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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Djerdap National Park

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

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Kalimok Marsh

Kalimok Marsh (2000 ha) is located on the Bulgarian bank of the Danube, close to the town of Tutraka

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Lower Danube Green Corridor agreement

In 2000, the governments of Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine pledged to work together to esta

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Tataru Island

The tiny Tataru Island is part of a small archipelago in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta and

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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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Bystroe Channel

Bystroe Channel is a channel in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta which passes through the core

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Floods

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a

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Gabcikovo Dam

Built in 1992, Gabcikovo Dam in Slovakia is the second largest dam (after the Iron Gates dam) on the

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