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Two new animal species discovered in the area of projected dam on Vjosa
++ International research team finds 300 animal species in only one week, including a new fish and stonefly species ++ Sediment transport could grind electricity generation of the projected hydropower plant Poçem to a halt within 25 years ++
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Dedication to internationally significant wetland area
++ Gudrun Steinacker receives EuroNatur Award 2017 ++ German ambassador (ret.) to Montenegro strongly advocated protection of Ulcinj Salina ++
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Huchen protesting at Drina Regatta
++ 20,000 people at this year's event on Drina River in Serbia ++ NGO's protested against damming the globally most important Huchen (Danube Salmon) River ++
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Does World Heritage Status provide protection to Romanian primeval forests?
++ EuroNatur and Agent Green welcome recognition of 24,000 hectares of primeval beech forests in Romania as World Heritage ++ Nonetheless: Destruction of old-growth forests in Romania is most pressing problem for nature conservation in Europe ++
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Forest Alert: Romanian Ministry Attacks Own Primary Forest Protection Laws
Ministry surprisingly neglects the existence of its 2005 published inventory on primary forest areas in the country.
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Hydropower project Kalivaç revisited
Albanian government re-opens the concession procedure for the Kalivaç HPP++ NGOs prepare their opposition
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A Network for the White Stork
From 16 to 20 May 2017, the 14th conference of European Stork Villages was held in Poros, Greece ++ Storks, too, fall victim to poaching on their migration across the Mediterranean
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Dam project stopped for the present
++ Albanian Court stops dam project on the Vjosa ++ Success for nature conservation and affected residents ++
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Scientists for Vjosa
++ 25 scientists from Austria, Albania, Germany and Slovenia research Europe’s last wild river for a week ++ Press conference held on river island ++
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International support for natural paradise in Montenegro
European natural treasure still threatened in Montenegro – is protecting the Salina Ulcinj beyond the power of the Montenegrin government? +++ Nature conservation foundation EuroNatur urges Montenegro’s Prime Minister Duško Marković to put the protection of the Salina Ulcinj at the top of his agenda
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