On September 1, we celebrate the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Day!
Article published on 01-09-2021
The Danube Delta, a young landform in continuous consolidation, represents one of the most important tourist regions of Romania, through the originality of its landscape (relief, water, vegetation, fauna) and human settlements.
At the end of the 2860 km that it runs through, from the springs (Donaueschingen - Black Forest in Germany) to the Black Sea (ancient Pontus Euxinus), the Danube builds for more than 12,000 years one of the most beautiful deltas in Europe and the world. Even if it ranks second in Europe (after the Volga) and only the 22nd on Earth, for the richness of its landscape and its fauna, where the birds are the most significant element, the Delta has a special interest from all points of view: scientific, touristic and even economic.
Holding the European Diploma of protected areas (since 2000), the value of the natural heritage of the Danube Delta is internationally recognized: as UNESCO World Heritage site (since 1991), as part of the “Man and Biosphere” (MAB - UNESCO) Programme (since 1990), as RAMSAR site - wetland especially important for waterfowl (since 1991), as Natura 2000 site (since 2007).
The Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority was established in 1990 to implement the management measures required to ensure the conservation of the natural heritage and the sustainable development of the region.
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