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Projects in the Danube-Carpathian region

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

Fishing boats on a swamp. Danube river, Portile de Fier nature park. Romania.

Reconnecting the Danube

The Danube River is one of Europe’s largest rivers, flowing over 2,857km from Germany’s Black Forest to the Romanian and Ukrainian shores of the Black...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Feb 2008

Wood transport on the Danube channel, near Ermakow Island. Lower Danube river basin, Ukraine.

Restoring the Lower Danube

The Lower Danube, flowing more than 1,000 km through Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine, is one of the last free flowing stretches of river in Eur...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Sep 2004

Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), foraging for fodder, Danube Delta.

Danube Delta: A natural gateway to Europe

The Danube Delta is one of the largest wetlands of the world – a unique habitat of canals, reed beds, lakes and ponds. It is rich in biodiversity and ...

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jan 2007

High banks of the Danube River on the Romanian/Bulgarian border. Orjahovo, Bulgaria.

Conservation in the Danube-Carpathian

The Danube-Carpathian region stretches from Germany in the west to Romania and Ukraine in the East, from Poland in the north to Bulgaria in the south....

Modified: Feb 2009 - Started: Jul 1998

Climate Change - Danube-Carpathian Region

The project focuses on the development of an action plan for adaptation to climate change in the Danube-Carpathian Region. Climate change is projected...

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Jun 2008

Economic Tools for Nature Conservation in the Danube-Carpathian Region

Halting biodiversity loss has become an important aim of community nature conservation policy. One important challenge is the substantial funding that...

Modified: Jul 2008 - Started: Jul 2006

Forest Management in Romania and Bulgaria - IKEA

The purpose of the project is to achieve responsible forest management and widespread multi-stakeholder based forest certification in Romania and Bulg...

Modified: Jul 2008 - Started: May 2002