DANUBE4all

Restoration Action Plan for the Danube River Basin.
DANUBE4all is an EU ‘Lighthouse Initiative’ in support of the Mission “Restore our ocean and waters by 2030″. It is a 5-year, Horizon Europe funded project consisting of a consortium of 48 Partners and Associated Partners from 14 European countries and is coordinated by BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna.

The project aims to restore freshwater ecosystems in the Danube River Basin through the development of a comprehensive, scientifically-based and practically-orientated Restoration Action Plan (RAPDRB).

Addressing the environmental challenges of improving the river basin’s ecological status and biodiversity, and improve ecosystem connectivity, it also aims to tackle associated ecosystem degradation, work towards flood and drought risk reduction, and enhance sediment continuity.

Another aim is to tackle the lack of knowledge, awareness, and participation of local people and business actors in the implementation of freshwater ecosystem restoration, and setting up a co-creation process between scientists, researchers, SMEs, investors, public bodies, policymakers, and local communities.