Eastern Europe

Nedko Nedyalkov with wildlife cameras - crop

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Wildlife cameras for Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse Since 2017, The Habitat Foundation supports the research of Nedko Nedyalkov on Roach’s mouse-tailed dormouse. It is one of the five dormice that live in Europe but it is very rare. It only occurs in the most southeastern part of Europe, where Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey meet. Currently, only …

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Announcement of the online presentation on 27th November 2023

Presenting the GBIF Biodiversity Viewer

November 27, 2023 On November 27, 2023, the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (UNCG) presented the GBIF Biodiversity Viewer. The presentation can be reviewed here: https://www.facebook.com/UkrainianNatureConservationGroup/videos/1741874349558127/ The GBIF Biodiversity Viewer extracts species occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), which provides the largest amount of well-documented data on species in the world. The viewer …

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Participants of the Saker falcon conference okt23 (BSPB)

Saker Falcon Conference

October 16, 2023 Within the LIFE for Falcons project, Green Balkans and the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) organised the International Saker Falcon Conference in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) from 12 until 15 October 2023. At the conference species experts shared their experiences in Saker Falcon conservation and research. Over 50 participants from …

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Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) (Photo: Yves Adams / Vilda)

Telescope for Wildlife Montenegro

Telescope for Wildlife Montenegro August 12, 2022 The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. Recently, a telescope was donated to the NGO Wildlife Montenegro. Wildlife Montenegro is a young organisation established by a group of volunteers. The goal of the organisation is to …

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Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius) (Photo: UNCG)

400 000 new records on Ukrainian biodiversity digitised

400 000 new records on Ukrainian biodiversity digitised October 1, 2021 After 18 months of hard work, Ukrainian naturalists digitised about 400,000 new records on Ukrainian biodiversity and uploaded them to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). One and a half years ago, GBIF contained about 193,671 georeferenced occurrence records from Ukraine, and most of …

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iNaturalist website in Ukrainian

iNaturalist translated to Ukrainian

iNaturalist translated to Ukrainian June 20, 2021Knowing the names of the butterflies, snakes, salamanders, beetles, fungi, or plants you see  is one of the nice things when being out in the field in nature. Identifying the species used to be tedious work for which you needed many books with detailed descriptions of the characteristics of …

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Balkan Mammal Network

Balkan Mammal Network May 20, 2018 On 10-12 May 2018 28 representatives of nature research and conservation institutes came together in Bankya, Bulgaria to talk about the conservation of mammals on the Balkans. They represented 8 countries in Southeast Europe: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, and Romania. The meeting was part …

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