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Perspectives for IWT in the Danube region from an NGO point of view

Perspectives for IWT in the Danube region from an NGO point of view. Irene Lucius, Laurice Ereifej, Tamas Gruber, Georg Rast WWF DCPO/WWF Hungary/WWF Germany. General remarks. WWF has participated in the development of the Joint Statement supports the document as agreed

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Perspectives for IWT in the Danube region from an NGO point of view

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  1. Perspectives for IWT in the Danube region from an NGO point of view Irene Lucius, Laurice Ereifej, Tamas Gruber, Georg Rast WWF DCPO/WWF Hungary/WWF Germany

  2. General remarks WWF • has participated in the development of the Joint Statement • supports the document as agreed • strongly committed to promoting JS • committed to participating in implementation on the basis of the agreed guidelines and procedures

  3. WWF‘s viewpoint on process up to date • Little or no progress with on-going projects regarding „integrated approach“ (chap.3) and „recommendations“ (chap.4) of JS • Transparency and participation for interested and obligatory parties very limited • Base data and intention to properly apply environmental legislation (e.g. WFD) still weak or missing

  4. WWF‘s viewpoint on process up to date • JS does not yet cover all navigation development projects from big scale structural projects to maintenance works at local/regional level • poor cooperation of key govt. institutions (e.g. MoTransport, MoEconomics, MoENV) • SEA application missing or weak

  5. priority sections for inland navigation (EU TEN-T axis No 18) other navigation projects (supported e.g. by EU EAR, ISPA, Ukrainian government) All free flowing Danube river stretches are at risk by unsustainable IWT development… areas of high ecological value

  6. Sediment extraction  channel incision  threat for environment and IWT Fischer, Kloep, Wilczek, Pusch (2005) Biogeochemistry

  7. Example of plans on Lower Danube along RO-BG Severe irreversible impact on river ecosystem This cannot be a sustainable development of IWT

  8. Perspectives for IWT from WWF‘s viewpoint • Danube waterway a major European route for IWT but not with one general minimum draught • Future development based on container traffic and better intermodel transport links • Short-term: waterway development focused on improvements by non-structural means and temporary fairway maintenance (no-regret) • Better integration of govt. bodies

  9. Perspectives for IWT from WWF‘s viewpoint • Development plans are based on • SEA at different levels (river sections, national, international) • EU env. legislation enforced and provides a reliable framework for assessment of impacts • principle guidelines of JS respected • case by case approach (draught, width, period of year)

  10. Perspectives for IWT from WWF‘s viewpoint • development of detailed recommendations as JS annex • monitoring TOR: who/how/when (national and intern., involvement of NGOs and other stakeholders) • transparent processes • maintain flexibility in order to accommodate Climate Change effects by focussing on non-structural no-regret measures

  11. Let´s make Joint Statement come alive! Thank you for your attention!

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