International Association for Danube Research the Danube. In a more recent branch of IAD in Austria, the ÖK (Österreichisches Komitee), scientists with outstanding research related to the Danube Basin in Austria are awarded with the “Liepolt-Preis”. The major achievement in the first decade of IAD was the monograph “Limnologie der Donau” (Limnology of the Danube), edited by Liepolt and published by E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele & Obermiller) Stuttgart in 1967. In the same year, the Commission for Hydrology of the Romanian Academy published the monography “Limnology of the Romanian sector of the Danube”. In 1986, S. Godeanu and V. Popescu-Marinescu released the bibliography “Limnologie der
International Association for Danube Research in the discussion and development of the “Guiding principles on sustainable hydropower development in the Danube Basin” and made major contributions concerning the ecological connectivity of the aquatic ecosystems and the classification of sensitive ecological areas. IAD members are active in the Danube Sturgeon Task Force and also are involved in a number of EU and its "EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)" project initiatives. The DSTF aims to coordinate and foster the conservation of native sturgeon species in the Danube River Basin and the adjacent Black Sea by the implementation of the Sturgeon Action Plan adopted under the