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Goitered Gazelle, Kazakhstan Photo: Wildlife Without Borders

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Floods, Serbia Photo: IUCN/Boris Erg

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Turning to natural solutions to adapt to climate change

Countries of the Western Balkans are turning to innovative solutions to increase community resilience to disasters such as floods and landslides, and to adapt to longer-term effects of climate change and environmental degradation. Two pilot projects will focus on flood-prone areas to build community resilience and reduce further disaster risks in Albania and Serbia.

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Vjosa River Valley, Albania (c) Gernot Kunz Photo: Gernot Kunz

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Protection study of the Vjosa River Valley based on IUCN protected area standards now available in English and Albanian

There is a need to protect the Vjosa River Valley along its full length, including its tributaries - confirms the new IUCN WCPA authored study.

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Galicica National Park, North Macedonia Photo: IUCN/Boris Erg

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Join the regional partnership for biodiversity of South-East Europe

Biodiversity Task Force of South East-Europe (SEE) invites like-minded agencies, organisations and initiatives focused on strengthening on-the-ground conservation action in the SEE region, to express their interest to join this partnership as associated members.

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Request for Proposals (RfP) - Green Climate Fund Concept Note Development within the ADAPT project
02.02.2022
Open call for the position of Green Climate Fund Consultant in the frame of ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for resilient societies in the Western Balkans.
The Buna, Velipoje Protected Landscape, Albania Photo: IUCN/Arber Xhaferaj

Safeguarding the wetlands in the Buna delta
02.02.2022
To celebrate the 2022 World Wetlands Day, the Living Buna project partners release two videos portraying the efforts of the local community to safeguard the wetlands in the Buna River delta in Albania.
The Drava-Danube confluence between Croatia and Serbia including world famous bird paradise Kopacki Rit is part of the newly designated 5-country Biosphere reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. Photo: Ante Gugić

UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve along Mura-Drava-Danube
11.01.2022
Stretching across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia, the world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve, which has been declared by UNESCO in September 2021 covers 700 km of the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers and a total area of almost 1 million...