@christianccummins.bsky.socialThis #naturerestoration project in the #AmazonOfEurope in #Croatia is fascinating: restoring wet meadows by mowing at key moments with scythes to help protect a very special butterfly.
It's a small but important part of the big picture.
(photos © Marko-Lorenzo Blaslov)
@christianccummins.bsky.socialI first went to the #amazonofeurope in 2011, to an area where sand martins flourished. Back then it seemed doomed because the river was to be regulated for shipping. But talk of regulation has been replaced by active restoration measures & the local community has embraced it. @fm4.orf.at
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@christianccummins.bsky.socialThe #Danube has always dominated life and identity here in Bata in #Hungary but two things have changed the community’s relationship to the great #river: engineering and #climatechange.
Stage 3 of my @fm4.orf.at trip down the #AmazonOfEurope
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@christianccummins.bsky.socialA lot is being done to restore the depleted
nature along central Europe's #river system, but the droughts and floods of recent years show a lot more needs to be done: only functioning ecosystems can help mitigate the #climatecrisis. A boat ride in the #AmazonOfEurope
@christianccummins.bsky.socialThe Mura-Drava-Danube biosphere - the #AmazonOfEurope celebrates its 5th birthday today. One project: reintroducing the #sterlet, Europe's smallest sturgeon, via #Slovenia's first hatchery, right on the Mura. Thousands released, aiming for a self-sustaining population by 2030.
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