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The International Association for Danube Research (IAD) was founded in 1956 and is the longest existing international scientific network in the Danube Region. IAD is an Association according to Austrian law with the goal of promoting and coordinating activities in the fields of limnology, water management, water protection and sustainable development in the Danube River basin (current structure and contact).

In 1998 IAD obtained observership in the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). Our delegates participate in various Expert Groups and develop tools and measures to protect the Danube River and to reach a sustainable river basin management as ultimate goal of the Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD)

As representative of the scientific community IAD also actively supports the implementation of the macro-regional EU-Danube Strategy as a step towards sustainable development in the Danube region.

New and renewal membership see options at the bottom of this page!

Application:
Paper Registration Form (download Word-Document)

Resolution of the 39th IAD conference (Szentendre, Hungary)

Resolution of the 40th IAD conference (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Resolution of the 41th IAD conference (Sibiu, Romania)

Links to national sub-associations of IAD:

Österreichisches Komitee Donauforschung, Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Donauforschung

Further links of support:

FDG Austria, DI Norbert Exler

News

2022-Apr-26,
ORF press release:

Lobau - Symposium
27.-28.4.2022

Workshop about Danube Floodplain Lobau, Vienna: The press release can be downloaded by the link ORF , or as pdf-print of the original document ORF Pressemitteilung and as translation ORF press release (Engl).

2022-April-10

IAD conference,
Venue Kiev will be postponed to another year

The IAD-conference entitled
"The Danube River, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea – different countries, common challenges, sustainable solutions",
which was announced for autumn 2022, is planned to be postponed for a later year. It will be organized by the Institute of Hydrobiology National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Details about the first announcement of conference sessions and brief introduction of conference host can be downloaded here.

2022-Apr-01,
Save The Date:

Lobau Soll Leben
27.-28.4.2022

Workshop about Danube Floodplain Lobau, Vienna: The folders for the save-the-date and for the program are available as download.

2022-March-11

We, the International Association of Danube Research (IAD), are concerned about the war in the Ukraine, a Danube Basin country. As a scientific NGO, we believe that dialogue is the key to progress and any dispute should be solved based on rational arguments. We would like to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine during these times. Every death is one too many and in the meantime there are enough victims, so that our hope is that the fighting will end soon and a dialogue for a long-lasting peace can begin.

2022-Jan-25

Letter of Greetings from the New IAD-President

"... As a President of IAD, I (therefore) will aspire to keep the IAD network together and to strengthen it as tightly and as powerfully as possible. Furthermore, I would try to focus IAD research on important issues of our century, such as biodiversity (aquatic as well as semi-terrestrial), river, floodplain and wetland restoration, limitation of hydropower especially in combination with hydro-morphological issues, free flowing rivers, and climate change. My vision is to keep the international standing of IAD as visible and high as possible and to strengthen its influence in the Danube Catchment – scientifically and politically!" The complete letter by Prof. Bernd Cyffka can be downloaded here.
Prof. Bernd Cyffka, IAD president

2021-Dec-31,
Conference announced:

ABIC in September 2022


The Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference (ABIC) is planned in a hybrid way (physical presence and online, 20.-22.9.2022). More details about this conference can be found here on the ABIC_8 Website.

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