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Insert-sort with Romanian folk dance
The joy of the internet~Mouth to Source Danube Uploaded by AlgoRythmics on Mar 29, 2011. YouTube Created at Sapientia University, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania. Directed by Kátai Zoltán and Tóth László. In cooperation with “Maros Művészegyüttes”, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, culture, heritage, Hungary, romania, social structures, The Danube River
Tagged alog, dance, Füzesi Albert, Sapientia University
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”
WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, Conservation, Croatia, culture, ecoregion, fish, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, Hungary, Serbia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, tributary of the danube river, Water, wetland, world water
Tagged Asamer Holding Company, beavers, black stork, EuroNatur, Jim Leape, little tern, Martin Schneider-Jacoby, MAVA Foundation, Mr Günter Liebel, Mr Jasen Mesić, Mr Oliver Dulić, Mr Roko Žarnić, Mr Sándor Fazekas, Mura-Drava-Danube Bioreserve, otters, sturgeons, The Coca Cola Company, The Drava River, The Mura River, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Wild Heart of Europe Award, WWF International Director General
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Explore the Danube
Find right here inspiring, informative and exciting teaching material about a very special European river: the Danube. The world’s great rivers are unique: they tie together peoples and civilisations, and they encourage communication and discussion. They have inspired mankind from … Continue reading
Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
ENPI The European Commission has revealed which countries and regions will lead priority areas of cooperation under the EU’s Strategy for the Danube Region. A Commission press release said the announcement pinpointing the ‘priority area coordinators’, including Moldova and Ukraine, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bosnia, bulgaria, Conservation, Croatia, culture, czech republic, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, montenegro, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, world water
Tagged Commissioner for Regional Policy, education, information technologies, Johannes Hahn, organised crime, research capacity, The Danube Strategy
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Croatian plan to turn rivers into channels results in protests to EU
WWF Zagreb, Croatia: Newly unveiled plans which would turn the Danube and Croatia’s other rivers into little more than regulated canals have been protested to the European Union by WWF, Croatian NGOs and EuroNatur. The plans, released by the Croatian … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Croatia, drought, flooding, flora and fauna, governance, heritage, irrigation, sedimentation, The Danube River, transportation, wetland, world water
Tagged Arno Mohl, Croatian Water Management Authority, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU Water Framework Directive, The Danube Strategy, The Drava River, The Mura River, The Neretva Rivers, The Sava River
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Danube river to be severely impacted by plans to increase navigation
WWF Brussels, Belgium – Tomorrow the European Commission will publish plans to increase navigation on the Danube River, as part of their EU Strategy for the Danube Region. However this decision could result in significant negative impacts on the river’s … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Danube, danube delta, ecoregion, The Danube River, tourism
Tagged biodiversity, bottlenecks, Danube navigation, Danube sturgeon, EU Council, EU Strategy, European Commision, hungary, innovative ship design, navigation, protection, water purification, WWF, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development
WWF WWF welcomes the EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy, which can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve long-term sustainable development across the Danube basin. Development of the Strategy comes at a time when … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, biodiversity, bulgaria, Croatia, Danube, ecoregion, Germany, Green, Hungary, moldova, romania, Serbia, social structures, The Danube River, ukraine, Water
Tagged danube basin, danube region, Danube River Basin Management Plan, EU danube strategy, EU Water Framework Directive, european commission, Hungarian EU Presidency, loss of biodiversity, sustainable development, wetland restoration, WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
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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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