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First “Amazon of Europe day”
Supported by EuroNatur and WWF, numerous partner NGOs from Croatia and Hungary, together with politicians from both countries, celebrated the first international “Amazon of Europe day” on July 14th. The event aimed for calling attention to the high ecological value of Europe’s last pristine river systems and the threats they are facing.
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Jonathan Franzen talks about bird-hunting in the Balkans
In March 2012 American bestselling author Jonathan Franzen went to the Balkans on a fact-finding mission on bird-hunting for National Geographic. The alarming findings of his journey can be read in the latest issue of the magazine.
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Sava river and Europe’s largest alluvial forests at risk
One of the last natural rivers in Europe is to be downgraded to "an extensively modified body of water". At least this is how representatives of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Serbia rank the Sava in the latest draft of their management plan for the river. If this classification continues to be used, it would be a terrible step in the wrong direction, particularly with view to Croatia’s impending accession to the EU.
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Montenegro protects the most important resting place for migratory birds on the eastern Adriatic coast
Yesterday the Montenegrin parliament decidedto designate Ulcinj salt flats as a specialist nature area. "This is an important victory in our quest to preserve the Saline Ulcinj salt flats as the most important resting place for migratory birds on the eastern coast of the Adriatic," says Gabriel Schwaderer, head of EuroNatur.
More ...Impetus for the European Green Belt initiative
The 6th Pan-European Conference on the European Green Belt in the Mavrovo National Park (FYR Macedonia) closed with an appeal for the conservation and protection of the natural treasures so far preserved in the shadow of the former Iron Curtain. The conference with its roughly 100 participants representing 21 countries along the European Green Belt focussed their particular criticism on the endangering of the Mavrovo National Park.
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6th Pan-European Green Belt Conference
The „European Green Belt“, which is currently the most fascinating and ambitious nature conservation initiative in Europe, is a key contribution to preserve and develop the ecological infrastructure in Europe. More than 100 representatives of ministries and non-government organisations from the 24 countries at the European Green Belt meet in Mavrovo from June 28th to 30th to give a strong signal for cross border nature conservation in Europe.
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The Blue Heart of Europe is threatened with collapse
There is acute danger that the “Blue Heart“ of Europe, a unique European natural heritage that has evolved over a million years, may be destroyed in one blow. Nowhere in Europe except here in the Balkans can such a number of natural, still untouched riverscapes be found. But precisely this sensitive and unique diversity is facing a radical attack from the hydroelectric power lobby.
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Will Croatia Destroy its Most Beautiful Section at River Danube?
The decision on the future of one of the most precious floodplains along the river Danube is just around the corner. Shipping plans to regulate the Danube along a 53 kilometres section between the border of Croatia and Serbia.Working on an international level, EuroNatur categorically rejects the planned channelling.
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2nd February is World Wetlands Day
The eastern Adriatic coast has more to offer than just beaches and a steel-blue sea: underground caves, huge lakes and karst moors - flooded and dried out by subterranean watercourses. At the World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, the Pan-European nature conservation organisation EuroNatur wants to draw the attention to the importance of wetlands on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Most important resting area for migratory birds on the Eastern Adriatic coast to be transformed into a building site
Since December 16, countdown is running for the most important resting area for migratory birds on the Eastern Adriatic coast. On January 16, the Solana Ulcinj shall be sold for at least 257.8 million euro, which implies the imminent loss of these valuable wetlands.
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