Moderation for the LIFE RESTORE for Mura Drava Donau Projekt and for DRAVA LIFE Symposium

The ‘LIFE RESTORE for MDD’ project is a joint project of Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia (17 partners) to preserve and restore the largest contiguous riparian forests in the UNESCO Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve, also known as the ‘Amazon of Europe’. The project started on 1 October 2023 and will run for five years. The third project consortium meeting and the annual coordination meeting of the TBR-MDD Steering Committee will take place in parallel. The ECO Institute of Ecology moderates both events and contributes to the outcomes for the future activities of the project. The international DRAVA LIFE Symposium aims to foster the exchange of know-how on river restoration projects within the UNESCO Five-country Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube (TBR MDD) between Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia. Project partners, river restoration experts and stakeholders from all five countries will discuss the status quo and the need for a healthy river ecosystem within the TBR MDD – now and in the future. They also discuss how river restoration in the TBR MDD will contribute to the ambitious goals of the new EU Nature Restoration Law.