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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First European Rivers Summit held in Sarajevo
++ 250 people attend Summit to save Europe’s rivers and stop the damming ++ Participants call upon EU and Heads of State to stop funding hydropower ++
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Another victory for the “Brave Women of Kruščica”
++ Women block bridge in Bosnia-Herzegovina for over a year to protect their river ++ New attempt by the investor to vacate the bridge has been successfully fended off ++ Documentary on resistance against dams in the Balkans now available on iTunes ++
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Illegal construction works in Valbona-National Park are still going on
Charade of Justice in Albania: Different courts mutually cancel their decisions in the case of the planned power plant Dragobia. The suffering ones are nature and local population.
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Blue Heart in the European Parliament
On Wednesday 27th June, there was a screening of the documentary film “Blue Heart” in the European Parliament in Brussels. In the subsequent debate between politicians and river conservationists, there was an expression of a common will to protect Europe’s last great wild rivers in the Balkans.
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Over 120.000 signatures against hydropower in the Balkans
++ Petition against the financing of dam projects in the Balkans signed by more than 120,000 people ++ Petition handed over to the EBRD in London yesterday by representatives of the Blue Heart campaign and the outdoor company Patagonia ++
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