Binding Award: under the sign of the Green Belt Europe
In the frame of the International Year of Biodiversity, the Binding Prize 2010 was awarded in Vaduz yesterday evening. The prize is one of outstanding conservation awards in Europe.
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Vultures circle again
The Eurasian Griffon has disappeared from the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria for 50 years. Since today, the majestic birds circle again above the mountains. 26 Eurasian Griffons were released from their aviaries at the same time on four different locations in the Western, Central and Eastern Balkan mountains.
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Protection of Biological Diversity Still Poor
European countries are not in a good negotiating position at the nature protection conference in Nagoya (COP10), which starts today. According to a report by the European commission he European countries have not done their homework either.
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Wolves are set to become fair game in Switzerland
On September 30, the National Council of Switzerland has asked the government to bring about an amendment of the Treaty of Bern, whereby the hunting of wolves in Switzerland is to be decontrolled within the scope of the treaty. With this resolution Switzerland is sending a fatal signal for the protection of species in Europe.
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Clearing the way for Europe's wildlife
In cooperation with international experts for wildlife protection, the nature heritage foundation EuroNatur demonstrates in a current study how the negative impacts on wildlife and their habitat through the fragmentation of landscapes can be avoided. Today, this study will be presented on occasion of an international conference in Hungary.
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Multi-million project will mean Destruction of Nature
One of the last natural river systems in Central Europe shall be transformed into a uniform navigation canal. Today, August 30, the public hearing for the development of navigation on the Sava River Waterway up to the town of Sisak was closed.
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Several wolf packs, living close to the German border in West Poland, gave birth to young pups. Financially supported by the IFAW (Internationaler Tierschutz-Fonds) and EuroNatur, the Polish nature protection organisation AfN (Association for Nature Wolf) proved this by their researches, which they carried through in the past weeks.
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Record in Polish Stork Village
A farm with 126 storks is currently a great attraction in the northeast of Poland. In Pentowo, a district of Tykocin, which is situated near the wetlands of the river Narew, a single farm hosts the largest White Stork colony in Poland.
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Wolf in Valais got shot
In the morning of 11 August, game wardens of the Swiss canton Valais have killed a male wolf on Scex in the alpine region of Montana-Varneralp. The shooting took place nine days after the responsible authorities of the canton Valais had given permission to shoot at will (EuroNatur reported).
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Shoot at will on a wolf in Valais, Switzerland
On 2 August the canton Valais in southwestern Switzerland has given permission to shoot at will on a wolf in the area. Authorities claim that the animal has brought down various sheep and cows. Nature conservation organizations like EuroNatur or WWF Switzerland criticize the approach as rash and instead demand better protective measures for herds.
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