TG 5 Navigability and environmental protection

Content of State of the Art Study • 1Introduction• 1.1 The Danube River• 1.2 What is navigability?• 1.3 What is environmental protection?• 1.4 International agreements on Danube fairway parameters and

environmental protection• 2 Current navigability situation on the Danube• Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania• 3 Relevant EU projects• 4 Best practices / Ways to support the navigability on the Danube• 5 Conclusion / Summary• 6 Bibliography

1. Introduction

Definitions of: Danube, navigability, enviromental protection

International agreementsExtract from European Union Strategy for Danube Region :„Danube and its tributaries should be improved, and existing

bottlenecks removed, to ensure the proper level of navigability …”

2. Current navigability situation on the Danube

3. Relevant EU projects

• NAIADES / PLATINA• RIS (and subprojects)• NEWADA• WANDA• DaHar

+ European Union Strategy for Danube Region

4. Best practices / Ways to support the navigability on the Danube

• Stabilize Danube bed • Reinforcing river banks • Regulating by dams • Construction channel (Kelheim)

5. Conclusion / Summary

• In absence of proper waterways we can expect large reduction of inland shipping industry!