A new brochure on main results of HydroEcoNex project

Aquatic ecosystems are valuable resources, offering a range of services for both maintaining the quality of the environment and for human development. The alarming rate of depletion and degradation of river ecosystems is of both national and international interest.
Currently, on most major rivers in the Black Sea, many hydropower plants (HPPs) are under construction or are planned to be built. Hydropower plants have negative effects on aquatic ecosystems, influencing the hydrological regime, water quality, production and destruction of organic matter, aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity, which also have a direct impact on the quality of human life.
This brochure is a joint effort of the Institute of Zoology, the International Association of Eco-Tiras River Keepers, the University of the Lower Danube in Galati, the Ukrainian Center for Marine Ecology, the Black Sea Hydrometeorological Center and Azov. an overview of the objectives, the consortium and the main activities carried out within the BSB165 HydroEcoNex project, focussed on the development of common monitoring of the impact of hydropower on functioning of river ecosystems, its contributions for the improvement of the state of the aquatic ecosystems in the Dniester river basin and of the Prut river.