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PRESS RELEASE European Parliament fails to halt disastrous hydropower project jeopardising local livelihoods and endangered species   WWF and CEE Bankwatch Network question the EU Commission's reasons for putting this decades-old project on the Danube river on its priority investment list 27 September, Brussels, Sofia,

An ongoing investigation led by the Connecticut River Conservancy has for the first time detected DNA from the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Connecticut River between Turners Falls, MA, and Bellows Falls, VT/Walpole, NH. https://www.ctriver.org/post/edna-shortnose-sturgeon-connecticut-river

WSCS co-signed with other 35 other organizations a letter requesting an extension of the scrutiny period for delegated act C/2024/5129 final in order to allow proper assessment of cross-border renewable energy projects, in particular for a high threat imposed by a new transboundary hydropower project

Bob Kreiken has been fascinated by the Danube for as long as he can remember. When he learned that the Danube is one of the last sturgeon strongholds in Europe, his fascination turned to concern. Sturgeon populations in European rivers have been decimated by dam

video "Join us to save sturgeons" highlighting the need for sturgeon conservation in Europe and promoting the Pan-European Action Plan for Sturgeons (PANEUAP). You can even download for offline use or share from the EU plattform.

Factsheet: "A plan to save sturgeons in Europe - Messages to stakeholders in sturgeon conservation based on the pan-European action plan for sturgeons" with messages to EU key stakeholders from conservation-navigation- water management and fisheries . It is available for download in 18 European languages If you click on the

WWF's annual update on the poaching report in the Lower Danube: https://wwfcee.org/pdf_collections/49/Poaching%20of%20sturgeon_en_low-res_final.pdf related press release https://wwfcee.org/news/poaching-and-trafficking-is-driving-sturgeon-species-towards-extinction-in-the-lower-danube

The Delaware Riverkeeper network threatens to sue for increased Atlantic sturgeon protections https://whyy.org/articles/atlantic-sturgeon-endangered-new-jersey-delaware-lawsuit/

Sturgeon conservation does not have to be a zero sum game https://wonews.com/dangerous-rhetoric-follows-california-fish-and-game-commissions-decision-to-proceed-with-full-status-report-for-petition-to-list-white-sturgeon-as-threatened/