++ Day 33 of the Balkan Rivers Tour: protest action of kayakers, politicians, residents and nature conservationists against projected dams on the Vjosa in Albania ++ Government wants to have large dams constructed ++ River conservationists demand Vjosa National Park ++ “Vjosa – No Dams!” An extraordinary alliance directed this appeal – written in letters seven meters high – to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama today.

Effective immediately, the Dutch development bank FMO is suspending all activities in Honduras, after yet another anti-dam-activist, Nelson García, was shot dead. Read the bank’s press release 

Europe’s biggest hydropower corporation – the Austrian Verbund AG, is complaining about too much electricity on the European market. Particularly wind power and the expansion of solar power results in an oversupply of energy on the market leading to declining prices for producer.

In a petition, International Rivers calls upon the financiers and builders (FMO, Finnfund, CABEI and Voith-Siemens) of the Agua Zarca Dam in Honduras to pull out of the project. On March 2, Berta Cáceres was brutally murdered for her opposition against the dam project. Sign the petition!

Last night, anti-dam acitivist Berta Caceres was assassinated in her home in Honduras. The indigenous rights campaigner received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015 for her commitment and courage in the fight against the Agua Zarca Dam which would displace hundreds.

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.

Gemeinsame Pressemitteilung von Riverwatch und EuroNatur

++ EBRD und Weltbank sollen sich zurückziehen - Weitere Untersuchungen gefordert ++

Lesen Sie die Presseaussendung der „Aktionsgruppe Lebendiger Kamp“ vom 2. 12. 2015, Wien:

++Naturschutzverbände kündigen Widerstand gegen Neubau des Kraftwerks im Europaschutzgebiet an++