Environmental conservation work in Croatia


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Threatened polar bear mother and cubs in Hudson Bay.

16 May 2008
Biodiversity loss puts people at risk
Future generations face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if we carry on losing biodiversity. And as biodiversity plummets our use of resources soars - WWF now estimates that biodiversity on our planet has declined by more than a quarter in the last 35 years. » Read more

 
Shepherds in Gradiste Nature Park, Romania

14 Apr 2008
Audio slideshow: A wealth from farming
The Danube-Carpathian region has many of Europe's richest richest cultural landscapes. But changing rural economies and land use are putting pressure on many of these areas. In our slideshow, WWF's Koen de Rijck talks about these nature values and the people that have created them, the threats they face, and how to address these challenges, accompanied by Koen's striking photos of the landscapes and people of the region. » Read more

 
Gravel banks and meanders mark free flowing sections of the Drava River.

22 Mar 2008
Croatia announces Europe's largest riverine protected area
Croatia’s Gift to UN-World Water Day -- Europe’s largest riverine protected area along the Danube, Drava and Mura Rivers » Read more

 
Transport on the Lower Danube/WWF DCP

04 Jan 2008
Growing Concern as Danube Modification Projects move Forward
The future of the Danube hangs in the balance as the first projects to promote navigation on the river move from paper toward reality. We present an update on where things stand. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: Jan 2008

Field and Policy Initiatives for Freshwater Conservation in North Africa and Western Balkans

The project contributes to the delivery of the freshwater component of the WWF Global Conservation Programme, specifically, through addressing the pri... » Read more
 
Modified: May 2007 - Started: Oct 1999

Across the Waters

Across the Waters (ATW) Phase V will maintain a pan-Mediterranean scope, although the geographic frameworks of action will vary according to the diffe... » Read more
 
Modified: May 2007 - Started: Feb 2005

Durmitor-Tara-Prokeletije Green Belt

WWF MedPO has identified the landscape of Durmitor/Tara/Prokletije as a high priority within its programme in the Dinaric Alps and Dalmatian Coast. ... » Read more

Contact

Andreas Beckmann
(Deputy Director)
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main

T: +43 1 524547021

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