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• Western Balkan experts meet for biodiversity indicators

  18 June, 2013

  The first workshop of the project ’Streamlining Biodiversity Indicators in the Western Balkans: Support for biological diversity activities and capacity building’ was held in Tirana, Albania, on 4 and 5 June 2013. The workshop was organized by the ETC/BD and ECNC on behalf of the EEA, with suppo

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• EU Member States, NGOs and sectors discuss priorities for ecosystem restoration

  3 June, 2013

  During a two-day workshop organized by ECNC, over 60 participants representing the EU Member States, the European Commission, conservation NGOs and economic sectors discussed how to prioritize actions needed to reach the target of 15% restored ecosystems and their services by 2020. The objective of

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• Ghost Fishing tackles Project Argo with the help of Healthy Seas

  27 May, 2013

  Ghost Fishing, Scuba Academy and Krnica Dive (Croatia) have joined forces to free the MS Argo shipwreck from the ghost nets that have completely covered the wreck. A team of eight Dutch and Croatian divers will execute the project in five days, starting on June 9th. The MS Argo is one of the most b

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• SER Summer School - Restoration Ecology 2013

  24 May, 2013

  Two ECNC staff members participated in the Summer School on Mediterranean Ecosystem Restoration organized by the University of Avignon and Aix-Marseille University under the auspices of the Society of Ecological Restoration Europe (SER Europe) in the South of France. The course comprised a five-day

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• Witnessing the benefits of ecosystem services

  13 May, 2013

  The benefits of a rich biodiversity and a healthy, functioning, ecosystem are not always obvious. However, that wasn’t the case at Loch Leven, Kinross, Scotland, this week when the largest brown trout in more than 100 years was landed. This historic event coincided perfectly with an international

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