Selected Publications

ZINKE A. 2010: Wildnis-Erfahrungen von Besuchern und Einbindung der lokalen Bevölkerung ins Wildnis-Management. In: Tagungsband Vielfalt Wildnis - 2. internationale Wildnistagung im Nationalpark Kalkalpen, Windischgarsten 29. September bis 1. Oktober 2010. 7 pp. In print.

ZINKE A: 2009: Mid-term Evaluation of the UNDP/GEF Project "Integrating multiple benefits of wetlands and floodplains into improved trans-boundary management for the Tisza River Basin". For UNOPS, Copenhagen. 52 pp.

Zinke Environment Consulting 2008: Evaluation of the NGO involvement, activities and results, including of the NGO Small Grants Programme 2 (2006-2007) of the UNDP/GEF Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Program (BSERP). Vienna - Istanbul. 34 + 22 pages.

Zinke A. 2007: Submission of ICPDR to the International Thiess Riverprize ( Australia ). 26 pages ( note: ICPDR won the prize worth EUR 180,000 on 4 September 2007 at the 10 th International Riversymposium in Brisbane , Australia ).
Zinke A. 2006: Romanian-Hungarian corridor for biodiversity conservation - Technical Assistance for preparation of the management plan, technical specification and tender documents for equipment acquisition for the Apuseni Nature Park Administration (NFA). Draft Final Report (March 2006). Oradea/Romania. 26 pp. and 2 annexed Management Plans for the Apuseni mountains nature park and the Cefa wetland (over 300 pp.).
Peck, P & A. Zinke 2006: Draft of the refined assessment of South Eastern European mining-related risks: Identification and verification of "environmental hot spots" in Albania , Bosnia & Herzegovina , Macedonia , Montenegro and Serbia . Report prepared as a part of the UNEP Vienna coordinated ADA project "Improving regional cooperation for risk management from pollution hotspots as well as transboundary management of shared natural resources". 63 pp. and annexes.
ZINKE A. 2005: Risk Mitigation - The Example of Rehabilitating the Baia Borsa - Nova Tailing Pond. In: UNEP 2005: Reducing Environment and Security Risks from Mining in South Eastern Europe and the Tisza Basin. Final Report from the Sub-regional Conference of OSCE/UNEP/UNDP/NATO, 11-13 May 2005 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Page 19.

ZINKE A. 2004a: The Hydropower Station Gabčíkovo: Deficits in hydrology (sediment transport, groundwater) and biology. In: Bloesch, J., Gutknecht, D. & Iordache, V. (eds.): Report on the International Workshop "Hydrology and Limnology - another boundary in the Danube River Basin" in Petronell, Austria, 14-16 October, 2004. 49-59.

ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING 2004a: Stabilization and Safekeeping of the Tailing Pond Novat at Baia Borsa, Maramures, Romania- Final Report by the Project Supervision and Monitoring Team. Prepared for the Austrian Development Agency (Project Contract no. 8002-01 / 2003). Vienna.

ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING & UNESCO/INWEB/Aristotle University Thessaloniki 2004b: Internationally Shared Surface Water Bodies in the Balkan Region - Characteristics and State of Policies of River Basins. Prepared for the German Federal Ministry for Environment and UNESCO, Vienna/Thessaloniki. 184 pp. with colour MAP .
ZINKE A. 2004b: Renaturierungen und Hochwasserschutz - Entwicklung des Fließgewässermanagements im Donauraum. In: Nach der Flut ist vor der Flut!? - Hochwasserschutz an der Donau und ihren Nebenflüssen. Petra-Kelly-Stiftung/Bildungswerk Bund Naturschutz - Dokumentation der Tagung am 6. März 2004 in Passau. Bamberg/Wiesenfelden. 17-25. Available at: http://www.petra-kelly-stiftung.de/sites/pdf-doku/Doku-Fluesse2.PDF
ZINKE A. 2004c: Conflict over Morava bridge project: The Lower Morava floodplains are renowned as an important intact wetland in the Danube Basin. Recent plans for a new motorway bridge connecting Vienna and Bratislava are developing into a serious environmental conflict.
Article published in Danube Watch 1/2004.

ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING 2003a: Major Transboundary Rivers and Lakes in the Balkan Region. Prepared for ICPDR, Vienna. Colour map and 14 pp. report.

ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING 2003b: "Development of the Pilot River Basin Management Plan for the Sava - UNDP/GEF Project Component 1.1-9 (Inception Report, May 2003; summary analyses of socio-economic and water management indicators, November 2003; concept for the Sava RBM Plan, March 2004); available at http://www.icpdr.org/undp-drp
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING 2003c: Ten Years After - The Impact of the Gabcikovo Hydrodam System on the Danube Floodplains since 1992. Statement of WWF International, Vienna. To be published in 2004.

ZINKE A. 2003: Cross-border Cooperations in the Management of the Morava and Tisa Rivers - Problems, Lessons and Consequences. (written in German:
Grenzraum-Kooperationen beim Gewässermanagement von March und Theiß - Probleme, Erkenntnisse und Konsequenzen. 1. Österreichisches Osteuropa-Forum, Klosterneuburg, 4.-5. April 2002). 12 pp. incl. a colour map. In: Thede Kahl, Elisabeth Vyslonzil, Alois Woldan: Herausforderung Osteuropa. Die Offenlegung stereotyper Bilder. Schriftenreihe des Österreichischen Ost- und Südosteuropa-Instituts. Bd. 28.
ZINKE A. 2002a: Changing River Policies in Central Europe - Lessons from the Elbe and Danube Floods 2002. Presentation given at the symposium No dams - Integrated river management that needs no dams on 12 December 2002 in Matsumoto and on 16 December at the Gifu university, Japan.
(you need MS Powerpoint on your computer)

KERN, K. & A. ZINKE (2000): Rehabilitierung der Donau im Bereich des Kraftwerks Gabcikovo (Rehabilitation of the Danube in the Reach Affected by the Hydropower System of Gabcikovo). In: Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (Hrsg.): Angewandte Landschaftsokologie, H. 37. Bonn: 177-186. (Tagung "Renaturierung von Bachen, Flussen und Stromen"; 24.-25.11.1999 in Neuhaus).
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (2000a): Reinforcement of NGO activities in project implementation and awareness raising - summary report in support of the GEF Project Brief (prepared for the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, Vienna). 27 pages.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (2000b): Regional Inventory of Potential Accidental Risk Spots in the Tisa catchment area of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine & Slovakia (prepared for the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, Vienna). 48 pages and a colour A3 map.
Zinke A. (2000c): The New Management of Rivers and Wetlands in Central Europe. Lecture given at the International Symposium "Seeking Public Works Projects for the 21st Century" on 17 December 2000, Tokio, Japan.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (1999a): Wetlands Across the Borders - Restoration of the Morava-Dyje Floodplains (Mokrade bez hraníc - Obnova údolných nív Moravy a Dyje). Poster produced for WWF within the EU-Phare Multi-country Environment projects. Vienna.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (1999b): Danube Partnership Programme - National Projects Investment Portfolio, Project Concepts. Danube Pollution Reduction Programme - Programme Co-ordination Unit, UNDP/GEF Assistance. Vienna. 350 pp.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING (1999c): Donau - Oder - Elbe: Living Rivers oder Kanal. Eine aktuelle Analyse aus Naturschutzsicht. Im Auftrag des WWF. Wien. 35 Seiten.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING and M. Popovici (1999a): Thematic Maps of the Danube River Basin - Social and Economic Characteristics, with particular attention to Hot Spots, Significant Impact Areas and Hydraulic structures. Danube Pollution Reduction Programme - Programme Co-ordination Unit, UNDP/GEF Assistance. Vienna. 110 pages.
ZINKE ENVIRONMENT CONSULTING and M. Popovici (1999b): Transboundary Analysis - Causal Chain Analysis for the Middle and Lower Danube Basin Countries. Danube Pollution Reduction Programme - Programme Co-ordination Unit UNDP/GEF Assistance. Vienna. 110 pages.
ZINKE A. (1999a): Dams and the Danube: Lessons from the Environmental Impact. Presentation at the Prague Forum on 26 March 1999 of the World Commission on Dams. 18 pages. Published at: www.dams.org This reference can also be found on the CD-Rom of the World Commission on Dams (April 2001) at: The Commission -> Publications -> Speeches -> pages 68-75.
ZINKE A. (1999b): The Restoration of Rivers and Wetlands in Central Europe. Proceedings of the International Nagara Symposium 1999, Nagashima, Japan. Under print.
ZINKE A. (1997): Hungary: A Royal Visit to the Danube Floodplains - National Park Linked With Austria. In: Danube Watch - The Newsletter of the Environmental Programme for the Danube River Basin, vol. 3, no. 1 (March 1997): 8-12.
ZINKE A. & EICHELMANN U. (1996a): Probleme bei der Renaturierung der Flußauen am Beispiel der Mittleren Donau. In: Warnsignale aus den Flüssen und Ästuaren - Wissenschaftliche Fakten. Hrsg. J.Lozán & H.Kausch. Hamburg.Berlin. S.345-348.
ZINKE A. (1996b): NGO-Aktivitäten zur Förderung einer Naturschutz-orientierten Landwirtschaft im österreichisch-slowaki-schen Grenzgebiet. In: Seminar "Landwirtschaft und Biodiversität" am 22.-23.2.1996 in Ljubljana. Hrsg.: Slovenian Fund for Nature.
ZINKE A. (1996c): Three Nations Push for Shared Trilateral Park. Joint Moves by Au-strian, Slovak and Czech NGOs. In: Danube Watch - The Newsletter of the Environmental Pro-gramme for the Danube River Basin, vol. 2, no. 3 (September 1996), pp. 9-11.
ZINKE A. (1995): New Prospects for the Trilateral Park Morava-Dyje. In: A. Arends, J. Cerovsky & G. Pickova (ed.): Transboundary Biodiversity Conservation - Selected Case Studies from Central Europe. P. 18-21. Ecopoint, Praha.
ZINKE A. (1994a): Die Rolle der NGOs bei der Bewahrung der Donau-Auen vor weite-ren Zer-störungen. In: Lebensraum Donau - Europäisches Ökosystem. Tagungsdokumentation des internationalen Kolloquiums in Ulm. Beiträge der Akademie für Natur- und Umweltschutz Baden-.Württemberg, Band 17: 153-159. Stuttgart.
ZINKE A. (1994b): Chances and Risks for the Development of the Danube with Re-gards to the Hydropower Plant of Gabcikovo. In: Zborník prednások medzinárodnej konferencie Ekológia Dunaja. P. 164-175. Bratislava.
ZINKE A. (1994c): Ecological Bricks for Europe: Integration of Con-servation and Sustainable Development Along the Former East-West Border. In: Protected Area Economics and Policy: Linking Conservation and Sustainable Development. Ed. M. Mu-nasinghe & J. McNeely. World Bank and World Con-servation Union (IUCN). Washington, D.C.
ZINKE A. et K.-A GUTZWEILER (1990): Possibilities for Regeneration of Floodplain Forests within the Frame-work of the Flood-protection Measures on the Upper Rhine, West Gemany. In: Forest Ecology and Management, 33/34 (1990) 13-20. Elsevier Science Pu-blishers B.V., Am-sterdam.
ZINKE A. (1989): Verhandlungen zur Lösung von Konflikten mit Zielen des Naturschut-zes bei einem Industrieansiedlungs-Projekt. In: Loccumer Protokolle 12/'89: Um den Konsens streiten - Neue Ver-fahren der Konfliktbearbeitung durch Verhandlungen. Tagung der Evangelischen Aka-demie Loccum vom 21. bis 23. April 1989. Loccum. S. 164-183.
ZINKE A. (1987): Plaines alluviales d'importance particuliere en Europe. Propositions pour leur incorporation dans le Réseau Européen des Réserves Biogénétiques. A la demande du Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg. WWF Institut des Plaines Alluviales, Rastatt.

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ICPDR 2010 : Manual on Good Practises in Sustainable Waterway Planning. EU-PLATINA project, SWP 5.3, executed for ICPDR, Vienna. 107 pp.; printed document and CD
Hydro-Ingenieure, UBA & Ecologic 2007: UNDP/GEF-DRP Development of Sava River Basin Management Plan - Pilot project (Phase 2) in Bosnia & Herzegovina , Croatia , Serbia & Montenegro , Slovenia (ER/03/G31/A/1G/31): Final Report ( written by the Team Leader A. Zinke) , Vienna .
ALLPLAN (1998): Trialog - Trilaterales March-Thaya-Konzept. Im Auftrag des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie und der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung. Wien.
Kern, K. & Zinke, A. (2000): Rehabilitierung der Donau im Bereich des Kraftwerks Gabcikovo. In: Höxter - Angewandt Landschaftsökologie (Tagung "Renaturierung von Bachen, Flüssen und Strömen" 24. 25.11.1999 in Neuhaus). In Druck.
ÖKOLOGISCHE BAUSTEINE FÜR UNSER GEMEINSAMES HAUS EUROPA = ECOLOGICAL BRICKS FOR A COMMON EUROPE (1990). In: Politische Ökologie, Beiheft 2. 63 Seiten. München.
WENGER E, A. ZINKE et K.-A. GUTZWEILER (1990): Present situation of the European floodplain forests. In: Forest Ecology and Management, 33/34 (1990) 5-12. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam.
WWF (1997): How to Save the Danube Floodplains: The Impact of the Gabcikovo Hydrodam System over Five Years. WWF Statement. 51 pp. Vienna.