The Baltica Project is an initiative that incorporates adventure - flowing all the way down the Vistula river - with environmental education and actions leading to preserving this unique region. A group of young people is travelling on a self-made raft that consists of PET bottles and other recyclable materials. The total lenght of the route is 861km between Krakow and the Baltic Sea.On the way, the participants of the project are documenting the beauty of the valley of the Vistula river, carring out ornithological observations or measurements on water purity and sharing their newly acquired knowledge with all encountered people who would only show interest

Read more

The Environment Agency, in England and Wales, have just published the first consultation on how they will update the river basin management plans in 2015. The "Working Together" consultation can be found at https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/portal/ho/wfd/working/together2012. 

Open Country, a Radio 4 programme dedicated to British wildlife and landscape, takes a look this week at the decline in eel populations in the UK.

 The 20th anniversary of the European Union’s LIFE programme, the first dedicated financial instrument for funding environmental activities, was celebrated at the Europe House in London in May. Launched in 1992, LIFE was timed to coincide with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives coming into force, both aimed at preserving Europe’s biological diversity. 

Jonathan Scheele (Head of UK office for the EU) with Tony Grayling (Head of Climate Change and Communities, Environment Agency) at LIFE 20 years celebration.

Please read our June Bulletin