Explore: Environmental Issues Natural Values

Until the 19th century, the "Blue Danube" was a dynamic, natural river. Since then drastic interventions have resulted in the loss of most of the basin wetlands and a severe reduction in habitats and biodiversity. Many of the environmental services that the river provides - from fish production to flood protection and water management - have been severely affected.

 

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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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Baia Mare cyanide spill

On January 30th 2000 a retaining wall failed at the Aurul gold processing plant in Baia Mare on the

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Overfishing of sturgeons and illegal caviar trade

Over-exploitation is the main direct threat for the survival of Danube sturgeons

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