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Sand martin, © by Goran Safarek

Monitoring of sand martin populations

The population of sand martins on the Drava fell by 75% over the last 30 years

An analysis conducted by WWF, in cooperation with the Natural History Society Drava, on the evening of the European day of bird watching (EUROBIRDWATCH 2016) showed that river bird populations have been somewhat stable over the last 10 years. However, an analysis of the monitoring results of river ...
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Drava Mura confluence, © by Dubravko Lesar

MURA movie night

for the Friends of the Mura

The free-flowing Mura in Slovenia and along the border to Austria, within the planned 5-country Biosphere Reserve "Mura-Drava-Danube", is under threat from eight planned hydroelectric power dams. The decision regarding the construction of the first power dam at Hrastje-Mota is expected ...
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About 150 paddlers opened the Balkan Rivers Tour in Slovenia, © by Matic Oblak

Watch Planet E „Madness Hydropower“ - interviews now online!

For everyone who missed the Planet E program “Madness Hydropower – River destruction in the Balkans” on ZDF – you can now watch it online (http://www.zdf.de/planet-e/wasserkraftwerke-bedrohen-die-letzten-flussparadiese-europas-45154236.html) (in German language). Also, don’t miss the ...
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Drava River, © by Arno Mohl

Restoration Potential Study Downloads

WWF in cooperation with EuroNatur, conducted the landmark study “Restoring the Amazon of Europe” which is the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the restoration potential of the Mura-Drava-Danube riverine area of almost a million hectares in the “green heart of Europe”. Please klick on ...
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Filming Mura, Drava, Danube , © by Misel Jelic

360° view over the “Amazon of Europe”

For the very first time, WWF Adria in Croatia filmed Mura, Drava and Danube within the area of the so-called "Amazon of Europe” by using a modern 360° camera, which was lend to WWF by Samsung. The video was made in order to gain information about state of the three rivers, which is vital ...
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