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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9132

16 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport/environment
Plans to transfer road freight transport to inland waterways must not threaten ecosystems, warns WWF

Brussels, 15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - EU plans to shift some cross-border road freight transport to inland waterways will only be really environmentally friendly if river ecosystems are preserved, warns WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature). At the inland navigation conference organised by the Austrian Presidency in Vienna on 13 to 15 February to promote inland waterways for cross-border transport by concentrating on major trans-European transport network projects, the nature conservation NGO...

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