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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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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
Romanians protest lift of sturgeon fishing ban
WWF Bucharest, Romania – A government decision to overturn a ten-year ban on the fishing of wild sturgeon in the Danube River basin drew protests in the capital this week, led by WWF and a contingent of local NGOs. The … Continue reading
Posted in fish, fisheries, romania
Tagged biosphere reserve, danube delta, danube river basin, sturgeon fishing, sturgeons
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First sturgeon fitted with satellite transmitter, back into Danube
www.financiarul.ro reports on a great conservation project that could rival Zeb Hogans fabulous MegaFishes project… “In the framework of a project funded by the Government of Norway, with one million euros and co-financed by the Ministry for Environment in Romania, … Continue reading