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Environmental conservation work in Slovakia

Latest news and publications

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

The protection of the Danube is a central concern for me. Together with WWF and its partners, I want to contribute to preserving this unique heritage for the benefit of people and nature and protecting it from future threats – Hubert von Goisern

07 May 2008
Rivers of sound - Audio interview with Hubert von Goisern
Last summer, Austrian musician Hubert von Goisem took to a barge to bring his music and environmental message to the people who live along the Danube. Now he is planning a similar concert tour along the Rhine. Andreas Beckman, from WWF’s Danube Carpathian programme, asked him why. » Read more

An increased hunting quota for brown bear in Slovenia could decimate the country's entire population.

21 Apr 2008
Bear facts - Audio Interview on bears in the Carpathians
Europe’s brown bears, most of which live in Romania, are facing increasing risks -- from government plans to cut their numbers, to clashes with humans and encroachment on their habitats. WWF's radio programme Wild Talk recently caught up with Andreas Beckmann, from WWF’s Danube Carpathian programme, to learn what is being done to help the bears. » Read more

New or updated projects

Modified: Jan 2008 - Started: Jul 1998

Danube-Carpathian Programme

The Danube-Carpathian Programme Office was established to coordinate WWF activities in the countries of the Danube watershed and Carpathian region: Uk... » Read more

Modified: Dec 2006 - Started: Oct 2006

2012 Protected Areas Programme - Carpathian Mountains

WWF has begun a 5-year project to support protected areas across the Carpathian Mountains. The overall goal of the project is to enable Carpathian cou... » Read more

Modified: Sep 2006 - Started: Jul 2001

Natura 2000 Danube-Carpathian Region

Enlargement of the European Union to include candidate countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Mediterranean presents not only an urgen... » Read more

Contact

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

T: +43 1 524547021

www.panda.org/dcpo