Environmental assessment, Biosphere and geographical Danube Delta in Romania

The Romanian Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (DDBR) is situated in the eastern part of Europe and lies at the intersection of 45° N (parallel of latitude) with 29° E (longitude). The total area of DDBR is of about 5,800 km2 more than half of which (3,510 km2) belong to what is commonly called the Danube Delta , while the remaining area is shared between the upstream Danube floodplain (Isaccea-Tulcea sector 102 km2), the Razim-Sinoie lagoon complex (1,145 km2), the neighboring strip from the Black Sea (1,030 km2) up to the 20 m isobath, and the Danube river between Cotul Pisicii and Isaccea (13 km2)a strategy that aims at a sustained development which takes into account the environmental aspects is imperative. Environmental policies represent a set of measures and tools with the objective of controlling and limiting the process of deterioration of environment quality. The design of environmental policies for the Danube Delta is not an easy task, due primarily to the major changes that affect the deltaic ecosystem, the patterns of behavior and consumption, poverty and isolation of the local communities, etc. The environmental policies in the Danube Delta have no longer an auxiliary role, rather reactive, but instead they are meant to set objectives at the economic, legal, educational and social levels and to guide the strategy for their achievement. In this paper I have outlined both the objectives of the environmental policies and the types of measures (general, direct and indirect) for their implementation in the area of the Danube Delta.

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Environmental assessment ، Biosphere ، geographical ، Danube Delta