Osijek, Croatia – 111 kilometres of "Europe’s Amazon”, comprising parts of the natural meandering river stretches of the Danube, Drava and Mura rivers in Croatia could be channelled in a way that would destroy Europe’s largest river protected area without bringing any real economic benefit to the region. What is more, this old fashioned way of river management is being enforced ahead of the country’s official accession to the EU, criticises WWF, EuroNatur, Green Osijek, Drava League and the Croatian Society for the Protection of Birds and Nature.
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