When we went to Birecik on the shores of the Euphrates in South-East Turkey, we were excited to see a special bird, the northern bald ibis. When we left, our thoughts and emotions were in a turmoil over the fate of the birds we saw.
The young biology student Kuzey dedicates his life to reforesting his hometown Ankara.
We visited the Agigea Ornithological Observatory on the Romanian black sea coast to talk about why ringing birds is so important and what we can learn from it. What we did not expect is to learn about the 100-year-old protected sand dunes located in just next to the port of Constanta.
The ‘Dunele Marine de la Agigea’ (sea dunes of Agigea) are in fact the only natural sea sand dunes left on the entire Romanian coastline outside the Danube Delta. But how can a 100-year-old, so strategically located protected area survive world wars as well as communism? Not easily, we can tell you this much…
The Foundation Conservation Carpathia has deeply impressed us with their holistic and extensive work in the Fagaras mountains.
Veľkolélsky Island is the largest Danube island in Slovakia. The NGO BROZ has found the possibility to step-by-step purchase most of it starting 15 years ago and created a natural island that promotes both healthy river dynamics and ecotourism.