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WWF's work in the Danube-Carpathian region

Celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity 2010
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Latest News & Publications

Brighton One Planet Living Community - Computer graphic of how the development will look.

Sofia on the right track to sustainable urban mobility

WWF's One Planet Mobility programme aims to work with five European cities - Sofia, Barcelona, Malmö, Freiburg, Lille - to develop a vision for sustainable urban mobility and explore ways to achieve that vision by 2030.

Posted on 05 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Kalimok marsh, Bulgaria. This Danube River Basin marsh has been reconnected with the river, creating spawning places in the once cut off wetlands.

New life for the Danube

World Wetlands Day is being celebrated today in the Danube River basin countries with full awareness of the importance of the Danube’s greatest biological riches - its green corridor of wetlands and floodplains.

Posted on 02 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Children at a "green" camp learn about important environmental issues.

“Schools for a greener future” encourages environmental awareness among kids in Romania

WWF along with Romanian publishers CD PRESS launched today a national contest that aims to encourage children to take care of the environment from an early age.

Posted on 05 January 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Beech forest habitat - Strandzha Mountains, Bulgaria

Forest Campaign wins hearts in Bulgaria

10-12 trees are cut down each minute in Bulgaria -- and they include trees from some of the country's oldest and most pristine woods. A new WWF campaign features an innovative video in support of reform of forest management in Bulgaria.

Posted on 23 December 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Bansko, in the heart of Pirin National Park in Bulgaria, is a popular ski destination that has become infamous for being the first of  a series of illegal ski developments in Bulgarian  protected areas.

Ski area plans threaten Europe’s last untouched forests

Plans for new skiing areas in the region around the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans threaten to harm major protected areas that house some of Europe’s last remaining untouched wilderness.

Posted on 22 December 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

New or Updated Projects

Pygmy cormorant

Cross-border Conservation of Pygmy Cormorant and Ferruginous Duck

This project aims to support conservation of the pygmy cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus and the ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca. Work is f...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jan 2009

Local villagers on carts pulled by donkeys, near Nikopol, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania. Farming, viticulture, and fishing are the chief occupations. Bulgaria.

Expanding protected areas in Romania

Forest, sub-alpine and alpine areas cover about 40% of Romania, hosting some of the country’s most important habitats and species, including brown bea...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Oct 2005