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WWF demands protection for naturally-restored Mahmudia wetland in Romania’s Danube Delta

Agricultural leaseholders have obtained a court ruling to revert area to cropland, endangering the wetland  

Poaching biggest threat to sturgeon species in Danube; 337 illegal activities in 7 years: Report

At least 955 sturgeon specimens seized during 2016-2022, the study showed

UNITED NATIONS

Carved in stone: What are these warning signs that Europe’s drought has revealed

Hunger stones are a common hydrological marker in the region that date back to the pre-instrumental era

UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve in ‘Amazon of Europe’

The 1-million hectare Mura-Drava-Danube is the now the largest riverine protected area in Europe

Environmental organisations decry major European navigation project

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal intends to connect the Black, Baltic and North seas for navigation

Damning the Danube...

...is yet another example of monstrous short-sightedness on the part of governments bent on addressing their needs without a thought for the …

World Food Day 2023: Water crisis threatens $58 trillion in economic value, food security, says WWF report

Degradation of rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers threatens their economic value and their irreplaceable role in sustaining not only food …

Wolf hunting banned in Slovakia

The gray wolf will be a protected species in Slovakia, eastern Europe, from June 1

Seas of hunger

Dams prevent nutrients in rivers from reaching the oceans

What it takes to clean a river

It is the tale of two European rivers. The Rhine and the Danube. No river system in the world has a density of industrial agglomerations …

The Blue Danube

An international convention for protection of the Danube hopes to restore the river's ecosystem

Nightmare in Europe

The Danube river system will take several years to rid itself of the cyanide