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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Sturgeon conservation

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

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Ermakov Island

With an area of 3,500 ha, Ermakov Island is one of the bigger islands in the Ukrainian part of the D

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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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Tiszatarján green economy project

Tiszatarján is a village on the Tisza River in north-eastern Hungary. A project run by WWF aims to r

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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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Navigation

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

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Phosphates

A large number of household detergents and cleaning agents contain components called phosphates, whi

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The Lower Danube

The Lower Danube is one of the last free flowing stretches of river in Europe, including islands wit

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The Upper Danube

The Upper Danube starts at the river's source in the Black Forest in Germany and flows through Bavar

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