Danube Floodplain Reducing the flood risk through floodplain restoration along the Danube River and tributaries

  • Danube Floodplain - Theoretical knowledge and working practices of Floodplain Management were passed on to the next generation at the Danube Floodplain Winter Online School
    - 25-11-2021
    Theoretical knowledge and working practices of Floodplain Management were passed on to the next generation at the Danube Floodplain Winter Online School

    Danube Floodplain Winter Online School was successfully held between 15 and 19 November. The multi-layered programme covered the topics of the scientific methods developed in the Interreg Danube Floodplain project, and the working practices in...

  • Danube Floodplain - 3rd Danube Floodplain Webinar - How to use Danube Floodplain Geographic Information System for floodplain management
    - 09-11-2021
    3rd Danube Floodplain Webinar - How to use Danube Floodplain Geographic Information System for floodplain management

    Floodplain restoration should be based on scientific evidence. Danube Floodplain Geographical Information System (Danube Floodplain GIS) has been developed within the Danube Floodplain project and examined active and potential floodplain...

  • Danube Floodplain - Steering Committee and Closing Meeting was held online to wrap up project
    - 08-11-2021
    Steering Committee and Closing Meeting was held online to wrap up project

    Bucharest, 4 November 2021 - The Danube Floodplain project which was launched to examine how to reduce flood risk with the restoration of floodplains in the Danube River Basin comes to an end this November. The project partners presented the...

  • Danube Floodplain - International Stakeholder Meeting (Bucharest, 22-23 September)
    - 26-10-2021
    International Stakeholder Meeting (Bucharest, 22-23 September)

    Within the Danube Floodplain project two important meetings took place in September, the Experts Training Meeting in 21-22 September and the second International Stakeholder Meeting in 22-23 September. Due to the actual pandemic covid-19 event...

  • Danube Floodplain - Danube Floodplain Expert Training Meeting (Bucharest, 21-22 September)
    - 26-10-2021
    Danube Floodplain Expert Training Meeting (Bucharest, 21-22 September)

    Within the Danube Floodplain project two important meetings took place in September, the Experts Training Meeting in 21-22 September and the second International Stakeholder Meeting in 22-23 September. Due to the actual pandemic covid-19 event...

  • Danube Floodplain - Stakeholder Meetings in Szolnok, Hungary - 5 and 14 October 2021
    - 21-10-2021
    Stakeholder Meetings in Szolnok, Hungary - 5 and 14 October 2021

    The 2nd stakeholder meeting was organized in two parts in Hungary by WWF Hungary and KÖTIVIZIG. The first part was organized for farmers on 5 October, while the second part aimed authorities and regional asset managers on 14 October. The results...

  • Danube Floodplain - Danube Floodplain Winter Online School
    - 18-10-2021
    Danube Floodplain Winter Online School

    Danube Floodplain Online Winter School takes place on 15-19 November 2021. Register till 31 October by completing the form available here. Danube Floodplain Online Winter School provides a multi-layered programme that aims to bridge...

  • Danube Floodplain - How to Integrate Nature-based Solutions in Flood Risk Management?
    - 14-10-2021
    How to Integrate Nature-based Solutions in Flood Risk Management?

    The 2nd Danube Floodplain (Online) Webinar was successfully held on 7 October 2021 with over 50 participants who actively engaged with questions and comments to the discussion. First, Prof. Zoran Vojinovic from UNESCO IHE (Institute for...

  • Danube Floodplain - Danube Floodplain Online Course to Improve Floodplain Management in the Danube River Basin
    - 01-10-2021
    Danube Floodplain Online Course to Improve Floodplain Management in the Danube River Basin

    30 September marks the day of the release of the new Danube Floodplain Online Course. 100% free and accessible to everyone, a new Danube Floodplain Online Course is an incredible opportunity to help you better understand the whole...

  • Danube Floodplain - 2nd Danube Floodplain Webinar - Flood risk management and Nature-based Solutions
    - 24-09-2021
    2nd Danube Floodplain Webinar - Flood risk management and Nature-based Solutions

    Floodplain restoration measures are among the most well-known nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction but practitioners see their limitations in comparison to technical measures when considering both their effectiveness and...

  • Danube Floodplain - How floodplains can be restored and managed? - 1st Danube Floodplain Webinar
    - 05-07-2021
    How floodplains can be restored and managed?  - 1st Danube Floodplain Webinar

    The 1st Danube Floodplain (Online) Webinar was successfully held on 28 June 2021 with over 40 participants who actively participated with questions and comments to the discussion. In his opening presentation Prof. Helmut Habersack from BOKU...

  • Danube Floodplain - Online Course - Registration is open!
    - 01-07-2021
    Online Course - Registration is open!

    Bringing rivers back to their natural path is a solution that can tackle multiple water, biodiversity and land management challenges. Interreg Danube Floodplain project shows how these challenges can be mitigated. Join our Danube Floodplain...

  • Danube Floodplain - Press Trip to the Hungarian project area, Fokorúpuszta
    - 24-06-2021
    Press Trip to the Hungarian project area, Fokorúpuszta

    KÖTIVIZIG together with WWF Hungary organized a press trip on 22 June to the Hungarian pilot area, Fokorúpuszta by the River Tisza, near Szolnok. Local and national media participated together with local authority...

  • Danube Floodplain - 1st Danube Floodplain Webinar - Floodplains under pressure : a natural system to preserve and restore
    - 17-06-2021
    1st Danube Floodplain Webinar - Floodplains under pressure : a natural system to preserve and restore

    Floodplains are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. They play an essential role in the self-purification of the river and the groundwater recharge. Floodplains are natural habitat for many endangered species. They...

  • Danube Floodplain - Press trip in Romanian pilot area, Bistret
    - 14-05-2021
    Press trip in Romanian pilot area, Bistret

    WWF Romania, together with NARW and MoEnv, organized a press trip on 13 May 2021 in the Romanian pilot area of Danube Floodplain project, Bistret (Dolj county). 5 journalists from local and national press organizations joined the event, together...

  • Danube Floodplain - 22 March - World Water Day
    - 23-03-2021
    22 March - World Water Day

    22 March is World Water Day! Water is essential to life on Earth, but we often overlook just how fragile our relationship with water can be. More than 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress and 700 million people...

  • Danube Floodplain - Animated short film about the project
    - 07-12-2020
    Animated short film about the project

    Communication Work Package leader WWF Hungary has prepared a short animation film to introduce the project to the general public (D 2.2.4). The animation film introduces how the floodplains of the Danube and its tributaries altered in the past,...

  • Danube Floodplain - Second Stakeholder Meeting at Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia - 02.10.2020
    - 17-11-2020
    Second Stakeholder Meeting at Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia - 02.10.2020

    Slovenian Water Agency, in cooperation with the Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki, organized an Online Stakeholder Workshop on scenarios for flood risk reduction in the pilot area Kostanjevica na Krki on 2nd of October 2020. More than 30...

  • Danube Floodplain - Second Stakeholder Meeting in Bistret, Romania - 26. 10. 2020
    - 09-11-2020
    Second Stakeholder Meeting in Bistret, Romania - 26. 10. 2020

    A stakeholder meeting was held on 26 October 2020 in Bistreț, (Romania) organized by the WWF Romania. The concept and results of this workshop is contributing to the technical solutions for floodplain restoration in Bistreț (part of feasibility...

  • Danube Floodplain - Second National Event in Begecka Jama, Serbia - 16. 10. 2020
    - 03-11-2020
    Second National Event in Begecka Jama, Serbia - 16. 10. 2020

    On 16 October 2020 the 2nd National event in Serbia was organised aiming at presenting the Danube Floodplain Project results gathered so far. The event included the Ecosystem Services workshop addressing the follow-up of the first ESS setup given...

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