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20/03/2026

🌍 2026 – International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

Grasslands and extensive grazing are vital for biodiversity, food production, and climate resilience. This year, our partners from BIOM highlighting transhumance – a nearly forgotten tradition of seasonal livestock movement, recognized as cultural heritage in Croatia in 2025.

🎙 Through conversations with ethnologist Grga Frangeš and conservation expert Ivan Budinski, they explore its history, impact on biodiversity, and future potential.

This practice still survives in parts of Istria, Velebit, Lička Plješivica, and Dinara—mostly thanks to dedicated individuals and small groups.

💡 With growing interest in local, traditional, and ethical food, transhumance may yet have a future.

You can read more on our website:
https://bionet.ngo/between-tradition-politics-and-nature-transhumance-in-croatia/

Green Home Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije Crnogorsko Društvo Ekologa/Montenegrin Ecologists Society Centar za životnu sredinu / Center for Environment Mladi istrazivaci Srbije INCA Albania Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania Udruga za prirodu, okoliš i održivi razvoj Sunce Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Crne Gore

By decision of the United Nations General Assembly, 2026 has been declared the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). Grasslands and extensive grazing play an irreplaceable role in global biodiversity and throughout the year numerous initiatives will raise global awareness of thei...

04/03/2026

🌿This video highlights the role of the Nature and Biodiversity Pillar of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the work of regional partners and institutions making this possible.

Members of the BioNet network actively participate in regional cooperation and the advancement of nature protection.

16/12/2025

📍The annual meeting of the BIO net network was held this year in Split with the support of CCFD, within a project implemented by the Center for Environment. Important local support for the organization of this year’s meeting was provided by the host organization “Sunce” from Split.

🔗This year, the meeting brought together seven partner organizations (CZZS, PPNEA, INCA, SUNCE, BIOM, MIS, CZIP) from five countries in the region (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia). In addition to network members, on the final day of the meeting we were joined by a representative of the international organization Bankwatch (BW), Pippa Gallop, with whom we shared experiences and discussed possible forms of future cooperation, including the potential admission of BW as an associate member of BIOnet.

Centar za životnu sredinu / Center for Environment Green Home Društvo za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Srbije Crnogorsko Društvo Ekologa/Montenegrin Ecologists Society Mladi istrazivaci Srbije INCA Albania Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania Udruga za prirodu, okoliš i održivi razvoj Sunce

The annual meeting of the BIO net network was held this year in Split with the support of CCFD, within a project implemented by the Center for Environment. Important local support for the organization of this year’s meeting was provided by the host organization “Sunce” from Split. This year, t...

03/10/2025

📌Representatives of the BIO NET network, this time colleagues from the Centar za životnu sredinu / Center for Environment, participated in the meeting of the Biodiversity Task Force - an initiative that brings together the countries of the Western Balkans, held in Sarajevo.

More information on the news below.

The 14th Regular Meeting of the Biodiversity Task Force WB successfully concluded in Sarajevo yesterday, marking a step forward towards advancing nature conservation and . Held under the framework of the Regional Cooperation Council - RCC Regional Working Group on the for the , the Task Force:
🔸 Shared updates and informed on advances related to nature protection
🔸 Agreed on the vision, mission and strategic goals of the Biodiversity Strategic Plan
🔸 Discussed and agreed on the Restoration Opportunity Assessment Report and State of nature – Biodiversity conservation report methodologies
🔸 Presented the recommendations and findings of the Social and Gender Inclusion Analysis
🔸 Recognised the establishment of Thematic working groups

The meeting, organised with financial support fromSida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete in the frame of The ADAPT 2.0 and the Austrian Development Agency, through the Greening the Western Balkans project, reinforced regional efforts to align with EU biodiversity commitments and implement the Pillar 5.

On the second day, a workshop on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species introduced the concept of National Red Lists as a valuable tool for biodiversity monitoring, underscoring their role in shaping policy decisions and outlining the key steps for establishing a National Red List programme.

IUCN, as the BDTF WB Secretariat, remains committed to fostering collaboration across the Western Balkans towards a resilient and nature-positive future in the region 🍀

16/07/2025

🗓️ ⏱️ 26 years ago, on July 8th, a group of enthusiastic students from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Banja Luka founded the citizens’ association "Young Researchers".

🌿🦇🦀... When the young researchers were no longer so young, and when research grew into a fight for nature and people, they decided to change the name to Center for Environment, which still exists today.

To celebrate 25 years of fight for nature and people, our partners from Center for Emvironment filmed a short funny video.

You can watch it on this link:

🗓️ ⏱️ Prije 26 godina, 8. jula, grupa entuzijastičnih studenata Prirodno matematičkog fakulteta u Banjaluci osnovala je Udruženje građana "Mladi istraživači...