]> 2026-04-14T15:52:36+00:00 Case study:Restoration of Vesselina River 500 en Veliko Tarnovo municipality WWF-Bulgaria Approved 0.5 - 2 m 5 - 10 m Improvement Fish: Species composition,,,,,,Improvement Fish: Species composition WWF Danube Carpathian programme Bulgaria Pontic Province WWF DOEN Foundation Yes No Yes true No change Continuity for organisms,,,,,,No change Continuity for organisms Slide1.JPG Slide2.JPG Slide3.JPG Slide4.JPG Slide7.JPG Vesselina River - before restoration Vesselina River - during restoration Vesselina River - after restoration 10 - 50 k€ 43.030141495241,25.82609935752 Ivan WWF Danube Carpathian programme Bulgaria Hristov ,, ,,, Less than 1 k€ 1531 Vasselina River area Less than 1 k€ BoardBG.jpg 2005-09-01Z 2453614.5 Complete WWF together with local people from Mindya village in the region of Veliko Turnovo, restored the connection of Veselina River, a tributary of Yantra, with its former meander near the village. When the river meander was cut off back in time, the river dug nearly 150 cm deeper into its bed, so now a threshold had to be built to raise its level enough for enabling it run back to its old bed. The project objective is by conducting a number of technical, environmental and forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration of the river Vesselina in particular: • Conservation and restoration of biodiversity in isolated old bed of the river and correction of Vesselina river near by Mindya village; • Create favorable conditions for development of recreation and tourism in the region; • Reduce the level of flood risk; • Optimization of groundwater level and reduce the impact of drought and floods on agricultural land in river terrace; • Reduction of erosion; • Increased self-purification capacity of water flow in the region of isolated old bed of the river. Restoration of Vesselina River restoration of vesselina river Yantra River Danube Vesselina vesselina EU - Special Protected Area 1 - 10 k€ 100 - 1000 km² 200 - 500 m Vesselina Hydromorphology 76 50 - 100 k€ BGTR7 BG1YN130R029 1 - 10 k€ 2008-04-01Z 2454557.5 2007-09-01Z 2454344.5 2012-09-19T09:33:32Z 2456189.898287 2013-09-06T10:43:22Z 2456541.9467824 Restoration of Vesselina River 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Restoration of Vesselina River]] [[Subcatchment title::Vesselina]] Restoration of Vesselina River# QUERYd61fcd78dd44f3dfd40c6c45049fdd06