Special Nature Reserve

“Gornje Podunavlje”

Manager PE”Vojvodinašume”

FE “Sombor”

Special Nature Reserve

“Gornje podunavlje”

• I protection category of exceptional significance for

Republic Serbia

•Established in 2001

•It spreads along the Danube from 1367. to 1433. km

of his stream

•It makes up a natural whole with the right bank, an

inundated area Kopački rit in Baranja - Croatia and

inundated area Karapandža in Hungary

•SNR”Gornje podunavlje” consist of two groups of

marshes – Apatin marshes and Monoštor marshes

•Total area is 19 605 ha of forests, meadows, ponds,

marshes, including Danube and sidearms

Protection regimeProtection regime

AAtotaltotal = = 1919..660505,00,00 haha

AAI levelI level = = 261,62 261,62 haha (1,3%)(1,3%)

AAII levelII level = = 4.843,81 4.843,81 haha (24,7%)(24,7%)

AAIII levelIII level = = 14.14.499499,57 ,57 haha (74,0%)(74,0%)

The reserve represents a

complex mosaic of water and

land ecosystems. The greater

part of the reserve is covered

by marshy, inundated forest

complexes. This type of

preserved indigenous biotopes

is very rare both in our country

and Europe.

•Important Bird Area (IBA) since 1989.•International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River since 2004.•Important Plant Area (IPA) since 2005.•Ramsar site since 2007.•Potential Reserve of Biosphere

InternationalInternational statustatuss

• During the past two centuries antropogen soil draining coused disappearance of marshes.

• 1960. dike construction drastically changed watter regime and endanger existence of

Danube marshes.

• SNR ‘Gornje Podunavlje' is an important center of biodiversity. The wealth of this biodiversity

is reflected in a great number of plant and animal species.

• This wealth is also shown by the presence of ...

MAMMALS

51 species of mammals

BIRDS

248 bird species

145 briding species

15 White-tailed Eagle nests

9 Black Stork nests

REPTILES (9 species)

AMPHIBIANS ( 11 species)

FISHES ( 55 species)

Over 60 species of daytime butterflyes

Apatura metis

Thecla betulae

Eyphydruas maturna

Over 1,000 species of plants... Ranunculus lingua

Hippuris vulgaris Hottonia palustris

Eranthis hymenalis

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Orchis laxiflora Orchis purpurea

Current Projects

•Improving and protection of briding conditions for Tawny

Owl ( Strix aluco) – cooperation with NGO “Centar za zaštitu

sova Srbije”

•Whitetailed Eagle and Black Stork monitoring – cooperation

with Institute for Nature conservation

•Conversion alohchthonous to autochthonous forests ( 400

ha for next 10 years)

•Revitalization of nature habitats

•“Children of Gornje podunavlje” – education

This spring more then 2,000 children...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION !!!

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