North Macedonia: No-go zones for hydropower projects must be designated
++ NGOs, government representatives, experts, hydropower developers and the local community discuss challenges and solutions at an international conference on nature protection and hydropower projects in North Macedonia ++
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375,386 citizens call for strong EU legislation to protect water
Over the past months, an alliance of numerous European environmental and nature conservation associations have promoted broad participation in a public EU consultation to evaluate existing EU water legislation.
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Balkan Rivers in the European Parliament
The Blue Heart team presented the Eco-Masterplan for Balkan Rivers in the European Parliament in Brussels at the event “Save the Balkan Rivers: Resisting Hydro Power Plants in the Balkans & Albania”.
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Milestone bank summit in Belgrade for protecting Balkan rivers
++ More transparency needed in financing hydropower ++ Meeting of banks and activists a step towards protecting Balkan rivers ++
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Albania fails to comply with Energy Community Law
++ NGOs file complaint against Albania ++ Hydropower projects on Vjosa river clearly breach Energy Community rules ++
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Hydropower projects on the Vjosa: Bern Convention opens case-file against Albania
++ Hydropower plant projects Poçem and Kalivaç to be suspended immediately. ++ Standing Committee to the Bern Convention recognizes imminent danger to unique ecosystem. ++ Success for nature conservation NGOs in their struggle to save one of Europe’s last free flowing rivers. ++
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Eco-Masterplan shows value of Balkan Rivers
++ 80,000 kilometers of rivers in the Balkans scientifically assessed ++ 76 percent thereof identified as no-go zones for hydropower development ++ Switch in energy policy is necessary and possible ++
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#GivingTuesday: Join in and help to protect our river treasures!
The countdown is on: November 27th is #GivingTuesday. This is the day when the initiative of the same name calls upon people all around the world to take a stand against the pre-Christmas consumer frenzy and to get socially involved.
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Launch for transnational programme to protect the Sava River
The SavaParks Network, which has been initiated by EuroNatur, received an EU funding grant for a new Sava conservation project. The launch event took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, in early October. This INTERREG project is about investigating invasive alien species and how to control them in a semi-natural river landscape.
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Swiss river conservationist receives EuroNatur Award 2018
++ EuroNatur Award 2018 goes to Roberto Epple ++ Europe-wide launch of online campaign #ProtectWater on the 9th of October ++
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