biodiversity
Piloting Global Biodiversity Information Facility – GIZ collaboration on biodiversity data mobilization: Case of Open Regional Fund – Biodiversity in South-East Europe
27 July 2018 - Author: Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) In September 2017, a chance...
Returns on green investments are down, but so are costs
11 July 2018 - On the sidelines of the Green for Growth Fund’s (GGF) recently held Sustainable Future Forum...
Environment and biodiversity working groups meet back to back in Skopje
26 June 2018 - Conservation of biological diversity is a specific, yet crucial, part of the wider all-encompassing umbrella...
Study on Bosut Forests’ ecosystem services: How to achieve better flood protection, income from wood production, traditional animal husbandry
25 June 2018 - If environmental flooding of the forest complex of the Bosut Forests and an increase of...
EIB provides EUR 15 million to HBOR for biodiversity improvement
01 June 2018 - European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided EUR 15 million to Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and...
Nature is treated as if it were an unlimited resource
25 May 2018 - Despite biodiversity’s essential value for economic sectors such as forestry, agriculture, tourism, and fisheries, and...
Paper: Valuing biodiversity assets through ecotourism in SEE – trans-boundary region of Sharr/ Korab-Koritnik/ Mavrovo mountain areas
14 May 2018 - The working paper “Valuing biodiversity assets through ecotourism in South-East Europe – A review of...
Informal Green Parliamentary Group established in Montenegro
08 May 2018 - The School of Democratic Leadership in cooperation with the members of the Montenegrin Parliament established...
Study: Who is financing hydropower projects in protected areas in Southeast Europe
20 March 2018 - Out of the 2,112 planned or operational hydropower projects across southeast Europe (SEE) since 2005,...
Biodiversity: Second publication BIMR Regional Guidelines now available
19 March 2018 - The Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe – Biodiversity project (ORF-BD), funded by the German...
Open call for Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships 2018
12 March 2018 - The EUROPARC Federation, with support from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S., has issued an open...
Exploring regional and SEE economies’ Assessments of BIMR Baseline
02 October 2017 - Prepared by Azra Velagić-Hajrudinović and Jelena Peruničić, GIZ ORF-BD Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR)...
WWF launches Nature for People initiative/platform in SEE
19 September 2017 - The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Adria), an important regional partner of the GIZ...
Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Biodiversity (ORF-BD)
04 September 2017 - WHO WE ARE The Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Biodiversity (ORF-BD) has been...
GIZ Transboundary Ecosystem Management project launch
29 March 2017 - The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Biodiversity (ORF-BD) officially launched its Transboundary...
Bulgaria might lose project funding due to public procurement complaints
28 February 2017 - Bulgaria is facing the risk of losing funds for the implementation of two environmental projects,...