Ormož, Slovenia – LIVE DRAVA Project – The restoration of the ecosystem of the lower part of the Drava River started in Slovenia in 2012 under the leadership of DOPPS and partners from the water management, energy sector and local municipalities. In the area of the basins and waste water treatment plant of the former […]
Füssen, Germany – WWF members of the DRAVA LIFE project team participated on a two-day workshop on reintroduction of German Tamarisk (Myricaria germanica) in Füssen, Germany (4-5.07.2017). On the workshop led by the German and Austrian reintroduction experts they learned about most important conditions necessary for the successful reintroduction of the German tamarisk, the genetic […]
Legrad, Croatia – Natural habitats such as gravel and sand bars, which we can find only on the free-flowing parts of the Drava River, are home to some very interesting, but extremely rare species of birds- the Little tern. These habitats, and thus the species that depend on them, are jeopardized by the construction of […]
Osijek, Croatia – 25 years of the EU LIFE Program, the Habitat Directive and the Natura 2000 Network have been celebrated in the Eco centre Zlatna Greda near Osijek. Croatia has been participating in the LIFE program since 1995 and the DRAVA LIFE project for the restoration of the Drava river, in the framework of which […]
Ljubljana – The DRAVA LIFE project was presented at the LIFE Networking Conference “The Environment needs LIFE for the next 25 years”, organized by the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Space in Ljubljana, Slovenia. EU supports the preservation of unique and precious natural heritage for 25 years. In order to celebrate this jubilee, the European […]
Visits to LIFE river restoration projects in Austria Representatives of WWF, Hrvatske vode, Croatian Ministry for Environmental Protection and Energy, Green Osijek and Public institutions for nature protection in Virovitica and Koprivnica-Križevci County visited the river restoration projects in the Upper Drava and Upper Mura in Austria, and river Tagliamento in Italy, famous for its […]
Event will be organized on Sunday, 28th May in Zlatna Greda, Kopački rit in Eastern Croatia. Program of the event will be: Educational workshops for children about nature, biodiversity and rivers Public event – exhibition, materials dissemination and visits to NATURA 2000 sites Press conference – presentation of our Drava LIFE project, LIFE Programme, NATURA […]
Koprivnica, 4.-5.04. 2017 – Within the DRAVA LIFE project the first workshops were organized for the development of a NATURA 2000 Drava management strategy for the Natura sites along the Croatian Drava and the development of an Action Plan for river birds within the planned 5-county Transboundary Biosphere Reserve “Mura-Drava-Danube”. The workshops were attended by […]
In order to inform potential applicants and stakeholders, the National contact point at the Ministry of Environment and Energy organized on March 21st 2017 LIFE INFO Day in Zagreb. For 25 years LIFE program has been providing support to various sectors through co-financing of more than 4,300 projects with over 3 billion euros. The objective […]
Zagreb – “DRAVA LIFE – integrated river management” is the first EU LIFE project of river restoration in Croatia. In the first year of the project, which is full of challenges, but also rewarding with the first results, the partners have focused on creating a solid organizational structure, getting conservation and technical experts on board […]