World’s first ‘5-country biosphere reserve’ nominated
Paving the way for Europe’s largest river sanctuary – 930,000 hectares of natural treasures between Austria and Serbia nominated to UNESCO for protection – ‘Amazon of Europe’ becomes an international model region for nature conservation and sust Vienna/ Zagreb/...
coop MDD – ALL RIVER’SCOOLS ARE OPEN FOR VISITORS!
One of the main achievements of the coop MDD project was the establishment of a network of RIVER’SCOOLs. It was a long process, but through enthusiastic and dedicated work by our project, all eight RIVER’SCOOLs in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Serbia have...
coop MDD – FINAL PROJECT CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS!
BAD RADKERSBURG, AUSTRIA – From 27th to 28th June, the final coop MDD project conference was held. All project partners and more than 100 representatives from other institutions, organizations and projects gathered in Bad Radkersburg to celebrate the confirmation of...
Lower Mura Valley (“Unteres Murtal”) becomes the gateway to the “Amazon of Europe”
Now it is certain: today in Paris 13.000 ha of the Mura and its valuable floodplains in Austria were officially declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO. WWF welcomes the recognition as a significant breakthrough for nature protection and a unique opportunity for...
