Restoring the Lower Danube River's wetlands: a short report on the hydrological effectiveness of completed projects

Our report synthesizes information on (i) restoration projects along the Lower Danube River in order to show their hydrological effects and (ii) reference conditions of sites in order to better understand the evolution of riparian wetlands under present-day conditions. Our report (i) concluded on the difficulty to successfully restore the hydrology of the Lower Danube wetlands and (ii) pointed out restrictive factors for the terrestrialization of wetlands and islands in reference conditions. Overall, the report is a state of the art that shows a general picture of the present-day hydrological conditions of the Lower Danube’s wetlands.