People at work for Europe's natural heritage

Group photo of the Summer School participants in the mountains. Group photo of the Summer School participants in the mountains.
What would Europe's natural heritage be without the people who work to preserve it? We let them have their say.
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Meeting our donors gives me strength

For many donors, she was the face of EuroNatur. Now, after more than three decades, she is retiring at the end of the year. In this interview, she shares some thoughts and emotions connected with this step and passes the baton to her successor Ines Fantinato. From now on, the 48-year-old will be the main contact in donor relations.

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Sleepless in Serbia

In the mild late summer nights of south-east Europe, there are some birdwatchers, who choose to stay up all night at the weekend. Why? To listen for the sound lures that bird hunters have set up to attract and shoot quail on their migration southwards. We accompanied just such a group of Serbian bird conservationists on their night patrol.

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Getting out of the ivory tower – and into the river

Researchers want to save the Balkan rivers with a new self-concept! Interview with limnologist Gabriel Singer

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Livanjsko Polje: When humans enrich nature

The Livanjsko Polje in Bosnia-Herzegovina is a cultural landscape rich in biodiversity. We support farmers in finding approaches for a sustainable way of life. In this way, we are also helping to prevent young people from migrating. Our author Katharina Grund visited a some of them.

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Seal Conservationists from the Balkans on Germany’s Offshore Island

A maritime adventure: The small ferry takes us from Heligoland’s main island to the dune, just under a kilometre away. At the end of February, hundreds of Germany’s biggest marine mammal, the grey seal, are gathered there. And we will come very close to them...

 

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“Without the hunters, we wouldn’t have been able to push the project through!”

Under the LIFE Lynx project, a total of 18 lynx have been caught in the Carpathians and translocated to Slovenia and Croatia to strengthen the local lynx populations there. The project has been extremely successful, also due to the the collaboration with the hunters. We spoke to Maja Sever and Rok Černe from the Slovenian Forest Authority about the project.

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Trees for Spain’s bears: Cherries and plums for a peaceful coexistence

Broken branches, plundered cherry trees, a pile of droppings in the meadow - it's impossible to overlook: a powerful animal has been at work here. "This bear has to go!" hisses the owner of the property in Villarino del Sil, a village in the northern Spanish province of León. It won't be easy to placate him.

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Guardians of the common good: resistance against a huge dam project in Albania

One of the largest European reservoirs could soon be built in northeast Albania – a sad record. The Skavica project would dam the last free-flowing part of the Black Drin. Tens of thousands of people will have to be relocated for the dam project or virtually put into complete isolation. Two young teachers are mobilising the residents.

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Inventory of forests from space

How satellites help to protect Europe’s ancient forests

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Get out the vote: European elections 2024

There is a lot at stake for nature: this year's European elections (6 to 9 June) will set the course for nature and climate protection in the coming years. There is a threat of a shift to the right in the European Parliament, which is why strong voices for Europe's nature are needed!

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