Press Releases
Up one levelPress releases about the project
- Endangered Aquatic Natural Habitats along the Báta Danube to be Saved - Hungarian project could serve as a model around the world
- June 22nd, 2011, Pécs, Hungary - The goal of the conservation project, realized within the territory of the Danube-Dráva National Park with World Bank assistance, is the reduction of the nutrient load of the Danube and the Black Sea. As a result of the project, ordered by the South Transdanubian Environment Protection and Water Management Directorate, the aquatic habitats of the Gemenc and Béda-Karapancsa areas which were seriously endangered by lasting dryness are coming to life once again.
- Will there be fish swimming again in the Báta-Duna oxbow?
- July 6th, 2011 - Residents of Báta were invited to a public debate on the project aiming to reduce the nutrient load of the Danube and the Black Sea realised in the area of the Danube-Dráva National Park. The public forum was held at the mayor’s office by the representatives of the South Transdanubian Environment Protection and Water Management Directorate and the Danube-Dráva National Park. High attendance and the number of questions raised and asnwered confirm that it has been a successful event.