Christine Bratrich, Head of Danube/Freshwater Programme of the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme
We need to find ways to balance different uses and benefits of the Danube.
Interview with Christine Bratrich, Head of WWF's Danube/Freshwater Programme, on the blue, green and grey Danubes, kayaking down the Danube and getting married on top of a mountain.


Freshwater work in the Danube-Carpathian region

Fishermen on a boat carrying wood. Danube Delta, Romania.

In harmony with the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme vision, the goals of the Freshwater Programme are that:

  • the Danube River Basin is an international example of best practice in integrated river basin management (IRBM) policy.
  • governments, management authorities, NGOs and key professional groups in four Danube sub-basins have the capacity to play a positive role in implementing IRBM legislation and policies.
  • field projects being implemented by WWF or its partners in four Danube sub-basins demonstrate how improved management of freshwater ecosystems can contribute to improvements in both biodiversity and people’s quality of life.
  • threats to the ecological viability of the Danube River Basin as a whole, and to high priority freshwater ecosystems within the River Basin, are eliminated or minimized.

In addition to basin-wide policy and capacity-building actions, the four sub-basins on which the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme focuses its efforts are:




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