Stakeholder workshop Velika Polana, © by Arno Mohl WWF AT

Discussion on river restoration with NGO partners, © by Arno Mohl/ WWF

International Working Group supporting the creation of a Transboundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve "Mura-Drava-Danube" in Budapest (HU), October 2011, © by Tanja Nikowitz/ WWF

Partners & support

Five Countries (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia) and their ministries responsible for environment and nature conservation signed a joint declaration to establish the Transboundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve "Mura-Drava-Danube".

A network of local, national and international NGOs and institutions supports the preservation of the “Amazon of Europe”; if you want to find out more about their work, please have a look at the links below:

BAOBAB
Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia
CSPBN - Croatian Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature
DOPPS - Bird Life Slovenia
Dráva Szövetség
Dravska Liga
Eko Pokret Odzci
Euronatur
Franjo Koscec
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Naturschutzbund Steiermark
Nobilis
PD Drava
Ramsar
UNESCO - Man and Biosphere Programme
Wetlands InternationaL
WWF Adria
WWF Austria
WWF Danube Carpathian Programme
WWF Hungary
Zelena Akcija
Zeleni Osijek
ZEUS

WWF’s conservation work for the protection of the “Amazon of Europe” is financially supported by the MAVA Foundation, Asamer Holding, The Coca-Cola Company and the European Union (Interreg, LIFE).

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For many of the breathtaking pictures we would like to thank the photographers Mario Romulic & Drazen Stojcic andGoran Safarek.