2.
Project Objectives and Context
1.Reduce Budapest’s
discharge of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) into the
Danube River, and consequently into the Black Sea;
2.Enhance the
nutrient trapping capacity of Gemenc and Beda-Karapancsa
wetlands situated in the lower Hungarian part of the Danube River; and
3.Serve as a model
for similar nutrient reduction initiatives in Hungary and other Danube
basin countries.