Wetlands in northern Serbia on UNESCO’s biosphere reserves list
The International Coordination Council of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere program has included Bačko Podunavlje biosphere reserve, in northwestern part of Serbia, into the World List of Biosphere Reserves. The decision was taken at the session held in Paris on July 14, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Serbia announced. Bačko Podunavlje […]
GIZ Transboundary Ecosystem Management project launch
The GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Biodiversity (ORF-BD) officially launched its Transboundary Ecosystem Management (TEM) project on March 27 in Tirana. It is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The event brought together the Albanian Minister of Environment, Lefter Koka, the Macedonian (FYR) Minister for Environment […]
WWF calling cities to participate in Earth Hour
World Wide Fund for Nature called all cities to join the 10. Earth Hour by switching off lights from 20:30 to 21:30 on Saturday, March 25. The purpose of the action is to raise awareness of climate change. Cities will be switching off public lighting and citizens will turn off lights in their homes. Global […]
Investor gives up building HPP in Velebit Nature Park
The company “Hydroelectric power plants” gave up construction of a small hydropower plant (SHPP) on the river Krupa in Velebit Nature Park, which was welcomed by a number of associations for the protection of nature, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). “’Hydroelectric power plants’ informed the Ministry of Nature Protection and Energy […]
Intersectoral cooperation in the Drina river basin discussed in Belgrade
The international and domestic experts and stakeholders from the three neighbouring countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia – gathered in Belgrade for the second workshop “Assessing the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus and benefits of transboundary cooperation in the Drina river basin”. The workshop organised jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and […]
Importance of local communities in the climate-smart development
Helping local communities in fighting against the adverse effects of the climate change is the main aim of a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project announced at a conference in Belgrade on October 26. The “Climate Smart Development at Local Level in the Republic of Serbia” conference was co-organised by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture […]
