La Tour du Valat

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Titre :	The Danube delta: Europe's remarkable wetland
Auteurs :	Paul Goriup, Auteur ; Grigore Baboianu, Auteur ; Joseph Chernichko, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	British Birds (100(4) APR 2007)
Article en page(s) :	194-213
Résumé :	The Danube is the largest European river west of the Volga, flowing from the German Black Forest to the northwest coast of the Black Sea, and within the lower Danube region there are seven Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Its global importance derives primarily from the numbers of waterbirds with unfavourable conservation status in Europe that breed, migrate through or winter in the region. Of 93 species of European concern that occur, 12 are globally threatened or near-threatened species, including Red-breasted Goose Branta ruflcollis, Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorox pygmeus and Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. In winter, the region can host over a million waterbirds. Conservation and management issues are discussed, in particular those which relate to the human impact on the delta, including effects upstream.The past 50 years have seen the worst degradation of the delta, relating especially to changes in sediment load and water quality but also to the problems of overfishing and the spread of alien species, but despite this the area remains of outstanding ornithological importance on a global scale.

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