A Gallery for the White Stork
The Toczylowski family estate is located on the border of the wetlands of the Narew River in northeastern Poland, which thanks to intensive protection measures presently hosts 31 stork pairs with a total of 60 juveniles. In time for the 10th anniversary of the "European Stork Village" Tykocin, the inauguration of the stork gallery took place on the Pentowo estate.
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Discover Nature and History by Hiking
Here is one for nature lovers and hikers: a new network of hiking trails in the Jablanica-Shebenik mountains of the Albanian-Macedonian border area invites holidaymakers to discover the stunning nature at the Balkan Green Belt and traces of the recent history.
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German-Polish wolf population keeps growing
Compared to last year's census, the number of wolf packs in western Poland, close to the German border, has been rising. This is the result of a wolf monitoring project financed by the IFAW and the nature heritage fund EuroNatur and carried out by the Polish Association for Nature (AfN) WOLF, which presented its current report.
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EU-Accession of Croatia: Valuable Cultural Landscapes as "endowment"
Last Friday, Croatia was cleared to become the newest member state of the European Union. In accordance with the current political progress, EuroNatur will award the EuroNatur prize 2011 to the Croatian conservationist Goran Gugic in October of this year.
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Barrosso wants to cut Environmental Agricultural Programmes
Trusted sources report that Barroso, EU-commission president, intends to reduce drastically the funds of the so-called second pillar of the EU agricultural policy, thereby affecting the resources for agricultural environmental programmes. Conservationists and farmers are equally shocked by these plans.
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Ambassador for Stork Protection
On May 29 2011, EuroNatur awarded the title of 11th European stork village to the scenic Turkish village of Eskikaraagac, honouring the villagers' outstanding efforts to protect the white stork and the cultural landscape at Lake Uluabat, well known for its rich biodiversity.
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VIP Visit to EuroNatur Project Territory Dragoman
Matthias Höpfner, German ambassador in Bulgaria, visited the Dragoman karst moor yesterday. Mr. Höpfner was impressed by the outstanding geographical diversity and the extensive measures taken by EuroNatur and its local partners to protect the fen and its surrounding area.
More ...Smile, please! First picture of Balkan Lynx in Albania
„At last!“ wrote Aleksandër Trajçe from Albania’s nature conservation association PPNEA in his email to EuroNatur. The reason for happiness was the blurred photo of a Balkan lynx taken by a photo trap in the mountainous north of Albania in the evening of March 26th.
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Croatia: Unique Riverscape of the Sava in jeopardy
Nature conservationists and representatives from the shipping industry at one table: On the symposium "Navigable Waterway and Natura 2000 Site: the future of the river Sava" held by EuroNatur on April 13 and 14 at the Goethe-Institute in Zagreb, different lobbying groups searched for viable proposals regarding an ecologically compatible navigation on the river Sava.
More ...Hope for Europe's Amazonas?
On March 25, the responsible ministers for the environment of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia did their job properly. They signed a joint declaration of intent for a Trans-Boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the first of its kind in the world extending over five country borders.
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