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

Zagreb, Croatia: Newly unveiled plans which would turn the Danube and Croatia’s other rivers into little more than regulated canals have been protested to the European Union by WWF, Croatian NGOs and EuroNatur. Read more