A network for the Prespa region
‘This is a really impressive example of active citizenship in the Balkans,’ says Gabriel Schwaderer, EuroNatur’s managing director, as he praises PrespaNet, the new community initiative run by Environmental NGOS.
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Film recommendation: Wetlands on Fire
Intact wetlands, where migratory birds find protection from hunters and can uninterruptedly gain new strength for their further journey, have become rare along the Eastern Adriatic coast. The film “Wetlands on Fire” shows the outstanding importance of Mediterranean salines for migratory bird protection and demonstrates alternatives to bird hunting. “Wetlands on Fire” was financially supported by EuroNatur.
Watch the film “Wetlands on Fire”
Is Slovenia giving away its role model position in bird protection?
Up to now Slovenia’s laws on hunting had an exemplary character, with only six bird species to be hunted legally. But this role model position is now at stake. The Slovenian hunting lobby is pushing to put more species on the hit list.
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Dalmatian pelican: record numbers at Lake Skadar
"Those numbers are really sensational", says EuroNatur project manager Romy Durst. Birdwatchers documented 60 Dalmatian pelicans on Lake Skadar on the border between Albania and Montenegro at an international water bird counting session last Saturday.
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Bird hunting in the Balkans claimed a high-profile victim at the end of last week. A half-dead greater spotted eagle was found by a hunter in the Skadar Lake National Park near the Montenegrin town of Podgorica, where it had been shot down.
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Filling Gaps in the Protection of Spoonbills in Europe
An international workshop for the protection of spoonbills took place from 25 to 30 September 2012 in the Nature Reserve of the Marshes of Santoña in northern Spain. Many partners of EuroNatur took part. A short movie of the workshop shows what successes have already been achieved in the protection of the spoonbills and which challenges still have to be met.
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Martin Schneider-Jacoby remembered in a short film on bird-hunting
“Road trip with Martin” is the name of a short film just released by the film maker Ilhan Dervovi? in memory of the EuroNatur campaigner Dr. Martin Schneider-Jacoby, who died in August 2012. Images of bird-hunting hot spots along the eastern Adriatic coast are accompanied by a commentary by Martin Schneider-Jacoby.
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Montenegro designates new conservation areas
The decision at the end of July to make the Saline Ulcinj salt flats a designated nature area was only the beginning. It has just been announced that the Montenegrin government has also decided to secure seven further areas as nature reserves in addition to Saline Ulcinj.
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EuroNatur mourns the loss of Dr. Martin Schneider-Jacoby
On 15th August 2012 Dr. Martin Schneider-Jacoby died after a brief, severe illness at the age of 56. Ever since the founding of EuroNatur 25 years ago - and so for virtually half his life - he threw himself into the task of preserving the natural heritage of Europe: his commitment never faltered. The death of Martin Schneider-Jacoby is a heavy loss.
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Montenegro protects the most important resting place for migratory birds on the eastern Adriatic coast
Yesterday the Montenegrin parliament decidedto designate Ulcinj salt flats as a specialist nature area. "This is an important victory in our quest to preserve the Saline Ulcinj salt flats as the most important resting place for migratory birds on the eastern coast of the Adriatic," says Gabriel Schwaderer, head of EuroNatur.
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