International protest against Belgian dam investor who threatens river activists in Bosnia-Herzegovina
SLAPP lawsuit against two young women from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Rejection of hydropower plants in the National Park - North Macedonia revokes concessions
++ A milestone that puts wind into the sails of NGOs’ fight for free-flowing rivers ++ A vital first step to continue the protection of rivers in all of North Macedonia’s national parks ++
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Preliminary Report of the Neretva Science Week
The first findings of the Neretva Science Week were summarized in a report. It provides preliminary impressions, highlights and an overview from the individual specialist groups.
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High risks for hydropower investments in the Balkans
Greenfield large hydropower investments across southeast Europe (1) face major risks and low realisation rates, according to a new report by CEE Bankwatch, EuroNatur, Riverwatch and WWF Adria published today, which also highlights nine high-risk project cases (2).
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Exploring the unknown: Science Week on the upper Neretva river
Around 50 international scientists and river conservationists spent a week carrying out research on the upper reaches of the Neretva river. The data will be used to help stop hydropower projects on the Bosnian river.
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Attention for RED4Nature campaign
On 22 and 23 June, artists and EuroNatur employees attracted attention in Brussels with two high-visibility events. With artworks and a flash video, they brought the Renewable Energy Directive into focus.
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Albanian Government signs commitment to establish a Vjosa Wild River National Park
++ Albania takes an important step towards protecting the Vjosa River as government signs commitment to collaborate on Europe’s first Wild River National Park ++
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World Water Day 2022 - Groundwater: The Liver of our Rivers
The theme of this year’s World Water Day is “making the invisible visible” with a special emphasis on the importance of groundwater.
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Hydropower as a climate saviour? A myth long outdated
River valleys are fertile habitats for humans and animals. Destroying them – to generate supposedly climate-friendly hydropower – has nothing to do with climate protection. If the Renewable Energy Directive recognises this, it will send an important signal for nature conservation throughout Europe.
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Airport construction in Albania threatens to destroy important wetland area
++ Albanian government planning to build airport in Narta Lagoon ++ Possible revision to boundary of Vjosa-Narta protected area ++ 2nd February is World Wetlands Day ++
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