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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Payment for Ecosystem Services Program
WWF Danube “Payments for ecosystem services”, also called payments for environmental services (or PES for short) is the name for a variety of arrangements through which the beneficiary of ecosystem services pay back the providers of those services. The ecosystem … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Conservation, ecoregion, governance, poverty, tourism
Tagged biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, conservation services, eco tourism, ecosystem services, forest conservation, global commons, payment scheme, PES, public revenues, tourist companies, watershed protection
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Biking along the Danube for biodiversity
WWF On May 22nd Pete, Andy and Will, environmental professionals and cycling enthusiasts from the UK, will begin an epic journey. Over 3 weeks they will cover nearly 3000 km, pass through 8 European countries, visit 4 capital cities and … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, ecoregion, governance, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged biodiversity hotspots, capital cities, communication exercise, countries and cultures, eco tourism, ecosystems, environmental professionals, epic journey, flood protection, global research, natural history museum, plants and animals, river danube, two wheels
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Living river – or transport canal?
WWF Danube Campaign Old-fashioned river engineering projects put forward by national governments and supported by the European Union could transform our living Danube into little more than a shipping canal. Over 1,000 km of the Danube could be artificially deepened, … Continue reading
EU Strategy for the Danube Region: safeguarding the future through the development of macro-regions
Wien International The European Union is proposing to use available networks but without any new subsidies to develop macro-regions like the Danube region so as to ensure that Europe remains competitive in the future. New concept and model The EU … Continue reading