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Andreja Slameršek receives the Wolfgang Staab Nature Conservation Award 2021, © by Tatjana Simeth

Conservation award goes to a tireless fighter for Mura river

Andreja Slameršek from Slovenia receives the Wolfgang Staab Nature Conservation Prize for protecting the Mura and Sava rivers

Eight hydropower plants were to be built on the Mura in Slovenia. The construction of the dams would have destroyed more than 50 kilometers of the free-flowing section of the Mura river, which is now part of the 5-country Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. Mainly thanks to persistent efforts of ...
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Drava-Danube confluence in sunset, © by Ante Gugić

World’s first 5-country biosphere reserve will benefit people and nature in the ‘Amazon of Europe’

UNESCO declares Mura-Drava-Danube as biosphere reserve

With the world facing climate and nature crises, UNESCO’s designation today of the Mura-Drava-Danube as the world’s first ‘5-country biosphere reserve’ represents a historic step towards a new era for people and nature in Europe as well as an international model for regional conservation, ...
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lifeline MDD fish survey, © by BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Scientists delighted over big carps at the Mura/Drava confluence

fish stock assessment at Mura and Drava river in the course of the Lifeline MDD project

Last week, researchers from the Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management of University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) conducted a fish stock assessment at Mura and Drava river in the course of the Lifeline MDD project. They were able to detect around 40 ...
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Bike Trail Explorer Tour, © by Sara Weiss

Feeling adventurous?

Become an explorer at the Amazon of Europe Bike Trail

Become an explorer at the Amazon of Europe Bike Trail! That’s a unique possibility to be one of the first cyclist on the new bike trail, even before it is officially launched. The way goes through the scenic beauties of the Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube and offers an unrivalled experience ...
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lower Mura valley workshop, © by RMSO

The Biosphere Reserve Lower Mura Valley is fully on track!

With June 2021 and the first workshops to develop the mission statement and management plan, the Biosphere Reserve Lower Mura Valley is now taking concrete shape. The joint planning and development of the Biosphere Reserve Lower Mura Valley offer special opportunities, also for regional development ...
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