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  • News & Media

    Joint Commitment in Tisza River Basin - Good Water Quality for all Tisza Countries

    Uzhgorod, 11 April 2011. The five Tisza River Basin countries Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine entered a new stage in joint water management to ensure good water quality. In the course of a Ministerial Meeting held in Uzhgorod (Ukraine), a management plan was signed that commits the five countries to further cooperation in their efforts to protect the valuable environment of the basin. What used to be a matter of individual countries is now an international endeavour.

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    3rd Joint Statement Meeting, 5-6 April, Vienna

    Vienna, 5 April 2011. After the 2nd Joint Statement Meeting held in Zagreb last year, the ICPDR Secretariat has the pleasure to welcome the participants for the 3rd Joint Statement Meeting on Inland Navigation and Environmental Sustainability on 5th and 6th April 2011 in Vienna.

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    UNDP Film: Restoring the Danube River and the Black Sea

    The United Nations Development Programme produced a video on the restoration of the Danube River and the Black Sea.

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    The Ukrainian Presidency of the ICPDR

    Vienna, 19 January 2011. Ukraine took over the presidency of the ICPDR. In this article, President Mykola Melenevskyi gives an overview on his agenda and the key issues for his presidency.

  • News & Media

    World Wetlands Day 2018 - Wetlands are an invaluable part of the Danube River Basin

    Vienna, 2 February 2018. The 2nd of February is the World Wetlands Day. The ICDPR takes this occasion to highlight the vital significance of wetlands in the Danube River Basin.

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    Ukraine Takes Over Presidency of ICPDR

    Vienna, 19 January 2011. Environmental aspects of the danube strategy and pushing sub-basin management are among the top priorities of the 2011 presidency

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    Groundwater

    Groundwater constitutes the largest reservoir of freshwater in the world, accounting for over 97% of all freshwaters available on earth (excluding glaciers and ice caps). The remaining 3% is composed mainly of surface water (lakes, rivers, wetlands) and soil moisture. By incorporation into the Water Framework Directive (WFD), groundwater became part of an integrated water management system.

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    Flood Risk Management

    In response to the hazard of flooding, the ICPDR adopted the Action Programme for Sustainable Flood Prevention in the Danube River Basin at the ICPDR Ministerial Meeting on 13 December 2004. As a follow-up to this Action Programme, seventeen sub-basin flood action plans were published by the ICPDR in 2009.

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    Blueprint for EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 published

    Brussels, 18 November 2010. The European Commission published a communication on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the next decade. The paper outlines three options for further reform. The ICPDR contributed to it in the drafting phase.

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    Recent measures in Hungary: Update on the redsluge accident management

    Ajka, 15 November 2011. The redsludge accident of October 4 has generated a world-wide interest in the area of Ajka in Western Hungary. Since then, media attention has ceased. This article aims to provide an English summary of the measures that were taken to manage the accident since October 20.