EU enlargement faces an environmental credibility test
+++ As Montenegro and Albania move closer to membership, progress in negotiations must be translated into protection on the ground. +++ Montenegro is nearing the end of accession talks while key environmental obligations remain unfinished +++ In Albania, environmental governance failures have persisted and become part of a wider crisis of public trust +++
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Young brown bear illegally killed in Prespa National Park
A young female brown bear, approximately two years old, was found shot dead in an important ecological corridor between Albania and Greece.
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Wetland restoration: a pilot project for Poland
Where water had been pumped out for decades, it is now slowly returning: a peatland restoration project is underway at the Juchowo farm in north-western Poland; 90 hectares of drained peat meadows are to be returned to their original wetland state.
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Each reporting counts
Citizen science provides important data for the protection of the Aquatic Warbler and its endangered habitats along its European migration route.
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EuroNatur Award 2026: Honouring courageous bird conservationists
++ Committee Against Bird Slaughter receives the 2026 EuroNatur Award ++ Recognition for outstanding commitment and fearlessness ++ In many countries, there is still a lack of political will to enforce existing laws protecting our migratory birds ++
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Obituary to Prof. Josef Settele
EuroNatur mourns the loss of biodiversity researcher Josef Settele
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Lead gunshot will finally be banned across the EU
A major success for nature and bird conservation in Europe: the European Parliament has paved the way for an EU-wide ban on lead shot. Following years of intensive work by nature conservation organisations such as EuroNatur and their partners, this will put an end to one of the biggest sources of lead pollution in Europe’s natural environment.
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Experts sound the alarm
On World Migratory Bird Day, Tour du Valat, EuroNatur and BirdLife International are raising the alarm over the scale of illegal killing and trapping of migratory birds across the Mediterranean. The three organisations for the protection of birds are urging governments to accelerate implementation of their commitments to reduce these practices by at least half by 2030.
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Albanian river conservationists on the Time 100 list
A major accolade for nature conservation in the Balkans: Besjana Guri and Olsi Nika, our long-standing partners in river conservation in Albania, have been included in the prestigious list of the 100 most influential people of the year.
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The 2026 EuroNatur Award recognises efforts against illegal bird hunting
++ Committee Against Bird Slaughter receives nature conservation award ++ The organisation has been campaigning against bird capturing and poaching since 1975 ++ Migratory birds must be better protected ++
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