Environmental conservation work Moldova

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.