Croatia

Plans have been unveiled to open a new Sámi culture centre in Vukovarska Street in the Croatian capital.

The 9th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR and Global Governance has opened in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, with more than 24 countries taking part. Professor David Crowther, Chair of the Social Responsibility Research Network, gave an opening speech and he also wrote a summarizing foreword to the Conference proceedings.

Students from Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, and also members of NGO BIUS are going to give a public lecture, actually a series of brief presentations, titled David & Goliath – Short History of Earth – Human Relationship at Novinarski Dom (Journalist House) in Zagreb on April 21 at 16:00. This is another event organized under the umbrella of EcoGreen Europe as part of the 40th Earth Day Celebration in Croatia.

We were floating right above Cousteau’s barrier in the middle of Kozjak Lake. We dived to its edge, from where like the wall of a twenty-storey building it fell away into the darkness below. For a while I floated weightless parallel to the deepest side of the barrier, which looked like a kind of underwater Taj Mahal, whose builders this time, instead of human hands, were travertine moss and blue green algae.

Chub and pearl roach, species of carp that amongst other things eat the spawn of other fish, have forced out the trout from most habitats in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. But scientists have not yet found an answer to the question whether any species of fish is actually native to the lakes, or were they were all introduced by human hand during the 20th century. Research into their genetic origins may resolve this puzzle.

The “VELEBITSKA DEGENIJA” awards, established by APO environmental services and Croatian Journalists' Association recognize journalists who provide high quality coverage on the environmental protection subject. This year the Awards will be presented on April 22, 2010 in Novinarski Dom in Zagreb at an Awards ceremony as part of the official celebration of the Earth Day 40th Anniversary. Deadline: April 12, 2010

On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2010, with national live coverage in Croatia, in cooperation with EcoGreen Europe will air special programmes dedicated to sustainable development and environmental protection.