Brief considerations on the impact on the ecosystem of the „Danube Delta” biosphere reserve as a result of the dredging works on the Bâstroe Channel Cover Image

Scurte considerații privind impactul asupra ecosistemului rezervației biosferei ,,Delta Dunării”, ca urmare a lucrărilor de dragare pe Canalul Bâstroe
Brief considerations on the impact on the ecosystem of the „Danube Delta” biosphere reserve as a result of the dredging works on the Bâstroe Channel

Author(s): Tania Anamaria Vasilescu
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental Geography, International Law, Environmental and Energy policy, International relations/trade, Maritime Law
Published by: Consiliul Legislativ al României
Keywords: environmental impact; Bâstroe channel; ecological accident; Danube Delta; environmental protection;

Summary/Abstract: Being in the middle of the dispute between Romania and Ukraine, the Bâstroe Channel continues to be a bone of contention both bilaterally and internationally due to the dredging operations carried out by the Ukrainian side. The present article aims, on the one hand, at the overall presentation of the chronologically reported events at the initial moments when the construction works of the Danube-Black Sea Channel were started, ending with Ukraine’s implementation of the „Bâstroe Canal” project. On the other hand, the objective of the scientific approach is to see to what extent the norms of international law were applied and respected by the state directly involved, taking into account the impact that the deep dredging on the Bâstroe Channel has on the entire ecosystem of the „Danube Delta” Reserve, both in the short and long term, with the aim of preventing and thus avoiding an irreversible ecological accident mishap

  • Issue Year: 1/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 51-61
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian