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Statement of DG Environment on behalf of International Organisations (Anne Burill) (73.12 KB)
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Welcome Statement of ICPDR on behalf of International Organisations (Istvan Öri, ICPDR President 2005) (415.79 KB)
Welcome Statement of ICPDR on behalf of International Organisations (Istvan Öri, ICPDR President 2005) -
Danube Delta Conference Conclusions (117.25 KB)
Vision for the conservation and sustainable development of the Danube Delta Danube Delta Conference - February '06
On 26-28 Feb 2006 an international conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Danube Delta took place in Odessa, Ukraine, under the aegis of UNESCO and ICPDR. The aim of the conference was to generate a vision for the conservation and sustainable develoment of the Danube Delta.
Danube Delta
As both the largest remaining natural wetland and second largest river delta in Europe, the Danube Delta is one of the continent's most valuable habitats for wetland wildlife. Pollution and discharge manipulation from upstream has a huge effect on this area of high biodiversity, plus the delta continues to change ecologically itself – the Danube Delta spreads seaward at a rate of 10 to 25 metres every year.