On April 12, 2022, together with partners from 6 other European countries – Romania, Germany, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Greece; we applied with the project “INNOVATIVE AQUATIC DRONES FOR MONITORING AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE CONFLUENCE AREAS OF DANUBE AFFLUENTS” under the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. Our partners are: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL […]
EU Missions Info Days to take place on 17-18 May 2022
EU Missions are a new addition to the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme for 2021-2027 and will bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. They have ambitious goals and will deliver concrete results in health, climate and the environment by 2030. A wide range of new topics as part of all 5 […]
Giant white sturgeon seized from poachers
The giant white sturgeon, measuring over seven feet long and likely more than 80 years old, was one of five sturgeons illegally caught in Scappoose Bay recently. A call from a member of the public alerted OSP F&W Troopers. While there was a catch-and-release season at the time, the subjects were keeping the fish instead. […]
The Italian Constitution included the protection of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystem
The Italian Parliament has amended Constitution, articles 9 and 41. This is an important fact also for the protection of sturgeons. Article 9, in fact, is part of the “fundamental” articles of the Constitution. It already contained the protection of the landscape heritage and the historical and artistic heritage of the Nation, with this reform […]
Council calls for accelerating actions agreed at COP26
In February 2022, EU foreign affairs ministers approved conclusions on the outcomes of the COP26 climate conference and agreed on priorities for the work of the EU on climate diplomacy. The conclusions set out that the EU and its member states, in a joint Team Europe approach, will engage with partners around the world to […]
Protecting Europe’s oceans
Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius’ priorities for oceans and fisheries consist of eliminating marine pollution and driving growth that is no longer at the expense of the planet. 2021 saw the EU firmly embedding the sustainable blue economy within the European Green Deal. This means asking every blue sector to adopt […]
IUCN Red List and Bulgarian Red Book of protected species
IUCN Red List The status of freshwater fishes has been assessed at two regional levels: geographical Europe and the EU 27. According to the European freshwater fishes dataset published in November 2011 at the European level, at least 37% of the species were considered as threatened, 12% of them being Critically Endangered, 10% Endangered and […]
Threatened species in EU
The distribution of threatened freshwater fishes in Europe shows divergent patterns from the picture of the overall species diversity. The highest concentrations of threatened freshwater fish species are found; (1) along the northern Mediterranean coast, (2) on the tip of the Crimean Peninsula, and (3) in coastal streams of Bulgaria and European Turkey. All three […]
Good EU practices for protected areas management
FRANCE The NATURA network in France covers 12.74% of the country’s territory (1 758 protected areas). There are 1364 Site of Community Importance (SCI) zones and 392 Special Protection Areas (SPA) zones in the country. The management of protected areas in France is based on contractual relations with independent operators, controlled by local stakeholder committees. […]
