The Situation of Protected Natural Areas in the Maintenance of Water Management Facilities

Abstract

In Hungary, there is often a conflict between nature conservation and water management interests, the main  reason of which is to be found in the endowments, size and  recent history of our country. In the article, the author  evaluates the water management reconstruction works of  Lake Tisza as a protected natural area along the overlaps of  nature conservation and water management activities. It  presents the international and domestic development of  nature conservation, and covers the declaration of Lake  Tisza as an artificial facility as a protected natural area. It  evaluates the impact of the reconstruction works carried  out within the framework of the investment on the wildlife  of the lake and makes findings on the possible forms of  cooperation between water management and nature  conservation managers.