Reunited with Maya
On 18 March last year, a female Balkan lynx called Maya was fitted with a tracking device. Over the past year, this has been providing scientists from the Macedonian Balkan lynx team of our partner organisation MES
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Mavrovo-Nationalpark: Demand for a halt to construction of hydroelectric power plants
Bern Convention: Macedonian government requested to halt construction of hydropower plants in national park
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Ray of hope for Balkan Lynx
The Balkan Lynx has to be strictly protected as a distinct subspecies of the Eurasian Lynx. This decision has been adopted unanimously at the meeting of the Berne Convention’s Standing Committee on December 5th.
More ...New blood for lynxes on the Balkans
Three lynxes caught by camera trap in Albania and Macedonia
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Maya’s new necklace
In Macedonia’s Stogovo mountain range, nature conservationists have succeeded in catching a female Balkan lynx and fitting her with a tracking device. Scientists hope the data they gather will tell them more about this rare creature with its tufted ears so that they will be able protect it even more effectively in future.
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A heart for Europe’s last paradise forests
The Romanian biologist and campaigner Gabriel Paun will receive the EuroNatur Award 2016 in about two weeks for his exemplary work to protect Romania’s primeval forests.
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Boia Mica valley in Fagaras: Europe’s wildest valley deserves protection
Probably the wildest valley in the heart of Europe has been discovered recently in Romania. At the same time the Romanian NGO Agent Green warns today that this paradise could soon be destroyed.
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No hydropower dams inside Mavrovo National Park!
On Wednesday, an international alliance of kayakers, anglers, residents and nature conservationists protested against the construction of hydropower plants inside Mavrovo National Park.
More ...Is poaching the cause of death?
A few days ago a brown bear was found dead in the Cantabrian mountains in the North Spanish municipality of Quiros. EuroNatur’s partner, Fapas, suspects that the male bear was a victim of poachers.
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Offspring of rare Balkan Lynx proven in Albania
Scientists managed to prove successful reproduction of the Balkan Lynx in Albania, and thus a second population of this subspecies of Eurasian Lynx. Last week a young lynx was found dead in the Munella Mountains. There is no doubt that the animal was born in this region.
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