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Other River Basin Organisations
Rivers are a natural resource that have been a focal point of transboundary governance for centuries. It is challenging to manage them for the benefit of riparian communities – especially if they are transboundary. This requires the development of a water infrastructure to harvest the socioeconomic benefits, while at the same time protecting the ecosystem for future generations.
River Basin Organizations (RBOs) have been established in many of the world’s basins to better coordinate different stakeholders’ actions and foster cooperation instead of conflict. Based on the experiences of several RBOs worldwide, several key characteristics for their effectiveness can be identified. -
DRBMP Update 2021 - Map 1: Danube River Basin District Overview (4.02 MB)
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We Pass: Explained (low resolution) (9.37 MB)
A brochure explaining the findings and activities (2018 – 2021) under We Pass: Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates. (Lower Resolution version) -
We Pass: Explained (15.01 MB)
A brochure explaining the findings and activities (2018 – 2021) under We Pass: Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates. -
Shared Basin – Shared Destiny: Principles of Effective River Basin Management (2.74 MB)
River Basins by their very nature, impart a deep sense of common heritage, shared destiny and solidarity between citizens and nations along shared waters. This permeates not only through social and... -
ICPDR "Fish of the Danube Basin" Poster (5.36 MB)
A poster featuring a handful of the iconic and unique fish species to be found in the Danube River. -
ICPDR's We Pass Project Holds its 1st Stakeholder Workshop
On Thursday 12 December 2019, We Pass – an EU-funded project with the ICPDR aiming to facilitate fish migration and habitat conservation in the Danube River Basin – held its first stakeholder workshop on the banks of the Danube River in Vienna, Austria.
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WE PASS - Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gates
We Pass was an initiative aiming to facilitate fish migration in the Danube River Basin, set up by the ICPDR, Jaroslav Černi Institute, DDNI, CDM SMITH, OAK Consultants, and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. The focus was on the preservation and reestablishment of endangered fish species migration routes in the Danube River, its tributaries, and specifically at the Iron Gates.
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Restoring fish migration routes in the Danube River Basin - Feasibility study on Iron Gate dams commissioned to explore joint solutions
The signing of the grant agreement between the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) and DG REGIO will enable a feasibility study that aims to identify ways forward to preserve of fish stocks at the Romanian-Serbian border. This action is an important step in the ongoing efforts to achieve a central objective of the EU Strategy for the Danube River: saving the Danube sturgeons from extinction. Despite its longevity, this “dinosaur fish” is considered one of the most endangered species in the world.
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MEASURES - Safeguarding Sturgeons in the Danube River Basin
Sturgeons and other migratory fish species represent a historic, economic and natural heritage of the Danube River Basin and are indicators of the ecological status of aquatic ecosystems, especially of the functionality of ecological corridors. Their populations have suffered substantially from overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and disruption of their migration routes. The need for their conservation is recognized at a high political and management level (EUSDR-PA 06, Biodiversity, DRBMP).
