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Perangua is a global network of activists and volunteers, including travelers, experts and organizations with the main objective of saving nature and sustainable traditional livelihoods. The information about local environmental campaigns is too scarce, the affected areas too remote and the tools to connect with like-minded people too rare – and so, in 2017 Perangua was born to help bridge these gaps.

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Steppe habitats in Europe are getting so rare that

Steppe habitats in Europe are getting so rare that all their biodiversity is concentrated in a few square kilometers among vast intensive agriculture areas, constructed and industrial areas. The Mas de Melons protected area is a good example of steppe management and is home to the last habitats of pin-tailed sandgrouse, lesser grey shrike and Dupont's lark in Catalonia.

We welcome the news today about the declaration of

We welcome the news today about the declaration of #VjosaNationalPark and expect from Edi Rama, Mirela Kumbaro and the whole Albanian government to protect also the Upper Drin river and stop the #Skavica dam. Skavica would flood 30 villages and bring the #BalkanLynx to extinction.

Photo: Upper Drin river, July 2022

@vjosanationalpark IUCN @patagonia

Bolle's pigeon (Columba bollii) endemic to the Can

Bolle's pigeon (Columba bollii) endemic to the Canary Islands. Its survival depends on the conservation of the laurel forests in the northern slopes of the islands #Tenerife, #LaGomera, #ElHierro and #LaPalma.

#Columbabollii #NatureTravel #Canarias #Laurisilva

The most diverse group of organisms on the planet

The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate.

The world has lost 5% to 10% of all insect species in the last 150 years — or between 250,000 and 500,000 species, according to a February 2020 study in the journal Biological Conservation.

Not knowing exactly what’s out there makes it harder to detect trouble. One April 2020 analysis in the journal Science suggested the planet is losing about 9% of its land-dwelling insect population each decade. Another January 2021 paper tried to paint a clearer picture by synthesizing more than 80 insect studies and found that insect abundance is declining around 1% to2% per year. For comparison, the human population is growing at slightly less than 1% per year.

The demise of insects can’t be attributed to any single cause. Populations are facing simultaneous threats, from habitat loss and industrial farming to climate change. Nitrogen overloading from sewage and fertilizers has turned wetlands into dead zones; artificial light is flooding out nighttime skies; and the growth of urban areas has led to concrete sprawl.

Read more in the @reuters Graphics: The Collapse of Insects.

#insects #biodiversityloss #naturetravel #environmentalcampaign #insect #Perangua #habitatloss #climatechange #insectlovers

Great white egret (#ardeaalba) on the ice at Iskar

Great white egret (#ardeaalba) on the ice at Iskar reservoir, Bulgaria

#birds #BulgarianNature #naturetravel #Iskar #ice #egret #greatwhiteegret #perangua #peranguabulgaria #winter #winterbirds

🔴🔔 A group of scientists and NGO representat

🔴🔔 A group of scientists and NGO representatives from 11 countries published a list of 88 rivers they consider high-priority for protection, urging Western Balkan Bern Convention signatory countries to expand the Emerald Network in the region.
🐟🌊In 2011, Western Balkan countries proposed a small number of sites as part of the Europe-wide Emerald Network of protected natural areas. But too many of the region’s stunning rivers have been left unprotected – the new proposal aims to rectify this.
#rivers #EmeraldNetwork #BernConvention #Balkans #WesternBalkans #NatureTravel #EnvironmentalCampaign #conservation #EmeraldSites #Natura2000

🇬🇪 UPDATE from the campaign to stop Nenskra

🇬🇪 UPDATE from the campaign to stop Nenskra Dam in Georgia:

📢 Large new hydropower plants are part of strategic documents:
The draft National Energy and Climate Plan (#NECP) includes construction of new hydropower plants with total capacity of 324.7 MW until 2024 (ten plants, most of them under construction) and 430 MW of “regulating hydros” to be built between 2024 and 2030. The NECP is subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) but as it includes only one development scenario, it violates not only EU SEA Directive and Georgian legislation but we believe that the government does not even consider exclusion of any hydropower from the final NECP.

📢 Svaneti region - Nenskra with valid environmental permit and other hydropower plants started work:
The #Nenskra hydropower project environmental permit from 2015 is still valid. Besides many changes in the current state of the environment, no procedure to revise or issue a new permit has been started. The loans for the project by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (US$ 214 million) and the European Investment Bank (US$ 150 million) remain approved. If a new subcontractor for construction works is chosen, construction of the Nenskra project can start anytime. Meanwhile the following small and medium-size hydropower plants (HPP) were operating in #Svaneti: Nakra HPP, Khelra HPP, Ipari HPP, Kasleti 2 HPP, Lakhami 1 and 2 HPPs, Mestiachala 2 HPP.

📢 One more year without adopted legislation and protected areas for rivers:
Laws on Water Resources Management and Biodiversity Law have not been approved either. The Rioni managed reserve, for the protection of the spawning site of sturgeon species was not established. In December 2022, Racha National park was established, but Rioni river and its tributaries are outside of this protected area.

#Environment #Hydropower #Dams #NoDams #SaveSvaneti #NatureTravel #EnvironmentalCampaign #Activism #EIB #EBRD

🇦🇲 UPDATE from the campaign to stop Amulsar

🇦🇲 UPDATE from the campaign to stop Amulsar Gold Mine in Armenia:

📢 New information about Persian leopard from the area of Amusar:
The article Distribution and status of the Persian leopard in the Caucasus Ecoregion was published in August 2022 proving leopard recovery in the Southern Caucasus. The area of Amulsar is shown as possibly extant, with proof of nearby leopard presence from Arpa Protected Areas, Vayk Ridge and Caucasus Wildlife Refuge. The last 20 years, leopards are threatened predominantly by fragmentation of habitats intensified by socio-economic development and politically challenging conditions. Before any new development at Amulsar, special research on the leopard and its main prey (#Bezoar ibex and Armenian #mouflon) should be carried out.

📢 Work on Amulsar gold mine set to start again:
New evidence shows that Amulsar can move forward soon. Since 2018 the investor Lydian collapsed, #EBRD exited the project, Armenia began investigating. But in 2021 the criminal case against Lydian was terminated. No new environmental impact assessment (EIA) was ever carried out. In 2022, Lydian Armenia applied for a new water use permit. On June 18, new amendments in the country’s Mining Code went into force, that allow companies to carry out mining with EIA more than a year old, as long as the delay was caused by reasons that include “civil disobedience”. In October 2022, Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands-based company with assets in the Kyrgyz Republic (Tulkubash and Kyzyltash gold projects) and Armenia (Kapan mine) confirmed that it is in discussions regarding the potential acquisition of Amulsar gold mine from Lydian Canada Ventures Corporation.

📢 #SLAPP
More than 20 SLAPPs, strategic litigation against public participation, were initiated against experts, lawyers and journalists that opposed the project because of Facebook posts, comments about corruption of Lydian, and public speeches. The courts of Armenia have partly satisfied the claims of Lydian. The government needs to take urgent measures to save free speech and public participation!

#Environment #Mining #SaveAmulsar #NatureTravel #EnvironmentalCampaign #Activism

January 24 marks one year since environmental just

January 24 marks one year since environmental justice lawyer Dang Dinh Bach was sentenced by the Vietnamese government to 5 years in prison. Join his family and the international community in calling for his release.

Bach will not celebrate the lunar new year with his family this year because he is in prison. The charge is “tax evasion” but really it’s Vietnam’s systematic silencing of climate leaders.

How can Vietnam successfully implement a $15 billion Just Energy Transition Package while its climate leaders are in jail? Climate change solutions require governments, businesses, and civil society to work together.

#StandwithBach #JETP Standwithbach.org
#PeranguaVietnam #Perangua #Vietnam #EnvironmentalJustice

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