Natural environment
President Iohannis: I will be actively involved in processes aimed at addressing climate crisis
President Klaus Iohannis said on Monday that the UN report on climate change must be a wake-up call for all of us and that he will be actively involved in the processes aimed at addressing the climate crisis.
UN sounds clarion call over humans 'irreversible' impact on climate
The U.N. panel on climate change sounded a dire warning on Aug. 9, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming - and that humans are "unequivocally" to blame.
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Fire in Attica: Incendiary device found in the forest of Varybombi (photos)
More evidence show that climate change was not the only reason for the fires in Greece
Julian Alps to become cross-border biosphere area
Bled – Slovenia’s Triglav National Park and Italy’s Prealpi Giulie Nature Park have launched a bid to have the Julian Alps declared as a single trans-boundary UNESCO MAB Biosphere Reserve to manage it together.
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Turkish Govt Passes Buck as Fires Devastate Coastal Areas
As wildfires rage on Turkey's Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, experts say the government's poor crisis management and failures in environmental policy have made a bad situation with climate change worse.
Business world starts sapling mobilization
With wildfires ravaging Turkey, killing at least eight people and burning thousands of square meters of forests, the Turkish Forestry Ministry has announced that "new plantations will be made as the rain will start by the end of October."
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EnviMin: Preventing conflicts with large carnivores included in 10-million-euro project
Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forestry Tanczos Barna, said in Oradea on Monday that there are funds for preventing conflicts with large carnivores under a 10-million-euro project funded by the Ministry of European Investment and Projects (MIPE) that will start during the week.
Breathtaking drone footage of sperm whales in Ionian Sea (video)
The Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute is a scientific non-profit organisation focused on the study and conservation of cetaceans
Study suggests eating invasive species to protect marine ecosystem
The ecosystem in Turkish waters may be protected from invasive and poisonous lionfish by consuming them as food, a study has suggested.
Turkey formulating new law on water management: Erdoğan
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is preparing a draft law on water management of the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 5.
"We are preparing a 'Water Law' in the parliament in order to reach our targets faster and to prevent conflicts in water management," Erdoğan said, speaking at an opening ceremony of water facilities in the capital Ankara.