International Conference: WWF and Partners take action to preserve the Unique Lifelines of the Mura, Drava and Danube Rivers Budapest, Vienna, October 28th, 2011 – More than 50 delegates of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia are currently attending an international conference in ...

EU Commission to closely monitor Croatia’s channelling plans of 500 km of natural rivers in protected areas Brussels/ Zagreb - On the eve of putting its signature under the EU Accession treaty tomorrow WWF warns that Croatia’s river channelling plans are already breaching EU environmental law ...

Batina, Croatia – More than 40 rowers and paddlers from Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia came together this weekend at the small Croatian village of Batina, close to the Croatian-Serbian border. Rowing in a regatta on the Danube on Sunday, they demonstrated against the destruction of two of ...

Osijek, Croatia – 111 kilometres of "Europe’s Amazon”, comprising parts of the natural meandering river stretches of the Danube, Drava and Mura rivers in Croatia could be channelled in a way that would destroy Europe’s largest river protected area without bringing any real economic ...

Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. Read more