Just a river?
The Danube is more than Europe's second longest river, extending 2,778 km from its source in Germany to its delta at the Black Sea. [read more]
Human impacts...
People, cities, industry and governments in all 17 countries, be it by the Danube River's own banks or near one of its many tributaries, impact the natural environment of the basin and the Black Sea into which the Danube flows. [read more]
The good news...
Today, there are many countries, organisations and projects that are meeting the challenge to protect the Danube Basin's natural environment. [read more]
Strengthening and reducing...
On December 1 2001, the Danube Regional Project (DRP) was launched - the next phase of UNDP-GEF's long-term commitment to achieving environmental health in the Danube River Basin. [read more]
The big picture...
The Danube Regional Project (DRP) is actually one of three components of the 95 million USD GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction in the Danube / Black Sea Basin - GEF's largest and perhaps most ambitious water-related project in the world. [read more]
UNDP/GEF Danube Pollution Reduction Programme
The project �Developing the Danube River Basin Pollution Reduction Program� (1997-99) represents the GEF�s (Global Environment Facility) contribution to the phase two of an Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin (EPDRB), created in 1992.
Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin
The EPDRB was established in Sofia in September 1991 by the countries of the Danube river basin, international institutions, financial organisations, G-24 countries and NGOs, to start an initiative to support, enhance and reinforce actions for the restoration and protection of the Danube river.
ICPDR and the Danube River Protection Convention
The legal frame for cooperation of the Danube Countries to assure environmental protection of ground and surface waters and ecological resources in the Danube River Basin is the Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC). Out of 13 countries in the Danube River Basin, eleven states and the European Commission have signed, and most of them have ratified the Danube River Protection Convention which came into force in October 1998.
International Agreements and Programmes
The Danube countries are parties to different environmental and/or water-related agreements and conventions (instruments), which may directly or indirectly influence the preparation and implementation of development strategies.
Why and What?
