A high level meeting organised by WWF in Ukraine brought together experts, relevant authorities and environmental groups from Ukraine and Romania to discuss how to save the Danube and Black Sea populations of sturgeon. Sturgeon species have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, 200 million years ago, but for the past few decades their […]
Brussels – The EU celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the LIFE Programme and of the Habitats Directive with events held throughout the months of May and June. All ongoing LIFE-funded projects were invited to host an open day where to communicate the importance of both instruments, raise awareness about the EU nature legal measures and programmes and celebrate […]
Sturgeons are the most endangered fish worldwide, with few natural habitats left for them to call home. To enable the conservation of these precious fish in the Lower Danube and North-Western Black Sea, a new project has just been started with financial support by LIFE, the EU’s funding instrument for the environment. The project area […]