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WCC 2020 Res 030 - Activity Report

Submitted by Calin.Dejeu on Sat, 10/01/2022 - 11:05
General Information
Enhancing the resilience of coastal areas in the face of climate change, biodiversity crisis and rapid coastal development
IUCN Constituent: 
IUCN WCPA World Heritage : Network 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025
Period covered: 
2022
Geographic scope: 
European Union (EU)
Country/Territory: 
Romania
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Members: 
No other Members are/have been involved
IUCN Commissions: 
No Commissions are/have been involved
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
Fundația Eco-Civica
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Education/Communication/Raising awarenessIn January 2022 I saw on new satellite images that the world heritage site Danube Delta, protected area in Romania with the code ROWHS0001, is losing its integrity. A unique area, the last stretch of continental seashore in Romania not destroyed by real estate developments, fell victim to a large real estate development. The illegal building works were extending on a very Natura 2000 protected habitat, embryonic shifting dunes, 2110. They were on the beach, at less than 150 from the most advanced line of the sea waves, where building in illegal. They were on public land illegally passed to private ownership. The destruction was carried out with the complicity of the Administration of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. An illegal permit was issued based on a management plan which was no longer valid. Several laws were breached and, as usual, fake impact studies were in the file. I sounded the alarm, I noticed the journalists about this in-conceivable destruction of the natural heritage. I found out that a lawsuit was already filed (file 37121/3/2021 from București Tribunal), initiated by locals and Eco-Civica (environmental foundation), but the case was not a high profile case yet, as it deserved. I also wrote an article about it (in Romanian): https://www.romaniacurata.ro/au-distrus-si-corbu-plaja-salbatica/ On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
After I ”sounded the alarm” it grew like a snowball, the case was presented all around the news, a petition to stop de devastation reached 17 thousands signatures and finally the State Inspectorate in Constructions ceased the works and the prefect of the county filed a lawsuit to annul the building permit.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: 
Future ActionDescription
Policy influencing/advocacyBeing a case so severe, impacting the integrity of a world heritage site, the involvement of IUCN and UNESCO is needed.
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