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Ancient city of Hasankeyf in Turkey among the 14 most endangered heritage sites in Europe

Dec 14, 2015 /

Press release by Europa Nostra, European Investment Bank Institute and Cultural Awareness Foundation : Europa Nostra, the leading European heritage organisation, and the European Investment Bank Institute announce today the 14 monuments and sites shortlisted for ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ programme 2016 by an international panel of experts in various fields.

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New Bankwatch study: European “green energy” funding for hydropower threatens pristine Balkan rivers

Dec 14, 2015 /

A wave of hydropower development fuelled by European public funding and EU companies is endangering pristine river environments in the Balkans, finds a new study by CEE Bankwatch Network released today. The extensive analysis shows that multilateral development banks are playing a key role.

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The Mavrovo National Park is the last known area, in which the critically endangered Balkan Lynx is reproducing © Jörg Pukownik

Stage win for nature protection: Bern Convention demands provisional stop for the construction of HPPs in Mavrovo NP in Macedonia

Dec 07, 2015 /

++ EBRD and World Bank shall withdraw from projects – further assessment requested ++ For the time being, no hydropower projects are to be built in Mavrovo National Park in Macedonia. This was decided at the meeting of the Bern Convention Standing Committee – Europe’s most important nature convention – in Strasbourg last Friday (December 4, 2015)

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Rivers unite, dams divide

Ancient city of Hasankeyf in Turkey among the 14 most endangered heritage sites in Europe

New Bankwatch study: European “green energy” funding for hydropower threatens pristine Balkan rivers

Stage win for nature protection: Bern Convention demands provisional stop for the construction of HPPs in Mavrovo NP in Macedonia

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