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The Danube River Posts
- Romanians split over environmental impact of Danube delta’s wild horses
- Floods in Bosnia wash away mine fields
- Romania – Opening session of the Conference on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region
- Flooding in northern Bulgaria feared as Danube River levels rise
- Payment for Ecosystem Services Program
- Biking along the Danube for biodiversity
- Living river – or transport canal?
- EU Strategy for the Danube Region: safeguarding the future through the development of macro-regions
- Hungary to push water policy overhaul at EU helm
- Code orange and Code yellow Danube flash flood advisories extended
- Current Moonphase on The Danube River
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Romanians split over environmental impact of Danube delta’s wild horses
Mirel Bran for the Guardian Weekly The wild horses of the Danube delta are a unique sight in Europe but conservationists warn that they are a threat to the region’s forests and marshland The port of Tulcea in Romania gradually … Continue reading
Romania – Opening session of the Conference on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region
ISRIA “The best way to harness the potential of the Danube region is to blend the current forms of institutionalized cooperation and partnerships among local communities. We need a public-private partnership with the civil society,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Danube, The Danube River, ecoregion, governance, romania, social structures, transportation, world water
Tagged coastal area, danube delta, danube region, minister of foreign affairs, plenary session, public private partnership, regional policy, riparian countries, riparian states, river delta, sustainable management
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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 Conservation, biodiversity, 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, The Danube River, Travel, ecoregion, governance, tourism, transportation
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
A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets
WWF Vienna – A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for … Continue reading
Danube cleanup plan adopted by 14 nations
AP VIENNA — Fourteen countries and the European Commission have adopted a cleanup plan for the Danube River and its tributaries. The Danube flows 2,857 kilometers (1,775 miles) from southern Germany’s Black Forest to the Black Sea and is polluted … Continue reading
Danube countries agree to protect ‘Amazon of Europe’
AFP VIENNA — Ministers from the 14 countries of the Danube basin adopted here Tuesday a plan to clean up and protect the historic river seen by green groups as Europe’s lifeline and the “Amazon of Europe”. Environmental groups welcomed … Continue reading
Largest River Protection Area in Europe – Croatia and Hungary
Written by Zachary Shahan and published at EcoWorldly Croatia and Hungary signed an agreement yesterday to protect a major biodiversity area that crosses borders along three rivers. The agreement is being called a “Trans-Boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve” and has resulted … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Croatia, Hungary, The Danube River, romania, transportation, world water
Tagged biodiversity, preservation, rivers, unesco, WWF
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