natural values

Flowing 2,857 km from Germany's Black Forest to the Black Sea, the Danube is home to an incredible variety of species and habitats. Discover the Danube's natural treasures!

environmental issues

Until the 19th century, the "Blue Danube" was a natural river, but human intervention brought loss of habitats and biodiversity. What environmental issues face the Danube today?

action for a living danube

Today Danube conservation has again become a priority and many legislative tools and political commitments have given the river an exemplary framework for governance. How?

 

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Belene Island

Belene Island, along with Kalimok Marsh, is the most ecologically-important area along the Lower Dan

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Sturgeon conservation

Sturgeons are often called the “living fossils of the Danube” , because they originated 200 million

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Danube-Drava National Park

Danube-Drava National Park (Duna-Dráva National Park) was founded in 1996 and is located in the sout

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Djerdap National Park

The Djerdap National Park is the largest national park and one of the most popular tourist destinati

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Donau-Auen National Park

Situated between the European capitals Vienna and Bratislava, the Donau-Auen National Park preserves

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Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve

Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve is a protected area of wetlands in the northwest of Serbia,

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Hortobágy National Park

The Hortobágy National Park in Eastern Hungary is the largest protected area and the largest natural

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Lower Prut floodplain

The Lower Prut River serves as the state border between Moldova and Romania. The Lower Prut floodpla

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Srebarna Nature Reserve

The Srebarna Nature Reserve is a freshwater lake adjacent to the Danube and extending over 600 ha. I

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Ada Kale

The construction of the Iron Gates Dam changed the river, the gorge and its people forever. Underwat

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