biodiversity
Lake Ohrid becomes North Macedonia’s third wetland of international importance
10 May 2021 - North Macedonia made Lake Ohrid and the Studenchishte marsh its third and largest area on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
Legal toolkit produced to help activists protect rivers from hydropower projects
26 April 2021 - Save the Blue Heart of Europe is promoting a legal toolkit to help activists and civil society organizations protect rivers from hydropower development.
IUCN issues guidelines on mitigating biodiversity impact of solar, wind power plants
25 February 2021 - Burying power lines and temporarily shutting down wind turbines are among measures that can reduce the danger for birds and bats, IUCN says
Scientists warn replacing fossil fuels with wood is ‘false solution’ to climate crisis
15 February 2021 - Over 500 scientists have warned world leaders against treating biomass as carbon neutral and supporting tree cutting for energy production.
City of Kozani objects to 500 MW floating solar power project on Polyfytos lake
02 February 2021 - Local authorities in Greece's Western Macedonia say the proposed 500 MW floating photovoltaic project would devastate lake Polyfytos
Cartoonists against devastation of rivers: “Mini Hydropower Plants – Maximum Destruction”
15 January 2021 - The contest organized by SharaWatch and the Union of Cartoonist of Serbia has attracted some 350 works from 40 countries.
German court warns Tesla to protect biodiversity while building EV factory
21 December 2020 - A German court has ordered electric car maker Tesla to stop cutting trees on peripheral...
EU takes Bulgaria, Greece to Court of Justice over air pollution
08 December 2020 - The EU is taking Greece and Bulgaria to the Court of Justice for failing to tackle PM10 air pollution and reprimanding them for environmental breaches
State leaders endorse Green Agenda for Western Balkans at Sofia summit
10 November 2020 - European Union hopefuls from the continent's southeast agreed at a summit in Sofia with the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans
Power system in North Macedonia suffers due to flood, drought
10 November 2020 - Due to the low water levels the country has decided to terminate the production in all hydropower plants, and to import electricity.
Leonardo DiCaprio backs campaign to protect Bosnian rivers
23 September 2020 - Conservationist groups from the region and the world urged the Federation of BiH to pass...
ESAV Guidelines to improve involvement of ecosystem services into decision making in Western Balkans
21 September 2020 - Author: Sara Pavkov, Institute for Nature Conservation of Vojvodina Province ESAV Guidelines have been just...
Timberland vows net positive impact on nature by 2030
03 September 2020 - Fashion company Timberland plans its products to have a net positive impact on nature by...
Five cities in South East Europe aim to become carbon-neutral by 2030
24 August 2020 - Five cities in five different South East European countries are part of a project that...
Court halts Vrataruša 2 wind farm project over EIA study
10 August 2020 - Croatia’s High Administrative Court has annulled a decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and...
Rethinking financial sustainability for biodiversity
19 June 2020 - Biodiversity can be in the center of sustainable development, yet it requires systematic solutions and...