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Europe’s rivers are damned by dams
++ New study reveals extent of hydropower frenzy all over Europe ++ Plans for more than 8,700 new hydropower plants ++ Devastating impacts on biodiversity and society particularly in the Balkans ++
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The European Green Belt: Nature conservation connects neighbours
++ The fall of the Berlin Wall marks the birth of the European Green Belt ++ Nature conservation along the former Iron Curtain as a Central European peace project ++
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“Brave women of Kruščica” receive EuroNatur Award 2019
++ EuroNatur Award goes to dedicated river conservationists from Bosnia-Herzegovina ++ Dam boom threatens the last wild rivers of our continent ++
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New figures: More wolf packs in Western Poland
++ Results of wolf monitoring show at least 95 settled packs ++ Sudetes are also wolf territory again ++
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Romania: New inventory reveals huge and threatened natural forest treasure
EuroNatur and Agent Green: Europe must halt forest destruction in Romania
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New report: hydropower subsidies wreak environmental havoc and line influential pockets in the Western Balkans
Disproportionate public subsidies for small hydropower in the Western Balkans have resulted in widespread environmental damage and have benefited wealthy business people close to or part of the region’s governments, with little benefit for electricity generation, finds a new study released today by CEE Bankwatch Network.
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Bridge blocked - river saved - honoured with EuroNatur Award
++ EuroNatur Award 2019 goes to the “brave women of Kruščica" ++ Bridge occupied for over 500 days to block construction of hydropower plants ++ Award ceremony on 10 October 2019 on Mainau Island ++
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EU-Commission urged to protect Europe's last natural forests from illegal logging
Environmental organisations EuroNatur, Agent Green and ClientEarth have advanced their fight against illegal logging of old-growth and primeval forests in Romania by filing a complaint against the country’s authorities to the European Commission.
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Remembering, reviewing and looking ahead: 30 years breakdown of the Iron Curtain
Impulse for a big project: European Green Belt should become UNESCO-world heritage
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Power lines: Fatal for migratory birds
++ Autumn migration has begun ++ Overhead powerlines cause the death of millions of migratory birds worldwide ++ International campaign to protect migratory birds starts its second phase ++
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