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Environmental conservation work in Romania

Contact

Andreas Beckmann

Director WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main
+43 1 524547021

Dana Caratas

Communications Coordinator WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Romania
+40 21 317 49 96

Latest news and publications

Wind mill -- near Vienna, Austria

EU Danube Strategy to promote basin-wide development

The EU’s initiative to develop a Danube Strategy can help bring together and implement existing policies and legislation to achieve a "green economy" in the Danube basin.

Posted on 05 March 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Edit Pop, project coordinator for WWF in Maramures in northern Romania.

Maramures - doing business the green way

Since 2004 Maramures in norther Romania is part of a broader WWF initiative that seeks working examples of economic mechanisms for nature conservation and rural development across Europe. Edit Pop, project coordinator for WWF in Maramures, tells us how locals are doing green business today.

Posted on 22 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Rich fish spawning grounds were created when marshes around Belene Island in Bulgaria were reconnected with the river.

A decade on, lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets

A decade after four governments agreed to work together to establish a “green corridor” along the entire length of the Lower Danube River, Europe’s most ambitious wetland protection and restoration programme is well ahead of targets for creating protected areas.

Posted on 17 February 2010 | 0 comments | Read more

Offices

WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Romania

Mircea Vulcanescu Street No. 109 Sector 1,
Bucharest RO-010818 Romania
Romania
+40 21 3174996 +40 21 3174997

New or updated projects

The Bruna de Maramures cow is central to both the local economy and the conservation of high nature value grassland meadows. Romania.

One Europe, more nature

Today, more and more Europeans want to buy products that have little impact on the environment. Increasingly, many won’t buy unless nature is protecte...

Modified: Sep 2009 - Started: Jul 2002

Harrisuvanto hanging bridge in Oulanka National Park. Finland.

Protecting Europe's natural treasures

The PAN (Protected Area Network) Parks initiative – an independent foundation established by WWF and the Dutch Molecaten Group – aims to create a Euro...

Modified: Jul 2009 - Started: Jul 2005

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