LIFE Boat 4 Sturgeon
The overall objective of this LIFE project is to help save the four remaining Danube sturgeon species from extinction: the Sterlet, the Waxdick, the Sternhausen and the Hausen.
Integrated River Engineering Project on the Danube East of Vienna – Catalogue of Measures
On the free-flowing Danube east of Vienna, hydraulic engineering measures are being implemented to stabilise the falling water levels, preserve unique habitats in the Danube floodplains and align the waterway infrastructure with the requirements of safe and economic Danube navigation. In order to achieve these goals, maintenance activities are carried out on an ongoing basis and hydraulic engineering optimisation projects are implemented.
Further projects
- started 2023
FAIRway Danube II continues where its predecessors already initiated important developments, but also includes a number of innovative measures towards further holistic modernization of the fairway: Implementation of regular transnational monitoring of fairway conditions, Procurement of sensors for measuring water levels, fairway depths and bridge clearance heights, Upgrading the national waterway management systems and the transnational waterway monitoring system, Extending the lead time of level forecasting, Testing flexible infrastructure elements in Austria, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, Modernization of existing berths in Austria and Romania to improve infrastructure, especially in terms of crew safety and mobility.
- started 2022
The overall objective of this LIFE project is to help save the four remaining Danube sturgeon species from extinction: the Sterlet, the Waxdick, the Sternhausen and the Hausen.
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Preparation and planning for ecological bank restoration, implementation of pilot measures and smaller immediate measures for bank protection.
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The study "Preparing FAIRway 2 works in the Rhine-Danube corridor" (07/2020-04/2024) aims to further develop the Danube waterway infrastructure in a sustainable, efficient and user-oriented way. It takes up core aspects from "FAIRway Danube" and prepares them for implementation in the planned follow-up project "FAIRway Danube 2" (from 2022). The study will be implemented together with Croatia and Serbia under the leadership of Austria.
- started 2020
FAIRway works! in the Rhine-Danube Corridor (02/2020 - 10/2023) is a joint project of Austria and Serbia to improve the waterway infrastructure along the Danube in these two countries. It continues the CEF Flagship Initiative "FAIRway Danube" and implements the most mature projects in the Danube corridor.
- started 2019
"Dynamic LIFE Lines Danube" is an Austrian-Slovak joint project for the renaturation of rivers and restoration of alluvial forests along the Danube. In both countries, a total of 25 km of side arms will be re-connected to the Danube and thus made more dynamic. These waters are the lifelines of the floodplain forests. Furthermore over 1,500 hectares of riparian forest are ecologically upgraded.
- started 2019
"Dynamic LIFE Lines Danube" is an Austrian-Slovak joint project for the renaturation of riparian forests along the Danube. In both countries, a total of 25 km of tributaries are being reconnected to the Danube and thus made more dynamic. These waters are the lifelines of the riparian forests. Over 1,500 hectares of riparian forest will be ecologically upgraded.
- started 2017
By implementing the INTERREG project ProDaM, the joint flood management for the border rivers Danube and Morava (March) will be optimised.
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Plastic is light and durable, but is now considered a serious global problem. The project "PlasticFreeDanube" focuses on macro plastic pollution (> 5 mm) in and along the Danube and considers the Danube section from the agglomerations of Vienna and Bratislava to the Gabčíkovo power plant (SK).
- started 2017
Im Rahmen des Projekts „Alpen Karpaten Fluss Korridor“ (AKFK) soll nun auch die Lebensraumkonnektivität für wassergebundene Organismen in der österreichisch-slowakischen Grenzregion geschützt und verbessert werden.