(As established in the EUSDR Action Plan 2020 (COM(2020) 59 final)
Targets
The Priority Area (PA6) has six major objectives to follow during its work:
1. Improve management of Natura 2000 sites and other protected areas through transnational cooperation and capacity building
2. Strengthen the efforts to halt the deterioration in the status of species and habitats occurring in the Danube Region and covered by EU nature legislation and in particular to continue the ongoing work and efforts to securing viable populations of Danube sturgeon species
3. Reduce the introductions and spread of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Danube Region
4. Maintain and restore Green and Blue Infrastructure elements through integrated spatial development and conservation planning
5. To improve and/or maintain the soil quality in the Danube Region
6. To decrease air pollution in the Danube Region
Actions
Above targets would be reflected by below drafted subject matters to be covered by revised and new actions:
ACTION 1: Establish transnational cooperation and harmonisation of the strategic Management documents between protected areas on river systems in the Danube basin
ACTION 2: Build capacities of national and local authorities, non-governmental organisations, expert and scientific community in the environment related matters
ACTION 3: Develop and/or implement conservation action plans and/or management plans for endangered umbrella species of the Danube Region
ACTION 4: Promote research to develop and apply the most appropriate methods for prevention and control of IAS and for management of the priority pathways in line with the DIAS Strategy and IAS Regulation (EU) 1143/2014
ACTION 5: Anchoring the concept of EU green infrastructure in the Danube Region
ACTION 6: Promote ecological connectivity through cooperation between macro-regional strategies (MRS)
ACTION 7: Enhance and/or maintain soil-related ecosystem services (ES)
ACTION 8: Identify locations with obsolete pesticide and similar chemical remains and prepare a remediation plan and a risk management plan in the case of environmental accidents
ACTION 9: Take measures to gradually reduce air pollution, with as a minimum step to respect the limit values for pollutants according to the Air Quality Directive
ACTION 10: Stimulate the management and the ecological restoration of wetlands, particularly in the Danube Delta
