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Photo Gallery Danube: First Dig, Then Conserve

The Danube River might be one of Europe’s natural treasures, but it’s also an important commercial waterway. Paradoxically, the EU funds both its environmental protection and economic use -- even though new ships could make dredging of the riverbed unnecessary.
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Rock the River: A concert on the Danube with Hubert von Goisern's “Linz Europa Tour” in Bulgaria.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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Environmentalist Ulrich Eichelmann: The Danube Delta is being sacrificed for shipping, the WWF expert fears.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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The banks of the Danube in Romania: Threatened by the ambitious traffic plans of the European Union.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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Shipping on the Danube: Pink pelicans rest on sand banks.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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Fishermen on the Danube (with carp in Romania): Before, the sturgeon would swim as far as Passau, Germany, to spawn.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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Passenger cruise ships, Romanian WWF Activists and fewer birds than on the Rhine.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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The Danube in Romania: The banks are being deforested with fast growing white poplar.

Foto: Sebastian Knauer
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The Danube Delta on the Black Sea: The map shows the lower Danube.

Foto: NASA / ASTER
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Sensitive Region: The Danube Delta with straight canal extensions.

Foto: NASA / ASTER
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