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Outline. Danube River Basin UNDP/GEF DRP Nutrient Reduction River Basin Management Stakeholder involvement. Danube River Basin. THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN the most international basin in the world. > 81 M Inhabitants 801,463 km 2 Danube 2,780 km 19 Countries Old EU, New EU and non-EU

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  1. Outline • Danube River Basin • UNDP/GEF DRP • Nutrient Reduction • River Basin Management • Stakeholder involvement

  2. Danube River Basin

  3. THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN the most international basin in the world • > 81 M Inhabitants • 801,463 km2 • Danube 2,780 km • 19 Countries • Old EU, New EU and non-EU • regional social and economic disparities

  4. Legal basis for cooperation in the Danube River Basin • Danube River Protection Convention– DRPC • The legal frame for co-operation to assure protection of water and ecological resources and their sustainable use in the Danube River Basin • signed: 29 June 1994, Sofia / in force: 22 October 1998 • International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River – ICPDR • Mechanism for cooperation • 13 contracting parties, including EC

  5. Germany Austria Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary Slovenia Croatia Montenegro (under negotiation) Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia Romania Bulgaria Moldova Ukraine European Union Contracting Parties

  6. Danube River Protection Convention Objectives • Ensure sustainable and equitable water management • Ensure conservation, improvement and the rational use of surface waters and ground water • Control discharge of wastewater and, nutrients and hazardous substances from point and non-point sources • Control floods and ice hazards • Control hazards originating from accidents (warning and preventive measures) • Reduce pollution loads to the Black Sea from sources in the Danube catchment area

  7. UNDP/GEF Danube Regional Project

  8. Why the interventions? • Historical pollution in Danube Basin • Eutrophication NW Black Sea • Integrated River Basin Management • EU expansion • GEF IW pilot

  9. DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT UNDP/GEF Financing: USD 17 million Co-Financing: USD 19 million Duration: 2001 - 2007 • Goals • Reduce Nutrient and Toxic Substance Pollution in Danube and Black Sea • Reinforce Transboundary Cooperation

  10. DANUBE REGIONAL PROJECT A Summary of Project Activities • Strengthening Institutions – ICPDR, DEF; • Improving Management Tools – river basin management, Danube GIS, economic instruments; • Developing Policies – agriculture, industry, land-use and wetlands, phosphate detergents; • Promoting Public Participation – NGO strengthening, Small Grants Programme, public participation and access to information; • Implementing Pilot Projects – river basin management, agriculture, wetlands

  11. Nutrient Pollution Management

  12. Main Nutrient Sources • Missing or inadequate WWT • Agriculture • Detergents • Industry

  13. NITROGEN EMISSIONS

  14. PHOSPHORUS EMISSIONS

  15. Agricultural Policy • Development of Strategic Aims • Reduced pollution • Improved compliance and enforcement • Economic instruments • Capacity building for extension services • Promotion of organic and low input farming

  16. Best Agricultural Practice • 15 BAPs developed and tested • 8 Family Farms in Serbia • 14 t/yr N reduced • 2 t/yr P reduced • 200kg/yr pesticide reduced

  17. Replication in the lower Danube • Dissemination • 87 workshops with > 2500 participants • 91 media / promotional events in 7 countries – inc. 37 tv/radio • Anticipated benefits if BAPs implemented in lower Danube: • Reduction of > 500,000 t/yr N • Reduction of > 90,000 t/yr P

  18. Laundry Detergents • P limiting NW Black Sea • 66% P-free in EU-25 • UWWTD benefits will be diminished without ban • Dialogue with industry • Consumer power! • Danube-wide ban advocated

  19. Black Sea Impacts Zoobenthos

  20. River Basin Management / WFD

  21. WFD River Basin Analysis – Art. V • Detail characterisation of surface and ground waters • Identification of pressures and their causes: • Pollution • Hydromorphological alterations due to flood protection, power generation, navigation, etc • Other anthropogenic pressures • Assessment on rivers, lakes, coastal waters and their ecosystems • Inventory of protected areas (biodiversity) • Economic analysis of water uses • Public information and consultation

  22. Point sources of pollution

  23. Risk of Failure Risk due to hydro-morphological alterations nutrients hazardous substances organic pollution

  24. Danube River Basin Analysis Report WFD Article V Roof Report Approved at the Ministerial Meeting – Vienna, 13 December 2004

  25. Stakeholder Involvement

  26. shall be ensured shall be encouraged Provisions of Article 14 WFD ACTIVE ACTIVE INFORMATION INFORMATION CONSULTATION CONSULTATION INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT SUPPLY SUPPLY

  27. Public Participation and Awareness Raising • Support to the Danube Environmental Forum; • Small Grants Programme; • Communication and Public Awareness; • Improving Access to Information for Addressing Hot Spots / Aarhus Convention

  28. Project activities - Small GrantsMap 1

  29. Future Challenges • Water Resources • Economic development • Further increasing public awareness • Achieving more than directives!

  30. For more information www.undp-drp.org www.icpdr.org

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