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WWF 10/20 anniversary publication - a look back at 10 years of the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme, and 20 years working for the Danube-Carpathian region.

WWF anniversary publication -- a look back and forward at the Danube-Carpathian region. Online version with links to further information.


    The WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office gratefully acknowledges funding support from the European
Commission . All content and opinions expressed on these pages are solely those of WWF.

WWF's work in the Danube-Carpathian region

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WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main

Mariahilferstrasse 88a/3/9 1070 Vienna Austria +43 1 524 54 70 +43 1 524 54 70 70

Latest News & Publications

For centuries, Danube fish and other wildlife have been a source of food and livelihoods.

Danube Day -- fears amidst the celebrations

Amidst this year's celebrations of Danube Day, WWF is concerned about persisting threats to the Danube as a living river. Government and EU plans to remove “bottlenecks” for navigation could impact up to 1,000 km of the river’s most natural sections.

Posted on 28 June 2009 | Read more

Chamois in Retezat National Park

Wilderness in the Heart of Europe

WWF launches initiative to promote and restore wilderness areas in Europe.

Posted on 26 May 2009 | Read more

Retezat National Park, Romania

Europe's wilderness

Relatively little wilderness remains in densely settled Europe. Efforts are now underway to save the continent’s last remaining wilderness areas.

Posted on 25 May 2009 | Read more

Over 1,200 volunteers removed 12 truck loads of waste from Bulgaria's 10 nature parks during Clean Up Naure Day on October 13.

Globul supports Parks Day in Bulgaria

GLOBUL, the Bulgarian mobile phone operator, is providing core support for this year’s National Parks Day, which WWF-DCP/Bulgaria is organizing on May 23 in cooperation with the Bulgarian Association of Nature Parks.

Posted on 05 May 2009 | Read more

Green Mountains -- The Carpathian Mountains in eastern Slovakia, Polana National Park

5 years on, EU accession scores some wins for nature conservation

Five years after the EU’s “big bang” enlargement to the East and South, some wins have been scored for nature conservation in the new member states. 

Posted on 01 May 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Now showing on Bulgarian TV -- WWF's Clean Up Nature campaign

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

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

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