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- We have introduced a new feature for our visitors, a new and innovative idea for accessing the links on the ICPDR homepage.
- Danube Art Master, the 14-country Danube Art Master contest challenges children living in the Danube Basin to create sustainable works of art dedicated to their rivers has returned. The international...
- Vienna, 20 March 2017 - Wastewater from homes, cities, industry and agriculture flowing back to nature without being treated or reused pollutes the environment in many regions. Without proper...
- In 2015 significant parts of the Danube River Basin were affected by droughts which negatively impacted different water-dependent economic sectors, vegetation and the aquatic environment. This is the...
- On 15-16 February 2017, Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly convened a two-day preparatory meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in order to consider the themes for the...
- In the framework of the joint EU and UNDP project -“Improving Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea – Phase II” (EMBLAS) new opportunities for public monitoring of the Black Sea coastal status...
- Ice control has a long history on the Danube river. The extremely low temperatures experienced in the past weeks throughout the Danube River basin which have been causing continuous ice formation on...
- On Monday, 23 January, the European Union takes over the annual Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). Incoming President Peter Gammeltoft has...
- On 6 and 7 December 2016 the ICPDR held its 19th Ordinary Meeting in Vienna. Beside the heads of delegation and representatives of the 15 contracting parties to the ICPDR, about 60 participants...
- The ICPDR experience on global commitment to water resources management on basin-wide scale is internationally renowned. We safeguard the most international river basin in the world from...
- Sediment Management is an essential element of River Basin Management Plans. Sediment is an essential, integral and dynamic part of our river basins. Where human activities interfere with sediment...
- On 27 October, the Donauauen National Park celebrated 20 years of existence. ICPDR Executive Secretary Ivan Zavadksy addressed in his keynote speech the parallels that can be drawn between the...
- 2015 was an eventful year for the ICPDR. The Annual Report 2015 provides detailed insight into an eventful year– from the results of two Management plans adopted on 1 December 2015 by the ICPDR in...
- On 23 September, the opening ceremony of the hatchery station of the EU project LIFE Sterlet was held on the Danube Island in Vienna. The ICPDR has been one of the first organisations to advocate...
- Launched last February, the online game DanubeAdventure.org has entered six months of existence, providing children with an exciting opportunity to engage with the Danube. A clever mix of quiz and...
- Danube Basin, 29 June 2016. The ICPDR has revised its logo slightly to modernise its appearance and improve its readability. The new version is in line with the fonts of the ICPDR’s corporate...
- Danube Basin, 29 June 2016. Creative events for children, behind-the-scenes tours in water management institutes, field visits in nature reserves: Danube Day reflects the diversity of the Danube...
- Danube Basin, 21 May 2016. World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) is held on May 21 and will bring together more than 1,500 organizations, featuring more than 350 events worldwide.
- Vienna, 7 April 2016. In the frame of the MARS project, a group of 60 river basin managers, Water Framework Directive officials, European Environment Agency representatives, external experts and MARS...
- Vienna, 3 March 2016. The Segura River of Spain has been named the winner of the International RiverFoundation's 2016 European Riverprize. The award ceremony took place in Vienna's city...
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