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RESTORATION OF PÄRNU RIVER BASIN

SOME FACTS ABOUT PÄRNU RIVER

• SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN ESTONIA, 144 KM

• CATCHMENT AREA ~7000 KM²; COVERS 17% ESTONIAS

TERRITORY

• 270 TRIBUTARIES (RIVERS AND STREAMS), LONGEST OF THEM

NAVESTI RIVER (100 KM), ALL TOGEHTHER MORE THAN 3000

KM

• PÄRNU RIVER IS PART OF THE NATURA 2000 NETWORK

• SALMONIDS RIVER BIGGER THAN ALL 10 OHTER SALMONIDS

RIVERS IN ESTONIA ALLTOGETHER

• 22 FISH SPIECES DEPEND ON THE SPAWNING AREAS IN PÄRNU

RIVER BASIN

RESTORATION ON PÄRNU RIVERBASIN

TIMEFRAME: 27.03.2015 – 31.12.2023

BUDGET: 15 200 000 EUROS, 85% COHESION FUND, 15%

ESTONIAN STATE BUDGET;

MAIN ACTIVITIES: 3 DAM REMOVALS ON PÄRNU RIVER,

INCLUDING SINDI DAM, 5 REMOVALS ON TRIBUTARIES,

THE LARGEST NATURE PROTECTION PROJECT IN ESTONIA

1832

1922

THE THIRD SINDI RIVER DAM, 1977150 M WIDE, 4,5 M HIGH

October 2013

October 2018

HOW WE GOT THERE?

• Boldminister and a bitof luck

• EU + STATE FUNDING

• Publicservantswith a mission

• WFWD

• NATD

LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

SYSTEM AND TEAM

POLITICS MONEY

April 2019

…AND WE PLAN THAT IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN 2 YEARS

IF TOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, CONTACT

THE PROJECT MANAGER:

KÜLLI TAMMUR

+372 5669 6476

KULLI.TAMMUR@ENVIR.EE

THANK YOU!