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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”

WWF Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, “Europe’s Amazon”. The declaration - signed during … Continue reading

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Romanians protest lift of sturgeon fishing ban

WWF Bucharest, Romania – A government decision to overturn a ten-year ban on the fishing of wild sturgeon in the Danube River basin drew protests in the capital this week, led by WWF and a contingent of local NGOs. The … Continue reading

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First sturgeon fitted with satellite transmitter, back into Danube

www.financiarul.ro reports on a great conservation project that could rival Zeb Hogans fabulous MegaFishes project… “In the framework of a project funded by the Government of Norway, with one million euros and co-financed by the Ministry for Environment in Romania, … Continue reading

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