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B – Land purchase and lease

Action B.1: Purchase and /or long-term lease of the land 
Responsible beneficiary: BROZ

Purchase of land from private owners is an eff ective way to promote the conservation objectives without limiting the rights of the owners. BROZ concluded dozens of contracts with private owners, many of whom had for the fi rst time fi nancial profi t from forests and other types of land along the Danube. We also concluded long-term leases for 30 years with more land associations for the improvement of their forest property and recovery of neglected areas. Thanks to this activity we can eff ectively protect nature on an area of 100 ha and carry out activities such as conversion of commercial plantations of non-native poplars to natural fl oodplain forests, restoration of grasslands and pastures and suppression of invasive weed species, wetland restoration and fl ooding of dried oxbows or limitation of illegal access of motor vehicles to protected areas. In such a way, we acquired ownership and care of lands in cadastres of municipalities as Ružinov, Dobrohošť, Baka, Sap, Medveďov, Klížska Nemá, Kľúčovec, Číčov, Veľké Kosihy and Nová Stráž. At these localities we can ensure long-term preservation of rare Danube nature in the future. Experience from abroad, but even our own shows that well managed and eff ectively protected natural areas can be attractive for visitors, contributing to the promotion of local Restoration of fl oodplain forests communities which can bring more money and jobs to the region than intensive forest management.



i. Active management and restoration activities – will be realised on lands where project actions can achieve significant improvement of habitats serving for targeted endangered bird species for feeding, nesting, wintering, gathering during day or night, etc. On this land, actions of improving water regime/ flooding, changing of land management practices and application of management which previous private owner were not willing to do because of economic reasons 

ii. Passive conservation – will be realised on lands with habitats in good conservation status, which do not need any management. Free development of preserved habitats and undisturbed natural processes are often the best way how to achieve natural structure of habitats, suitable for targeted birds.

iii. Elimination of disturbance of sensitive species – For many species targeted, disturbance by human activities is the key factor limiting their nesting success in the project site. Disturbance is also limiting possibilities of birds to fully use existing optimal feeding habitats. Ownership of the land will allow us to close or remove the roads, exclude hunting and intensive recreation. 

iv. Preventing negative development of the land – Development of human activities is a serious problem on private lands in the project site – camping, construction of huts, houseboats, recreational buildings later transformed to normal houses etc . By purchase of small areas strategically located in the project site, we can protect large areas from improper development. 


Recent status
Actually  BROZ owns approximately  45 ha land, selection and negotiations with landowners are ongoing continuously