Deltas & Wetlands

The National Institute for Research and Development of the Danube Delta Tulcea annually organizes the International Symposium "Deltas & Wetlands" (in 2023 we will organize the 30th edition), which integrates 4 scientific sections and other events with the theme of environmental protection and sustainable development. In the last 2 editions (2021 and 2022), over 200 representatives of the academic environment, authorities and the private sector from Romania and 19 countries participated in the event.
The value of the Symposium has increased from year to year, winning a beautiful tradition and the most recent achievements of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and other wetlands. Thus, the Symposium creates the possibility to identify and discuss the scientific aspects related to the implementation of the European Environmental Directives at national level as well as those related to the cross-border and interregional cooperation.
The Symposium is structured in 4 main sections, covering a large range of research fields: biodiversity assessment, aquatic ecology, natural resources, ecological restoration and human impact, new research approaches in EU climate change challenge - Neutral carbon 2050, GIS and Application System Modeling . The participants will have the opportunity to communicate their research results through oral presentations and posters.
The agenda of the event includes:
• Plenary presentations of personalities from the scientific world (Keynote Speakers),
• Scientific communications (oral and posters) in the 4 sections,
• Parallel events: Green Deal Challenges - Decarbonising Danube Delta: 3D Initiative, EDAPHIC-BLOOM Danube - Ecological resizing through urban and rural actions & dialogues for GHG mitigation in the Lower Danube Floodplains & Danube Delta,
• Roundtable debate: "Promoting Climate Change Education - a Romanian initiative at COP 27", „Assessment of the state of the environment after 30 years since the implementation of ecological restoration projects in DDBR”
• Symposium Interview & Posters presentations & PICO - Business approaches,
• Application in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, one of the largest European wetlands known for its biodiversity and unique habitats, hosting an amazing range of habitats and life forms, a real museum of biodiversity, a natural genetic bank with incalculable value for the worldwide natural heritage.
We would like to keep the tradition of organizing the event annually and to attract as many participants as possible, with which to bring more solutions to the authorities and the private sector to move to sustainability, according to the Green Deal, for the protection and conservation of the Danube Delta, one of the most important wetlands in Europe, which hosts an amazing range of habitats and forms of life, a true museum of biodiversity, a natural bank with incalculable genetic value for natural heritage worldwide.