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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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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Lower Prut floodplain

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

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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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Iron Gates Dam

Iron Gates is the largest hydropower dam and reservoir system along the entire Danube, built in 1970

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Navigation

Because the Danube is oriented east-west and traverses half of Europe, it has been a key to transpor

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The Black Sea

The Black Sea is an inland sea that is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterran

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The Prut River

The Prut River is a 953 km long river in Eastern Europe. It flows from Mount Hoverla in the Ukrainia

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