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E-Bulletin Issue 23 · March 2010 IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 23 · March 2010 IUCN South-Eastern European e-Bulletin Photo: IUCN/B.Erg, NP Durmitor Dear Readers, We are presenting you the 23rd issue of IUCN South-Eastern European e-Bulletin that gathers information from the first quarter of 2010 enriched with recently published funding opportunities. We thank you for contributing to this issue and for your continuous interest and support of this publication. Please note that the bulletin is available online at www.iucn.org/southeasterneurope, while guidelines for sub- mitting articles can be found at the last page of this issue. Hoping that you will find this issue as informative as usually, We wish you a pleasant reading! With best regards, IUCN Programme Office for South-Eastern Europe IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 23 · March 2010 NEWS & EVENTS T 1. Cave preserving in Natura 2000 Site 2. Cross border Partnership for the Neretva Delta EN 3. Earth Hour 2010 T N 4. Finnish support to Western Balkans continues O 5. Capacity building and nature conservation along the South Eastern European Green Belt C 6. The Ural Owl in returns to the Biosphere-Reserve “Wienerwald” 7. Cross- border actions steer the Tara- Drina-Region future 8. Restoration of Bulgarian Natura 2000 habitats 9. Lower Danube exceeds green corridor targets 10. An international agreement for the Transboundary Prespa Park 11. Sediment Management Protocol to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB) 12. White Storks nesting platforms in Nature Park Goricko 13. Bringing together all stakeholders of the Lake Shkodra region 14. Countdown 2010 hits 1,000! 15. More Dalmatian Pelicans than ever in Prespa 16. Danube River Basin Management Plan endorsed 17. Green Konjuh, today and tomorrow 18. Mapping of sea grass meadows of the Albanian coast IN THE FOCUS: Saving the Balkan lynx PUBLICATIONS & COMMUNICATION 1. Ecosia – green internet search 2. Species of the Day TRAININGS & SEMINARS – ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. People and Nature: the future of the Dinaric Arc 2. English Language for Environmentalists training 3. Summer programme in the proposed Balkans Peace Park in the area of Prokletije/Bjeshket e Namuna Mountain FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 1. Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), Component II Cross-Border Cooperation Programme FYR of Macedonia - Albania 2. LIFE+ 2010 3. Development of GHG projections guidelines 4. Natura 2000 Promotion 5. Monitoring of the implementation and enforcement of the EC Wildlife Trade Regulations 2 3 IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 23 · March 2010 1. Cave preserving in Natura 2000 Site S T Romania: Speleological Association Exploratorii, IUCN member, will be in charge of the Technical Management of the Life+ project Preserving Management of the Habitat 8310 from Semenic – Cheile Carasului Natura 2000 Site in the course of three years, 2009 – 2011. Project is implemented by the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection Timisoara and objective is the rehabilitation of NEWS & EVEN Photo: ASE/B.Badescu Photo: habitat’s morphology, through waste collection and preservation of birth and feeding areas of 11 chiropters species. The Action plan was elaborated and waste containers set. Coming activities include documentary movies filming, field work monitoring and raising public awareness on the issue. For more details, please contact Bogdan Badescu, Technical manager, ASE at [email protected] or Gabriela Lambrino, Project manager, ARPMT at [email protected] or visit: www.salvatililiecii.ro. Photo: ASE/M.Suru Photo: 2. Cross border Partnership for the Neretva Delta Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meeting for the Neretva Delta held in March 2010 in Capljina gathered participants from universities, national institutions, local NGO’s and private enterprises from Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Event resulted in a common vision for sustainable development of the region and signed Photo: representatives of the NGO’s and WWF, by WWF by WWF, and representatives of the NGO’s Photo: transboundary partnership, serving as common basis for further actions. The agreement was signed by two local NGOs: Ekoloska Udruga Lepa Nasa Capljina and Modrozelena, Metkovic. Meeting participants identified these two NGOs as leaders for sustainable development of the Neretva Delta in both countries. The meeting was organized within the project Environment for People in the Dinaric Arc project, implemented by IUCN, WWF MedPO and SNV and funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The aim of the project is a sustainable development of rural communities on the basis of conservation of biological diversity and traditional landscapes in transboundary protected areas of the Dinaric Arc. For further information please contact Emira Mesanovic, WWF at [email protected]. 4 3. Earth Hour 2010 Serbia: During the Earth Hour, on Saturday, 27 March 2010 at 8:30 PM, individuals, businesses, governments and communities turned their lights off for one hour and showed their support for action on climate change. The event started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. This year 126 countries and territories, over 4,000 cities, towns and municipalities and hundreds of millions of people across the globe took part in delivering a powerful action for a healthier planet. WWF Danube Carpathian Program has ‘recruited’ inventor Nikola Tesla, one of the fathers of electricity, as an Earth Hour Ambassador. Tesla was one of the most important contributors to the birth of commercial electricity and is a national icon in Serbia. Over 40 cities, towns and municipalities across Serbia were plunged into darkness for Earth Hour. Eco Musketeers- group of school kids collected messages sent by elementary school pupils wishing to protect our planet and remind authorities about it. During the Earth Hour childrens’ messages were handed over to city of Belgrade authorities, as a public call to authorities to take action. Earth Hour is a global WWF climate change initiative. Once again, Earth Hour was owned by the people of the planet. For further information please contact Duska Dimovic, WWF Danube - Carpathian Program at [email protected] or visit www.panda.org/serbia 4. Finnish support to Western Balkans continues The ENVSEC (Environment and Security) initiative’s programme “Transforming Risks into Cooperation in South Eastern Europe” was launched in the end of 2009. Finland is at the moment the largest donor of ENVSEC, which is a joint initiative of UNDP, UNEP, OSCE, UNECE, REC and NATO (associated member). The overall goal of the ENVSEC programme in South Eastern Europe is to contribute to the reduction of environment and security risks, and to the increased cooperation around these issues in the region. The preparatory phase of UNDP’s project for sustainable development in the Dragash municipality in southwestern Kosovo (UN1244) is coming to an end by this summer. Finland financed the preparatory phase and has indicated readiness to support also the project’s implementation phase in 2010-2013. Finland is continuously supporting the following regional programmes promoting biodiversity conservation and transboundary cooperation in the Western Balkans: IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) project “Environment for People in the Dinaric Arc”, ECNC’s (European Centre for Nature Conservation) project “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Local Sustainable Development in the Western Balkans”, and REC’s (Regional Environmental Centre) project “Education for Sustainable Development in the Drina River Basin”. For further information please contact Laura Hassinen, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans, MFA Finland at [email protected] 5 IUCN SEE e-Bulletin Issue 23 · March 2010 5. Capacity building and nature conservation along the South S Eastern European Green Belt T FYR of Macedonia: IUCN and its partner organizations – DEM Macedonia, REC Kosovo and REC Albania organized a training workshop in February 2010, which brought together representatives of public administration, border police, customs, NGOs and international organizations from the project region. Training NEWS & EVEN focused on issues related to management and financing of protected areas, illegal wildlife trade, Photo: IUCN/T.Pezold Photo: wildlife monitoring and on providing for better surveillance of the border areas through civil-military cooperation. Moreover the event served as a platform for exchange of experiences and plans related to cross-border nature conservation initiatives in the region. In the second phase of the project (July 2010), a group of selected participants will take part in a study tour to transboundary protected area between Germany and Czech Republic. The project reinforces the cross-border cooperation of actors involved in the trilateral border region of Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia. High mountain areas show an outstanding diversity of plant species, while the region is one of the last remaining retreats of large European carnivores, such as bear, wolf and lynx. It is being implemented in close cooperation with BfN (German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation) and is funded by German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through The Federal Environment Agency. For more information, please contact Tomasz Pezold, IUCN SEE,
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