Biodiversity
Towards greener agenda for Western Balkans
22 May 2020 - “Western Balkans hosts rich biodiversity, including many threatened, rare and endemic species, and relatively large...
Interdependence of human well-being and biodiversity
22 May 2020 - How much do we know about benefits that biodiversity provides us day-to-day? Or do we...
Guidelines on ecosystem services, their assessment and evaluation in Western Balkans
21 May 2020 - Author: Nikola Stojnić, Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province, Serbia On the occasion of...
Our health depends on nature’s health – on May 22 world marks its biodiversity day
19 May 2020 - The slogan for the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020 is “Our solutions are in...
Over 1.2 million people in Europe request green post-COVID-19 recovery
18 May 2020 - The European Parliament passed a resolution urging the EU’s authorities to put citizens at the...
Preventing illegal wildlife trade helps avoid zoonotic diseases
15 May 2020 - COVID-19 is a deadly zoonotic disease and there is an urgent need to reduce the...
Public consultation starts for policy on small hydropower in Energy Community
14 May 2020 - Widespread concerns and criticism over the impact of hydropower on nature and the quality of...
Shar Planina conservation values
28 April 2020 - Author: Frosina Pandurska-Dramikjanin, Macedonian Ecological Society Shar Planina is situated in the furthest north-western part...
Ecosystem services – nature’s contributions to people
17 April 2020 - In the past decades, and especially after the 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the term ecosystem...
Bats are remarkably useful for humans and nature – don’t hurt them!
10 April 2020 - Bats are getting more bad reputation after the outbreak of COVID-19 on top of ancient...
Environmental risks are biggest threat to world economy
31 March 2020 - Author: Danko Kalkan, Green Finance and Environmental Management Expert Climate change, intensive resource use and...
BIMR Regional platform approves draft BIMR Policy Paper for 2020-2050
27 March 2020 - Biodiversity information management and reporting (BIMR) Regional platform has approved the draft BIMR Policy Paper...
Earth Hour 2020 – Turn lights off for our planet on March 28 at 20:30
26 March 2020 - The annual Earth Hour event is on Saturday evening but without any gatherings due to...
March 21 is International Day of Forests: Home to 80% of all terrestrial species
20 March 2020 - The global celebration of forests – March 21 has been declared to be the International...
How biodiversity loss is hurting our ability to combat pandemics
16 March 2020 - The increasing frequency of disease outbreaks is linked to climate change and biodiversity loss. The...
Sourcebook on sustainable financing of biodiversity, ecosystems, protected areas coming soon
12 March 2020 - The sourcebook with real-world cases studies lays out why, how and which financing mechanisms can...