Ebook: Protecting Danube River Basin Resources: Ensuring Access to Water Quality Data and Information

Eastern and Western, NATO partner and member country specialists discuss recent accomplishments in the sharing of timely, accurate data and information to protect the water resources of the Danube Basin, a strategic region shared by two Western and 11 former Communist countries. An International Commission, continuing the work of an adhoc environmental management programme, is expected to take over in 1997 and may well adopt the recommendations of this timely workshop. These recommendations include the establishment of a central source of water quality data and information on levels of pollution, government standards and their enforcement, NGO environmental groups, and other programmes and policies.
The editor, Dr. Irene Lyons Murphy, received support from the United States Institute of Peace during 1995- a study of the cooperative management of Danube River resources which began with the end of the Cold War. It analyzes the development and ratification of the Danube River Protection Convention and other aspects of joint pro-environment activities from 1991 to 1996. Its title The Danube: ARiver Basin in Transition is to be published in early 1997.
Users, investors in new and/or joint business ventures, national and international governments, research scientists, the media, NGOs and the general public will be served on the Internet and through the distribution of CD-ROM and diskettes.

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Eastern and Western, NATO partner and member country specialists discuss recent accomplishments in the sharing of timely, accurate data and information to protect the water resources of the Danube Basin, a strategic region shared by two Western and 11 former Communist countries. An International Commission, continuing the work of an adhoc environmental management programme, is expected to take over in 1997 and may well adopt the recommendations of this timely workshop. These recommendations include the establishment of a central source of water quality data and information on levels of pollution, government standards and their enforcement, NGO environmental groups, and other programmes and policies.
The editor, Dr. Irene Lyons Murphy, received support from the United States Institute of Peace during 1995- a study of the cooperative management of Danube River resources which began with the end of the Cold War. It analyzes the development and ratification of the Danube River Protection Convention and other aspects of joint pro-environment activities from 1991 to 1996. Its title The Danube: ARiver Basin in Transition is to be published in early 1997.
Users, investors in new and/or joint business ventures, national and international governments, research scientists, the media, NGOs and the general public will be served on the Internet and through the distribution of CD-ROM and diskettes.

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Eastern and Western, NATO partner and member country specialists discuss recent accomplishments in the sharing of timely, accurate data and information to protect the water resources of the Danube Basin, a strategic region shared by two Western and 11 former Communist countries. An International Commission, continuing the work of an adhoc environmental management programme, is expected to take over in 1997 and may well adopt the recommendations of this timely workshop. These recommendations include the establishment of a central source of water quality data and information on levels of pollution, government standards and their enforcement, NGO environmental groups, and other programmes and policies.
The editor, Dr. Irene Lyons Murphy, received support from the United States Institute of Peace during 1995- a study of the cooperative management of Danube River resources which began with the end of the Cold War. It analyzes the development and ratification of the Danube River Protection Convention and other aspects of joint pro-environment activities from 1991 to 1996. Its title The Danube: ARiver Basin in Transition is to be published in early 1997.
Users, investors in new and/or joint business ventures, national and international governments, research scientists, the media, NGOs and the general public will be served on the Internet and through the distribution of CD-ROM and diskettes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Workshop....Pages 1-15
Data and Data-Sharing....Pages 17-21
The Rhine....Pages 23-29
The 1985 Bucharest Declaration....Pages 31-41
The Danube River Protection Convention....Pages 43-47
Water Quality Monitoring Programmes for Rivers in Germany....Pages 49-64
Dutch (Inter)National Water Quality Data Programmes....Pages 65-80
Water Quality Management Programmes in the United Kingdom....Pages 81-88
Design and Implementation of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program — A United States Example....Pages 89-103
Environmental Policies in Transition....Pages 105-111
Development of Information Activities in Support of the Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin....Pages 113-125
The Work of the Monitoring, Laboratory and Information Management Sub-Group (MLIM-SG)....Pages 127-134
The Danube Grants Program and the NGO Role in Management of the Danube Basin....Pages 135-148
Transboundary Pollution Reduction in Three Danube River Basins....Pages 149-164
Austrian — German Data Sharing....Pages 165-171
Data Sharing between the Slovak and Czech Republic in the Morava River Basin....Pages 173-181
Data Sharing Across National Boundaries in the Upper Tisza River Basin....Pages 183-187
Crossborder Monitoring of Water Quality in Slovenia....Pages 189-198
Water Quality Data Sharing on the Bulgarian-Romanian Reach of the Danube River Basin....Pages 199-207
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 209-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-224

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Eastern and Western, NATO partner and member country specialists discuss recent accomplishments in the sharing of timely, accurate data and information to protect the water resources of the Danube Basin, a strategic region shared by two Western and 11 former Communist countries. An International Commission, continuing the work of an adhoc environmental management programme, is expected to take over in 1997 and may well adopt the recommendations of this timely workshop. These recommendations include the establishment of a central source of water quality data and information on levels of pollution, government standards and their enforcement, NGO environmental groups, and other programmes and policies.
The editor, Dr. Irene Lyons Murphy, received support from the United States Institute of Peace during 1995- a study of the cooperative management of Danube River resources which began with the end of the Cold War. It analyzes the development and ratification of the Danube River Protection Convention and other aspects of joint pro-environment activities from 1991 to 1996. Its title The Danube: ARiver Basin in Transition is to be published in early 1997.
Users, investors in new and/or joint business ventures, national and international governments, research scientists, the media, NGOs and the general public will be served on the Internet and through the distribution of CD-ROM and diskettes.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Workshop....Pages 1-15
Data and Data-Sharing....Pages 17-21
The Rhine....Pages 23-29
The 1985 Bucharest Declaration....Pages 31-41
The Danube River Protection Convention....Pages 43-47
Water Quality Monitoring Programmes for Rivers in Germany....Pages 49-64
Dutch (Inter)National Water Quality Data Programmes....Pages 65-80
Water Quality Management Programmes in the United Kingdom....Pages 81-88
Design and Implementation of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program — A United States Example....Pages 89-103
Environmental Policies in Transition....Pages 105-111
Development of Information Activities in Support of the Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin....Pages 113-125
The Work of the Monitoring, Laboratory and Information Management Sub-Group (MLIM-SG)....Pages 127-134
The Danube Grants Program and the NGO Role in Management of the Danube Basin....Pages 135-148
Transboundary Pollution Reduction in Three Danube River Basins....Pages 149-164
Austrian — German Data Sharing....Pages 165-171
Data Sharing between the Slovak and Czech Republic in the Morava River Basin....Pages 173-181
Data Sharing Across National Boundaries in the Upper Tisza River Basin....Pages 183-187
Crossborder Monitoring of Water Quality in Slovenia....Pages 189-198
Water Quality Data Sharing on the Bulgarian-Romanian Reach of the Danube River Basin....Pages 199-207
Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 209-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-224
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