Projects

LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon

With the LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon project, its international partners pursue the goal of saving the remaining four sturgeon species in the Danube river basin from extinction. From 2022 to 2030, the project partners will be implementing six conservation measures to rescue the species Russian sturgeon, sterlet, stellate sturgeon and beluga sturgeon.

CDL-MERI

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes

The CD Laboratory systematically and comprehensively investigates the complex meta-ecosystem of the Austrian Danube to understand the impact of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to develop sustainable ecological measures for future management of the Austrian Danube.

Horizon 2020 project Water-ForCE

Water scenarios For Copernicus Exploitation

The overarching objective of the Water-ForCE project is to develop a Roadmap for the water component for the future Copernicus services, addressing the current disconnections between remote sensing and in situ observation research, and to deliver clarity in terms of the needs and expectations of the public and private sectors of the core Copernicus Program and the wider research and business innovation opportunities.

Interreg Danube Project lifelineMDD

Living rivers, living sediment, living cooperation

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia submitted a UNESCO application for the world's first 5-country biosphere reserve Mura-Drava-Danube in April 2020. With a total area of 930,000 hectares and a length of 700 kilometres, the wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube will become the largest river protection area in Europe.

Interreg Danube Project IDES

IDES - Improving water quality in the Danube river and its tributaries by integrative floodplain management based on Ecosystem Services

Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia submitted a UNESCO application for the world's first 5-country biosphere reserve Mura-Drava-Danube in April 2020. With a total area of 930,000 hectares and a length of 700 kilometres, the wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube will become the largest river protection area in Europe.