Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Narrow stream with short, long pour-over cutting across landscape, hills on either side. — Buna Estuary.

© Jan Pirnat

Steps Towards the Protection of Neretva Tributaries: Buna, Bunica, Begava and Trebižat, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grantee Name: Centar za zivotnu sredinu

Hotspot: Mediterranean Basin
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Amount: $146,924
Dates: Oct 2019 – Jul 2022
Keywords: Freshwater, Hydropower, Research, Species Conservation

Assess freshwater species abundance and status in four Bosnian river basin, with a focus on under-researched taxa. Launch an information campaign and advocate, with local groups (fishermen, farmers, naturalists) for improving conservation of important sites and river basin management.

Strategic Direction : 2 Support the sustainable management of water catchments through integrated approaches for the conservation of threatened freshwater biodiversity