WWF's work in the Danube-Carpathian region


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The Danube delta, in Romania and the Ukraine, is home to the largest colony of pelicans outside Africa and is a peaceful haven for 300 other species of birds. And it is not just the birds: 75 species of freshwater fish, half of the European total, roam the waters, including the gian Beluga sturgeon, which can grow to the size of a small bus. 
It is a preciously peaceful place.

21 Aug 2008
Restore wetlands to address climate change now
Restoration of Danube wetlands is a cost effective way to address climate change, new WWF report says.   » Read more

 
Retezat National Park is Romania's flagship national park and one of Europe's greatest wilderness areas.

09 Aug 2008
WWF-DCP turns 10
This year, WWF’s Danube-Carpathian Programme marks its first decade of existence. The past ten years working in Europe’s “Wild East” have been intense, with much to win and much to lose.
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The biodiversity protocol of the Carpathian Convention will help protect the region's tremendous natural riches.

26 Jun 2008
Carpathian biodiversity protocol signed
The biodiveristy protocol signed at the 2nd Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention provides additional support for securing the rich natural heritage of the Carpathians. » Read more

 
The rich mosaic landscape of Maramures in northern Romania has been created over centuries of human cultivation -- and now is threatened by the economic and social changes sweeping the region.

25 Jun 2008
Good food, good farming, good nature

New project promotes links between good food, good farming and good nature in Bulgaria and Romania.

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Bulgaria

10 Jun 2008
Greening the Black Sea Synergy
A stronger focus on the environment for the future of the Black Sea countries » Read more

New or Updated Projects

Modified: Sep 2008 - Started: Sep 2004

Lower Danube Green Corridor

The aim of the project is to support implementation of an integrated ecological network of healthy, restored and protected wetlands covering 900,000ha... » Read more
 
Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: Feb 2008

Reconnecting the Danube and its People

Operating within the framework of the TCCC-WWF global partnership, The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and WWF will work in a spirit of partnership to achiev... » Read more
 
Modified: Feb 2008 - Started: May 2002

Forest Management in Romania and Bulgaria - IKEA

The purpose of the project is to achieve responsible forest management and widespread multi-stakeholder based forest certification in Romania and Bulg... » Read more

Contact

Andreas Beckmann
(Deputy Director)
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main

T: +43 1 524547021

Offices

WWF Austria,
Vienna

Ottakringer Strasse 114-116 1160 Vienna
Austria

T: +43 1 488 17 0
F: +43 1 488 17 44
 
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Bulgaria

71 Knyaz Boris I Str. fl.2,
ap.2 1000 Sofia Bulgaria
Bulgaria

T: +359 2 9505040
F: +359 2 9505040
 
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Romania

Mircea Vulcanescu Street No. 109 Sector 1,
Bucharest RO-010818 Romania
Romania

T: +40 21 3174996
F: +40 21 3174997
 
WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme Office (DCPO),
Vienna Main

Mariahilferstrasse 88a/3/9 1070 Vienna
Austria

T: +43 1 524 54 70
F: +43 1 524 54 70 70
 
WWF Hungary,
Budapest

Nemetvolgyi ut 78/b 1124 Budapest
Hungary

T: +36 1 2145554
F: +36 1 2129353
 
WWF Project Office Ukrainian Danube Delta,
Odessa

WWF Project Office Ukrainian Danube Delta Nekrasova lane,
2 (entrance from 8,
Gogolya str) Odessa 65082
Ukraine

T: +380 487 776 779
F: +380 487 776 779

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