The Rebirth Of The Danube Delta - Romania

Sep 1997
The grandiose schemes of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu turned the Danube River Delta into a desert-like dust bowl. In the 1980s he decided to transform Europe's richest land into a breadbasket to feed Eastern Europe. Instead, his system of dykes, dams and artificial lakes wreaked massive environmental destruction. By the time of Ceausescu's demise in 1989, 40,000 ha of the Delta had been destroyed. With the disappearance of the fish, birds and rare mammals went the traditional lifestyle of the Lipovenes, ethnic Ukrainians who'd fled Russia, and who relied on the wildlife of the Delta - especially the giant sturgeon. Today, weed-filled fields still remain useless for farming, while fish collecting stations and salt mines lie disused. However, the Delta is making a remarkable recovery, thanks to an innovative World Bank Programme. Birds and plants are returning and although the sturgeon haven't recovered, the Lipovenes believe they too now have a future on the Delta.

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[UDontWantNoDrama]

Its only part true this info on this video. The Danube Delta is only ruined on ukrainian part by the Ukraine regim with the new Bystroe canal.

Again, it's UKRAINE who destroy the 20% part of Danube Delta, the other 80% part belongs to ROMANIA and that's no other beautiful place in Europe ahead of this.

ROMANIA means DANUBE DELTA!!

[nagasakitoast]

bellissima terra, la romania.

città, chiese e paesaggi da sogno.

il popolo è molto aperto e pacifico. non capisco perchè spesso viene descritto come un popolo di zingari senza morale, quando in verità hanno una tradizione culturale molto ricca e raffinata.

quante cazzate.

la cosa migliore è andare e verificare personalmente. conoscerete un'altro mondo!

[UDontWantNoDrama]

@tirpitz19

[tirpitz19]

@UDontWantNoDrama Vezi paiul din ochii altora ,nu vezi barna din ai tai. Tipic romanesc.

[bbphnix]

murderous bastard

[bbphnix]

I wish I was the one that killed Ceausescu;

[UDontWantNoDrama]

@CodrutzB2K2 yeah you're right, Danube Delta only 80 or 85% belongs to Romania but indeed the all Danube Delta should be part of Romania. But i hope the Romanian part to keep the Danube Delta beautiful.

[CodrutzB2K2]

@UDontWantNoDrama you mean the romanian part that is under the name of ucraine ?

[MyLalinea]

and austria?