Environment
Velebit Mountain Video Introduction
This morning’s Guardian has published a short video clip shot of Velebit mountain in which Croatian meteorologist Ante Vukušić, who works on Velebit for 37 years, introduces this Croatian National Park. The video features some lovely shots and wise comments – have a look:
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Protected River Area Mura-Drava-Danube
Croatia and Hungary have agreed on the establishment of a cross-border Mura-Drava-Danube biosphere reserve within the UNESCO “Man and Biosphere” program. The biosphere reserve is a representative ecological area with three basic tasks: to protect natural assets, to encourage sustainable development and to stimulate scientific research related to the improvement of the quality of life and sustainable use of natural goods.
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Sea Accident in Croatia – Update 2
A burning Turkish cargo ship drifting towards Croatia’s Adriatic coast, threatening to pollute Istrian beaches, is at the moment located on about 5 nautical miles from Brijuni Islands and National Park.
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Sea Accident in Croatia – Update
The official statement of Croatian Ministry of Sea regarding the recent sea accident : Turkish-flagged ship catches fire off Rovinj, all passengers safe The Turkish-flagged ship ‘Und Adriyatik’ caught fire early Wednesday morning 15 miles off the northern Croatian Adriatic resort of Rovinj, said Marina Haluzan, spokeswoman for the Croatian Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure.
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Sea Accident in Croatia
Some worrying news are comming from Guardian tonight about the sea accident that happened 13 nautical miles west of the Istrian town of Rovinj:
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Croatia among the greenest countries in the world
The Environmental Policy Centre of the Yale University released a report with a global list of 149 countries ranked by environmental performance, according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). On the list Croatia is ranked at the 20th place with index of 84.6 out of 100 points.
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Lonjsko Polje to be added to UNESCO World Heritage
Croatian Ministry of Culture will make a proposal for Lonjsko Polje Nature Park to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. This process of inclusion in the list can take up to few years.
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Croatia as Eco-friendly Travel Destination
In the ranking of tourist values in Croatia, along with many other qualities, the beauty and level of preservation of the natural environment holds a convincing first place along with an ecological awareness that is reflected in the relationship with nature, the organic production of food, and doing business with companies that have harmonised with environment protection standards.
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Adriatic Sea and a plague of invasive algae
In the recent article of BIRN, under the title “Greening of the Sea Gives Adriatic States the Blues” , there are some worrying details regarding the state of a plague of this invasive algae in waters of Croatia as well as surrounding countries.
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Primosten and Biograd won European Top Tourism Awards
The Golden Flower of Europe, Europe’s top tourism award, was won this year (among a strong field of 5,600 towns) by the small town of Primošten, located near Šibenik. The silver award also went to Croatia as the second place winner was declared the town of Biograd , located near Zadar.
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