICA

Contact:

Email: ion.grigoras@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 142

Dr. Ion Grigoras este cercetător ştiinţific gradul I şi coordonatorul Departamentului Sistem Informațional și Geomatică din cadrul INCDDD. Are expertiză în: baze de date, GIS și teledetecție, aplicaţii web aplicate pentru mediu. Are 33 de ani de experiență în domeniul IT, din care 26 a colaborat cu biologi pentru structurarea informației de mediu, în combinație cu alte date spațiale, inclusiv ortofoto și imagini satelitare. A participat ca expert GIS / teledetecție în proiecte de mediu localizate în Ucraina, Federația Rusă și Africa de Vest (1999-2005, 2016-2017) și a făcut parte din echipa care a coordonat Corine Land Cover 2000, 2006, 2012 pentru România. A fost coordonator al proiectelor care a realizat rețeaua Natura 2000 în România (2005-2012) si a proiectat prima versiune a bazei de date web pentru rețeaua Natura 2000.

Department: INFORMATIC SYSTEM AND GEOMATICS

Expertise: Geographical Informational Systems and Remote Sensing

Team: INFORMATIONAL SYSTEM AND GEOMATICS

Contact:

Email: ion.grigoras@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 142

Dr. Grigoras Ion is senior researcher and head of Geomatics and Information Systems department at Danube Delta National Institute. Main expertise in: databases, GIS and remote sensing, web application applied in environment. He has 34 years experience in IT from which 26 working with biologists, structuring environment information in combination with other spatial data including LIDAR, orthophoto and satellite images. Was GIS / remote sensing expert in environmental projects located in Ukraine, Russian Federation and West Africa (1999-2005, 2016-2017) and in the team that coordinate the Corine Land Cover 2000, 2006, 2012 for Romania. He was coordinator of projects that set up Natura2000 network in Romania (2005-2016) and had designed the web Natura 2000 database.

Departament: RESTAURARE ECOLOGICĂ ŞI REDRESARE SPECII

Expertiza: Teledetecție, Fotointerpretare, Reconstrucție ecologică

Echipa: Grupul de Cercetare Restaurare Ecologică

Contact:

Email: jenica.hanganu@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 143

Jenică HANGANU, născut în 1956. Cercetător Științific Gr. I. Din anul 1984 lucrează la Institutul Național de Cercetare – Dezvoltare Delta Dunării, Tulcea, România. Principalele activități au fost cele de cartare a vegetației și solurilor, cartografierea și gestionarea ecosistemelor stuficole din Delta Dunării, teledetecție și fotointerpretare. A contribuit la elaborarea hărții solurilor din Delta Dunării si la producția hărților de vegetație din Delta Dunării. Proiectele Comisiei Europene pe care le-a coordonat sunt: EUREED II, REBECCA, EnviroGRIDS, Helm, MARS precum si proiecte nationale ale Agenției Europene de Mediu: CORINE Land Cover 2000, 2006, 2012 și NARDUS care a avut ca obiectiv inventarierea pajiștilor semi-naturale din România.

Department: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND SPECIES RECOVERY

Expertise: Remote Sensing, Photo Interpretation, Ecological Reconstruction

Team: Ecological restoration Research Group

Contact:

Email: jenica.hanganu@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 int.: 143

Jenică HANGANU, born in 1956. Senior scientist. Since 1984 he has been working for the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania. The main activities were focus on vegetation and soil survey and mapping, management of the Phragmites ecosystems in the Danube Delta, remote sensing and photo interpretation. He has contributed in the elaboration of the Danube Delta soil map and initiate and coordinate production of the Danube Delta vegetation maps. He was local coordinator of several EC projects: EUREED II – Dynamic and stability of the Phragmites Ecosystems – REBECCA, EnviroGRIDS, HELM and MARS. He has lead the national research project NARDUS dealing with inventory of semi-natural grasslands in Romania and was national coordinator of the CORINE Land Cover 2000, 2006 and CLC 2012 GMES / Copernicus Initial Operations (GIO) land monitoring 2011-2013 in the framework of regulation (EU) No 911/2010 – pan-European component EEA projects).

Departament: DEPARTAMENTUL CONSERVARE A BIODIVERSITĂŢII ŞI UTILIZARE DURABILĂ A RESURSELOR NATURALE

Expertiza: Pescării Ape Interioare, Evaluarea Stocurilor Peștilor de Apă Dulce, Ihtiologie, Pești Migratori, Resurse Naturale Acvatice, Ecologie Acvatică

Contacte:

Email: ion.navodaru@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 interior: 163

Dr. Ion NĂVODARU este cercetător principal în cadrul departamentului Conservarea Biodiversității și Utilizarea Durabilă a Resurselor Naturale și liderul echipei de cercetare a Utilizării Durabile a Resurselor Naturale din Institutul Național de Cercetare – Dezvoltare Delta Dunării. El are 35 de ani de experiență în domeniul cercetării pescăriilor interioare de apă dulce, a publicat o carte, 14 capitole de carte, 86 de lucrări științifice și a prezentat mai mult de 100 de lucrări științifice. Actual, coordonează Programul National NUCLEU „Delta Dunării”, proiectului H2020 CERES – Schimbările Climatice și Resursele Acvatice Europene, de asemenea colaborează în proiectul H2020 denumit AQUACROSS- ”Cunoștințe, Evaluare și Management pentru Biodiversitatea Acvatică și Serviciile Ecosistemelor în acord cu politicile UE” și este membru în Comitetul de Management al Acțiuni COST CA15219 ”DNAqua-net „Dezvoltarea de noi instrumente pentru Bioassessment genetice a ecosistemelor acvatice din Europa”. De asemenea a fost responsabilul ca și partener la diferite proiecte finanțate de UE precum: PC6 (GEM-CON-BIO), PC7 (TESS), COST UE (CA635 INTERCAFE) și BSB – JOP pentru Marea Neagră în proiectul ”Black Sea e-Eye”. De-a lungul carierei a fost lider de pentru 22 proiecte naționale și colaborator în alte 14 proiecte. Ion este membru al Consiliului Consultativ Științific al Sectorului Pescăresc din Romania și membru a mai multor organizații profesionale internaționale, cum ar fi Fundația Ihtiologilor Europeni, Fundația Scrumbiilor, Societatea Eurosturio, Grupul European de Utilizarea Durabilă a IUCN. Ocazional a făcut revizuiri de manuscrise pentru reviste științifice, cum ar Fisheries Management and Ecology, Folia Zoologica, Cybium, Journal of Fish Biology, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, and Society and Natural Resources.

Department: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES – Natural resources

Expertise: Inland Fishery, Fish Stock Assessment, Ichthyology, Migratory Fish Shad and Sturgeons, Aquatic Natural Resources, Aquatic Ecology

Team:

Contacts:

Email: ion.navodaru@ddni.ro

Tel.: +40240/524550 interior: 163

Dr. Ion NĂVODARU is a senior scientist, part of Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources department and leader of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources team at Danube Delta National Institute for Research & Development. He has 35 years of experience in inland fisheries research, published one book, 14 book-chapters, 86 scientific papers and presented more than 100 scientific works. Actually has leading National Progarmm NUCLEUS ”Danube Delta” and H2020 project CERES – Climate change and European aquatic RESources, but also collaborates in other H2020 project named AQUACROSS- ”Knowledge, Assessment and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies” and is member on Management Committee of EU COST Action CA15219 DNAqua-Net ”Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe”. He was also lead partner of various EU projects: FP6 (GEM-CON-BIO), FP7 (TESS), and EU COST (CA635 INTERCAFE) and BSB – JOP, Black Sea e-Eye project. Along his carrier has leading 22 and collaborate in 14 national projects. He is a member of the Romanian Scientific Advisory Council of Fisheries Sector and of several international professional organisations, such as the European Ichthyologycal Society, Shad Foundation, Eurosturio, European Sustainable Use Group of IUCN. Ion occasionally reviews scientific manuscripts for journals, such as Fisheries Management and Ecology, Folia Zoologica, Cybium, Journal of Fish Biology, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, and Society and Natural Resources.

Prof. Dr. Z. S. Andreopoulou, Aristotel University of Thessaloniki, Greece;
Prof. Dr. A. Bacu, University of Tirana, Albania;
Prof. Dr. Tom Buijse, Department of Ecology & Water Quality, Deltares, Utrecht (the Netherlands);
Prof. Dr. C. Constantin, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania;
Dr. Delia Dimitriu, Manchester Metropolitan University Center for Aviation, Transport and Environment, UK;
Prof. Dr. M. Fenice, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy;
Prof. Dr. T. Florijančić, University of Osijek, Croatia;
Prof. dr. doc. Petre Gâştescu, „Hyperion” University, Bucharest, Romania;
Prof. dr. ing. Lucian Puiu Georgescu, „Dunărea de Jos” University Galaţi, Romania;
CSI Dr. Mariana Golumbeanu, National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”, Romania;
Prof. Dr. Z. Grgić, University of Zagreb, Croatia;
Prof. Dr. V. Guberac, University of Osijek, Croatia;
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hein, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, BOKU, Vienna;
Dr. Ming Jiang, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Dr. Lidia Lenuţa Bălan – Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization

Prof. Dr. M. Kochubovski, University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, FYR Macedonia;
Prof. Dr. A. Kokkinakis, Aristotel University of Thessaloniki, Greece;
Prof. Dr. Y. Kurucu, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey;
Dr. Eng. Iulian Nichersu, Danube Delta National Institute for R&D, Tulcea, Romania;
Dr. Ion Năvodaru, Danube Delta National Institute for R&D, Tulcea, Romania;
Prof. Dr. S. Ozimec, University of Osijek, Croatia;
Acad. Prof. Dr. ing. Nicolae Panin, Romanian Academy;
Prof. Dr. M. Popa “1 December 1918” University of Alba Iulia, Romania;
Prof. Dr. Manuela Moreira Da Silva, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal;
Prof. Dr. Elchin Hafiz Sultanov, Director of Azerbaijan Ornithological Society, Associate professor in Baku Engineering University, Head of Ornithological Working Group of laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates of Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan;
Dr. biol. Marian Tudor, Danube Delta National Institute for R&D Tulcea, Romania;
Prof. dr. Angheluţă Vădineanu, Bucharest University, Romania;
Prof. Dr. A. Vaseashta, International Clean Water Institute, Herndon, VA, NJCU, State University of New Jersey, USA;
Dr. Eng. Tania Zaharia, National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa”, Romania.

Natura 2000 Habitats

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Aquatic Resources

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Conservation Priority Species

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Wetlands

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PROJECTS

Some of the most representative for this department

Ongoing Projects

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PN3

Research on biodiversity conservation, habitats, invasive species (non-native), sustainable exploitation of natural resources and socio-economic implications of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the context of climate change

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SAVE E-MINK-RO

Ensuring a favorable conservation status to save the European mink population – Mustela lutreola (species of Community interest, critically endangered) – in Romania from extinction SAVE E-MINK-RO (2017-2020)

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NUCLEUS PROGRAMME

Scientific research programme for the development of research skills and capacities in the field of wetland health and environmental protection – ”Danube Delta 2030”

IASON+

Invasive Alien Species Observatory and Network Development for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Contextual Ecosystem Services Evaluation in Black Sea Deltaic Protected Areas”

Clima Pannonia

Building climate resilience via large scale uptake of systemic solutions in agricultural ecosystems in the Pannonian region

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Restoring European mink to the Romanian Carpathians

NatureFirst

Forensic Intelligence and Remote Sensing Technologies for nature conservation

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Scientific Studies for the Evaluation of Game Species within the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, for the Years 2023–2026

Past Projects

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Services for monitoring of the conservation status of the species of amphibians and reptiles of Community Interest from Romania

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Estimation of the wintering and breeding population of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in Romania

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HABIT-CHANGE

Adaptive Management of Climate-induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas

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Adequate-evaluation study for the the project Elaboration of works for enclosing „Sulina beach arrangement”

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Evaluation study for Corbu, Vadu, Portița, Sf. Gheorghe and Sulina coastal areas to regulate toristic activities in relation with conservation of species and habitats

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Black sea e-eye

Innovative Instruments for Environmental Analysis in Northwestern Black Sea Basin

POIM-PM

Revision of the management plan and regulations of the DDBR

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CP

Research on the status and conservation of biodiversity, habitats, sustainable exploitation of natural resources, the impact of non-native species, and socio-economic implications in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

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