Danube Campaign
Living river -- or transport canal?
Old-fashioned river engineering projects put forward by national governments and supported by the European Union could transform our living Danube into little more than a shipping canal.Over 1,000 km of the Danube could be artificially deepened, regulated, or dammed, destroying many of Europe’s last great river landscapes and wetlands, including the myriad of benefits and services they provide, from drinking water to fish, tourism and recreation.
Transportation is one important use of our river – but not the only one. We want a living river, not just a canal. Fit the ships to the river, not the river to the ships!
Campaign news
27 Jun 2008
Start of Danube Campaign's summer musical program
The Danube Campaign's summer musical program 2008 starts with todays first concert of the Linz-Europe tour, a musical journey along the Danube. WWF and the German partners Bund Naturschutz and Landesbund für Vogelschutz are on board again - collecting more signatures for a living Danube. » Read more
19 May 2008
As Ukraine faces censure, WWF studies alternatives to controversial Danube shipping channel
With Ukraine expected this week to be found in contravention of its obligations under an international convention to consult with its neighbours on transboundary projects with environmental implications, WWF has commissioned a study into alternatives to the Danube delta Bystroye Canal at the centre of the dispute.
19 May 2008
Bystroye Canal: WWF study to identify alternatives
Bucuresti/Odessa - The fourth meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, which will take place in Bucharest from 19 to 21 May 2008, is expected to endorse findings that Ukraine has been in non-compliance with its obligations under this international environmental agreement in connection with its construction of the deep-water navigation route along the Bystroye channel through the core zone of the Ukrainian Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. A study commissioned by WWF, the global conservation organisation, can help identify alternative options for promoting shipping in the Ukrainian Delta that have less severe environmental and trans-boundary impacts.
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Listen to WWF's Wild Talk: Hubert von Goisem tells why he went singing and sailing along the Danube
Stories and photos from the Danube Campaign 2007
- Looking back - the Danube Campaign 2007 [pdf, 382 KB]
