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EU Proposes Nature Restoration Law
The European Commission proposes to cut the use of chemical pesticides in half by 2030, one of the flagship legislative proposals to follow the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies. The new rules on chemical pesticides will reduce the environmental footprint of the EU's food system, protect the health and well-being of citizens and agricultural workers, and help mitigate the pesticide use-related economic losses.
Severe Droughts in the Danube River Basin
As the climate crisis worsens, severe droughts devastate European landscapes. According to the data published by the European Drought Observatory, more than 60% of land in the European Union and United Kingdom – an area nearly the same size as India (!) – is now affected by drought conditions. The Danube River Basin and the Danube itself have been affected by serious droughts in the past, e.g., in 2003, 2015, and now again one of the most feared natural phenomenon has gripped much of the Danube River Basin.
ICPDR convenes 20th annual ordinary meeting
On Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December 2017, the ICPDR held its 20th Ordinary Meeting in Vienna. Beside the heads of delegation and representatives of 13 of the contracting parties to the ICPDR, around 85 participants from all Danube countries, observers and invited guests attended this important event.
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Danube Watch 2/2017 (3.91 MB)
Danube Watch 2/2017 - Danube Day 2017
Danube Watch 2/2017 - Bled Water Festival - Water is life, don't waste it!
Danube Watch 2/2017 - From Black Forest to Black Sea: former entrepreneur Pascal Rösler paddles over 2,500 kilometers in 63 days
Danube Watch 2/2017 - Avram the Amazing Swimmer
Danube Watch 2/2017 - Bačko Podunavlje - Creating a piece of the Amazon in Serbia
Danube Watch 2/2017 - Vasyl Gubal “Children, adults, local citizens, environmental authorities, the church, decision-makers: all of us are united by rivers”