ZAGREB, April 6 (Hina) - An international ecology conference called "Nature Reserve of the Drava-Mura Rivers Biosphere" will take place in Koprivnica (a town in central Croatia) on April 8. The most important goal of the conference
and project under the same name is the protection of the Drava and Mura rivers' courses till their flow into the Danube River, as one of the most important ecosystems in Europe. The project will be presented by a German non-profit organisation for the protection of the environment, called Euronatur. The organisation advocates the idea that the international community should support Croatia in abandoning the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Drava River and enable it to receive energy from other sources. Present at the conference will be environment protection experts from Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Austria. Euronatur was established in 1987 and has so far
ZAGREB, April 6 (Hina) - An international ecology conference called
"Nature Reserve of the Drava-Mura Rivers Biosphere" will take place
in Koprivnica (a town in central Croatia) on April 8.
The most important goal of the conference and project under the same
name is the protection of the Drava and Mura rivers' courses till
their flow into the Danube River, as one of the most important
ecosystems in Europe.
The project will be presented by a German non-profit organisation
for the protection of the environment, called Euronatur. The
organisation advocates the idea that the international community
should support Croatia in abandoning the construction of a
hydroelectric power plant on the Drava River and enable it to
receive energy from other sources.
Present at the conference will be environment protection experts
from Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Austria.
Euronatur was established in 1987 and has so far realised a number
of important projects in environment and cultural heritage
protection, and is currently participating in 60 different
projects in more than 20 European countries.
The organisers of the conference are Croatian local ecology
societies and the Podravka food manufacturing industry from
Koprivnica.
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