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DANUBE WATER TRANSPORT CAN BE GREEN
Vienna, 11 March 2008 - The first-ever `Joint Statement on Guiding Principles for the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube River Basin´ was launched today. The interdisciplinary process to create the Joint Statement was led by the ICPDR,...
NEW EARLY FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM LAUNCHED
Vienna, 10 March 2008 - The first international system for forecasting Danube floods and providing an early flood warning was launched today by the ICPDR and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
The new system will provide the national...
DANUBE WATCH 3/2007
The new issue of Danube Watch is out. Click here to read the full magazine online!
SERBIA TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY OF THE ICPDR
Vienna, 21 January 2008 – Serbia today took over the Presidency of the ICPDR for the year 2008. The handover was made during an official ceremony hosted by the outgoing Presidency, Romania, at the premises of the Permanent Mission of Romania in Vienna, Austria. The Minister...
TISZA RIVER BASIN A EUROPEAN MODEL FOR MINISTERIAL ACTION
Belgrade, 11 October 2007 - The five ministers responsible for water management in Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia announced their support for actions protecting the Tisza River Basin from pollution, floods and drought. The announcement was made at a 14:00...
ICPDR WINS THIESS RIVERPRIZE
Vienna, 4 September 2007 - The ICPDR has won the Australian $300,000 (approx. 180,000 Euro) International Thiess Riverprize 2007 for excellence in water management in the Danube River Basin. The announcement was made today, in Brisbane, Australia, during a special award...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE:
On December 3, a Conference on the Adaptation of Water Management to the Effects of Climate Change in the Danube region took place in Vienna.
The goal was to discuss the expected effects of climate change on the water cycle, such as enhanced droughts and floods,...
DANUBE 50-DAY RIVER EXPEDITION SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
Vienna, 28 September 2007 - The Joint Danube Survey 2 today concluded its river research expedition for 2007, and reached its final stop in Tulcea, Romania.
The survey was launched mid-August from Regensburg, Germany with three ships that travelled down the...
JOINT DANUBE SURVEY 2
On 27 September 2007, the 50-day long Danube expedition (Joint Danube Survey 2 or ‘JDS2’) was successfully completed...
DANUBE BOX
Any child in the Danube Basin is able to name the closest river. But it might have difficulties to say where this river flows to. And it...
EU WFD: SIGNIFICANT WATER MANAGMENT ISSUES READY!
International aspects of the EU Water Framework Directive are coordinated by the ICPDR. The latest document is the "Significant Water Management...
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