Danube Watch 3-4/2015
Owner/Publisher: ICPDR – International Commission for the
Protection of the Danube River, Vienna, icpdr@unvienna.org;
Executive Editor: Benedikt Mandl; Editor: Kirstie Shepherd;
Design: studiod*luxe;
Cover photo: Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection – Republic Water Directorate, Serbia;
Print: Druckerei Janetschek, Vienna;
Danube Watch is the official magazine of ICPDR, the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River. Danube Watch enhances regional cooperation and information sharing on sustainable water management and environmental protection in the Danube River Basin. It reports on current issues affecting the Danube Basin, and on action taken to deal with challenges in the river basin. Striving for scientific accuracy while remaining concise, clear and readable, it is produced for the wide range of people who are actively involved in the Danube River Basin and are working for the improvement of its environment.
The ICPDR accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to information or opinions of the authors of the articles in this issue.
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- Dear Readers, It has been a great pleasure cooperating with all of the distinguished Heads of Delegations and experts from the Danube countries and serving the large, colourful
- News & events Over €220 million invested in Danube region The new Danube Transnational Programme was adopted in August to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, preserve natural and
- A state of the sector: looking at water and wastewater in the Danube Basin A new report from the World Bank highlights the double challenge and opportunities for the water sector in
- Providing safe passage routes on the Columbia River The Pacific salmon faces many of the same obstacles as the Danube’s Huchen in reaching safe spawning grounds. However,
- Groundwater: the river’s invisible twin A vital source of drinking water and water for irrigation, groundwater also feeds rivers all year round. However, because it is hidden away below the
- Fighting for the sturgeons Once present in large numbers in the Danube River Basin, sturgeons today face threats from overfishing and illegal marketing, disruption of spawning migration, and
- Danube:Future, achieving integrated sustainable development in the Danube River Basin Rivers are neither cultural nor natural spaces; they are socio-natural sites, where the interplay
- Saving a sacred river An Indo-German cooperation project is bringing experts from the Danube and the Ganga rivers together to share knowledge and experiences on protecting these
- Taking hydromorphology assessments for a test drive Natural conditions vary greatly across the Danube River Basin, so naturally assessment standards must be tailored for each country
- Nitrogen pollution in the Danube Basin Nitrogen is vital for aquatic ecosystems, supporting the growth of algae and plants which provide food and habitat for fish and smaller
- Remember the river: using art to connect students to the Danube Students on both sides of the Danube in Hungary and Slovakia have compiled their memories of the river into a paper
- The road to environmentally sustainable inland waterway navigation A Joint Statement provides guidance for the maintenance and development of current and future inland navigation
- Danube Adventure: learning about the river in a playful way A new online game provides children with an exciting opportunity to engage with the Danube. A clever mix between a quiz and skills
- ICPDR MEETINGS 1-2/12/2015 Vienna, Austria 18th ICPDR Ordinary MeetinG
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