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- Hungary sludge plant ‘still a threat’, says Greenpeace
- Priority area coordinators for EU Danube Region Strategy announced
- Croatian plan to turn rivers into channels results in protests to EU
- Danube hosts Europe’s biggest winter swim carnival
- Current Moonphase on The Danube River
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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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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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Danube hosts Europe’s biggest winter swim carnival
NEUBURG AN DER DONAU, Germany (AFP) – More than 1,700 people braved the frigid waters of the River Danube Saturday for Europe’s biggest winter swim carnival, a colourful German tradition now in its 42nd year. Participants slid gingerly into the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Germany, heritage, The Danube River, tourism
Tagged carnival, Donauschwimmen, swim, winter swim carnival
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Hungary Lays Out Strategy As it Takes Over EU Presidency
VOA The Danube river flows not just through Budapest, but also three other national capitals - more than any other in the world. Now Hungary, which takes over the European Union’s presidency on New Year’s Day, wants money to flow … 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 key to overcoming disparities: Barroso
AFP The European Union’s strategy for the Danube is key to overcoming disparities in the region, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday during a summit in Bucharest. “There has been major progress since the beginning of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, bosnia, bulgaria, Croatia, czech republic, danube delta, ecoregion, Germany, governance, heritage, Hungary, moldova, montenegro, poverty, romania, Serbia, slovakia, slovenia, social structures, The Danube River, tourism, transportation, Travel, ukraine
Tagged commercial shipping, disparities, EU Strategy, european union, Jose Manuel Barroso, shipping, The Danube basin, The Strategy for the Danube, Viktor Orban
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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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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