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Vienna, 14 June 2011. The ICPDR published a new brochure that gives an overview on the Danube River Basin last week. The publication is not limited to environmental issues alone, but includes facts and figures on a range of topics. It is distributed through the ICPDR and its contracting parties and provided for download below.

While flood risk management means cooperative planning, countries
around the region are putting ideas into action to protect themselves
against threatening waters.

Nature and time combine in one of the
most beautiful national parks in Europe
with one of the oldest geologic histories.
The unique biodiversity of the area
shares space with the permanent relics
of eight thousand years of culture
along the Danube.

A new game puts the Danube Basin and its natural and cultural treasures in the
spotlight and gives players the incentive to spend time exploring the river – proving
that learning doesn’t have to be boring.

A new activity to develop the technical
guidelines for the establishment of an
inventory on discharges, emissions and
losses proposes to put the Danube in
the spotlight as a case study for priority
substances.