Clean and Healthy Ocean Integrated Program

Moldova

Introduction	Restoring Ecosystems for Marine Pollution Prevention (RE-MAP)
Country	Republic of Moldova
Start date
Status	Completed
Budget	USD 7.90 million
Project Code	#11361
Objective / Goal	To increase the area under sustainable landscape management practices within the Dniester River Basin in Moldova. This will be achieved through measures to prevent nutrient loading, including ecological restoration, riparian and wetland rehabilitation, silvo-pastoral management planning, and agroforestry interventions that enhance ecosystem functionality, soil retention, and water quality.
Partners	Implementing agencies World Bank Executing Partners Ministry of Environment (MoE) – lead executing agency National Office for Environmental Projects Implementation (NOEPI) Moldsilva (Forest Agency) National Agency “Apele Moldovei” (NAAM) Forest Research and Management Institute (ICAS)
Activities	Project Overview Located in the Dniester River Basin, which drains into the Black Sea Large Marine Ecosystem, Moldova faces nutrient runoff from agriculture, erosion-prone landscapes and weak land-use practices, contributing to eutrophication and hypoxia downstream. Limited institutional capacity, outdated monitoring systems and low uptake of nature-based solutions hinder adaptive capacity for upstream ecosystem restoration and effective watershed management. The project responds by: Restoring degraded ecosystems through nature-based solutions, including riparian and wetland rehabilitation, reforestation, agroforestry and silvo-pastoral systems. Scaling sustainable landscape management practices to reduce nutrient losses and improve soil and water retention. Strengthening institutions and policy alignment with EU water directives and the Dniester Commission through training, equipment and improved monitoring. Supporting community-based restoration and stewardship, enabling local actors to implement best management practices, nature-based solutions and participatory monitoring. Enhancing knowledge management, communication and reporting, contributing to global learning and cooperative Dniester–Black Sea governance. Global Environmental Benefits Expected benefits include the reduction of pollution and hypoxia of the Black Sea LME, 2,700 ha of restored land; 12,700 ha under improved management to benefit biodiversity; mitigation of 173,800 metric tCO₂-eq; strengthened shared management of Black Sea LME; and approximately 99,200 beneficiaries.