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| | Ramsar Advisory Mission reports: No. 22, Austria (1991) |
 | | The general impression, at Montreux and in the conservation community at large, was that the Hainburg power station project had been quietly shelved, as a result of direct popular protest, legal action in the Lower Austrian courts and acceptance of international obligations, notably those under Ramsar. |
 | | Because of the continuing uncertainty over the situation at Hainburg, the possible impact of the Danube-Oder canal, and the difficulty in maintaining the ecological character of the riverine meadows and forests in the valley of the March and Thaya, there was clearly a possibility of change in ecological character at this Ramsar site. |
 | | Donau-Auen - the Hainburg dam: As indicated above, the principal remit of the mission was to report on the situation in the March- and Thaya-Auen and to suggest solutions for the problems. |
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