Pressures and Impacts on Ecological Status of Surface Water Bodies in Ukrainian Part of the Danube River Basin

Abstract

In 2002 Ukraine ratified the Convention on Protection of the Danube River (signed 29 June 1994) and is one of the Parties (14 countries and European Commission) of the Convention. In 1999 Ukraine supported the establishment of the International Commission of Protection of Danube River (ICPDR), which is the co-ordination and implementation body of the Convention and EU Water Framework Directive.