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Every two years since 2010, the Infrastructure & Ecology Network IENE has organised an international conference on biodiversity and transport. These events are aimed at a broad international audience and cover a wide range of topics related to the impact of transport on habitats and species, mitigation measures and their effectiveness, and planning and policy issues.

Formal interstate cooperation in the Prespa basin has always been considered highly ambitious, due to the difficult geopolitical circumstances in the Western Balkans and the lack of an institutional tradition in the states involved.

The European Green Belt is considered the longest green network in the world and provides undisturbed habitat for a variety of plants and animals. The dedicated commitment of volunteers at the Green Belt Camps helps to sustainably protect this remarkable richness of nature. In August and September you have again the chance to volunteer - register now!

Connecting and protecting unique landscapes throughout Europe by empowering local stakeholders: BESTbelt provides not only funding for conservation projects and sustainable development along the European Green Belt but also training and guidance on project management. The first BESTbelt Call for proposals was successfully launched in February 2022.

The BBC World Service produced three episodes about the European Green Belt. All episodes are available online after broadcast.

You are interested in nature conservation and you are passionate about being outside in nature? You like working as a team and get to know new people with a similar lifestyle? Thayatal and Podyjí National Park in cooperation with SCI Austria are looking for motivated volunteers, which would like to do some nature conservation work from 04-18 September 2022. Apply until 31 May 2022!

The European Green Belt is a vital symbol for the peaceful overcoming of a four-decade-long division of Europe.

Members of the European Parliament together with the European Green Belt Association invite you to a public webinar to introduce the idea behind the new pilot project.

Connect and protect - more power for the European Green Belt. The launch of the BESTbelt calls for proposals provides new opportunities.

Nearby a small German river, a class and his teacher started a project to demonstrate the journey of waste along the Danube to the Black Sea