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Category Archives: Danube
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
Danube Cultural Cluster
In collaboration with many partners from the Danube region the Collegium Hungaricum (the Hungarian Cultural Institute) encourages the foundation of a cultural cluster in the Danube area (Danube Cultural Cluster) within the framework of the Danube Strategy. This cluster is … Continue reading
One step further for the EU Danube Strategy
Danube Watch After an intense consultation period involving all 14 Danube countries as well as stakeholder groups, the EU Strategy for the Danube Region is entering the final stages of completion and is expected to be adopted by the College … Continue reading
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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Fears Hungary spill could turn into toxic cloud
Concern has been raised in Hungary that sunnier weather will turn the red sludge spill into a toxic dust cloud. Share this article
Hungary toxic spill - the trouble may not be over
by Pablo Gorondi for AP KOLONTAR, Hungary (AP) — The owners of the metals plant whose reservoir burst, flooding several towns in western Hungary with caustic red sludge, expressed their condolences Sunday to the families of the seven people killed, … Continue reading
Posted in contamination, Danube, Hungary, Pollution, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river
Tagged Ajka, aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, ecological catastrophe, highly corrosive, Kolontar, MAL, red mud, reservoir, state of emergency, The Marcal River, The Raba River, Vas, Veszprem, Western Transdanubian Environmental Protection and Water Management authority, worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary
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First dead fish seen in Danube
AFP Budapest - The first dead fish have been sighted in Europe’s second-longest river, the Danube, following a spill of toxic mud in Hungary, a regional chief for the disaster relief services told AFP on Thursday. “I can confirm that … Continue reading
Hungary’s toxic sludge reminiscent of 2000 Romania disaster – but much worse
Ariel Zirulnick, for Christian Science Monitor Hungary’s toxic sludge disaster recalls – and dwarfs – a 2000 spill of 4.6 million cubic feet of cyanide-tainted water in neighboring Romania. The largest, most dangerous environmental disaster in Hungary’s history is unfolding … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, contamination, Danube, fish, fisheries, flora and fauna, Hungary, Pollution, romania, The Danube River, tributary of the danube river, water security, world water
Tagged aluminium production, Aluminium Production and Trade Company, arsenic, chromium, environmental disaster, greenpeace, heavy metals, long-term effects, red slurry, toxic sludge
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Power from the Danube – can it be sustainable?
Danube Watch Danube leaders discuss the increased need for CO2-neutral energy, the construction of new hydropower plants, minimum ecological requirements and how all of this can be in line with the Danube River Basin Management Plan When constructing new hydropower … Continue reading