New blood for lynxes on the Balkans
Three lynxes caught by camera trap in Albania and Macedonia
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German Environmental Prize awarded to Hubert Weiger
He is one of the trailblazers of the European Green Belt. Yesterday, Prof. Dr. Hubert Weiger received the German Environmental Prize in Braunschweig. Prof. Weiger is chairman of BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany) and chairman of BUND Nature Conservation in Bavaria, as well as a member of the EuroNatur board. He received the award alongside Inge Sielmann and Dr. Kai Frobel for his outstanding merits in preserving the Green Belt.
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Hydropower plant in Romania: Successful court case, but construction continues
Positive court ruling, yet no reason to celebrate: Construction works for the hydropower plant at the Jiu River will continue. The Romanian environmental protection agency had filed a complaint against the environmentally destructive project following pressure by committed nature conservationists. In turn, the state-owned project operator Hidroelectrica filed a lawsuit. The Romanian court of appeals now rejected the lawsuit – however, construction works won’t be stopped.
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Hands off Vjosa!
“Mos ma prek Vjosën (Hands off Vjosa!)” was the slogan at an atmospheric open air concert held in Tirana, where musicians let everyone hear about the need to protect this Albanian wild river.
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EuroNatur Award 2017 assigned
For the Preservation of the Salina Ulcinj: Gudrun Steinacker is winner of the EuroNatur Award 2017
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Fox in the Snow is best image in photo competition
This was the second time the Balkan Green Belt photo competition funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation had been held. The overall winner was announced on Green Belt Day in the Serbian town of Kladovo.
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Cooperation, not separation
++ Conservationists on the Balkans counteract national egoisms ++ Second international “European Green Belt Day” was complete success ++ Largest event in the regional section “Balkan Green Belt” took place in Serbia on the Danube ++
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Two new animal species discovered in the area of projected dam on Vjosa
++ International research team finds 300 animal species in only one week, including a new fish and stonefly species ++ Sediment transport could grind electricity generation of the projected hydropower plant Poçem to a halt within 25 years ++
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Demolition for the sake of nature
Last week, bird conservationists of several organisations pulled down illegal shooting boxes in the Croatian part of the Neretva Delta in cooperation with local police and firefighters: A great success for bird protection in the Adriatic region und a strong sign that EuroNatur and its partner organisations take resolute action against illegal bird hunting.
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Impressive pictures of the Balkans
Picturesque water landscapes, stunning mountains, and diverse wildlife. For the second photo contest “Balkan Green Belt”, once again numerous nature-lovers set out to look for photo subjects and to capture the beauty of the region along the former Iron Belt in impressive pictures.
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