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Grey Globe goes to Croatia (Kopacki Rit/ Danube)

Wetland Globes shine spotlight on world’s most vulnerable habitats

07, 2012

The good, the bad and the ugly of the world’s wetlands were revealed at an official ceremony in Bucharest on 7 July 2012 at 18.15 local time (16.15 UK time). The Wetland Globe Awards highlight the benefits of good wetland management and, conversely, the costs to both humans and wildlife of ...

2nd International Working Group and Coordination Board Meeting

06, 2012

The 2nd International Working Group Meeting was prepared by WWF in consultation and cooperation with the Croatian Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection (MoENP). It was attended by 50 participants from all five Mura-Drava-Danube countries. Venue was the Eco-center “Zlatna greda" of ...

Alliance of NGOs claims freedom instead of strangulation for the Danube in Croatia

06, 2012

Osijek/Croatia, June 19th, 2012 – More than 50 kilometres of the entire Danube’s best preserved floodplain areas shall soon fall victim to devastating and illegitimate regulation measures, an alliance of international and Croatian NGOs warned in Osijek today. Affected is the region between the ...

WWF hands over Petition against destruction of Danube Wetlands of Kopački Rit

03, 2012

20,160 votes commit Croatian Minister for Environment and Nature Protection Mirela Holy not to allow destruction of Danube’s most valuable wetland. Read more

Take action online to save the “Amazon of Europe”

02, 2012

Zagreb, Croatia – A petition to save the Danube’s most valuable and best preserved natural river stretch is being launched today in an effort to stop a major project that would ignore both EU law and international environmental standards in Croatia. The Croatian Water Management Authorities are ...

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