Last week, on September 23 and 24, the SavaParks Network members had a regular meeting of its members. At the meeting, the members of the network had an opportunity to find out more about the results of two studies for the restoration of the Sava River from Brežice to Rugvica and the Sava floodplain in part of the Spačva (RH) and Bosut forests (SRB). Presentations were given by Stephan Senfter of REVITAL and Susanne Glatz-Jorde of E.C.O. SavaParks Network members discussed new projects and presented the concept of the project "Sava Livade - The Green Treasure of Sava River" ...

Key findings and summaries of two studies for the revitalization of the Sava River and its floodplain have been presented to important stakeholders from 19 to 22 September. As a part of the Sava Parks II - Freedom for Sava project, together with important stakeholders, the project team visited representative project areas and discussed the proposed solutions for revitalization. The journey started in Austria with a visit to already restored parts of the Drava river. The experiences gathered helped to better understand the challenges and opportunities ahead of us.

Despite the global corona virus pandemic, a successful meeting of project partners and 20 SavaParks Network members took place from 5th to 7th October 2020. SavaParks Network consists of about 20 members from 13 different institutions and 5 countries. The meeting was held through an online platform and the participants were happy to meet and exchange information and experiences in a “new normal” way.

As invasive alien species, being one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, cause major environmental, economic and health problems, the Sava TIES project is focused on finding successful methods of removing invasive plant species in the Sava River Basin.

Members of Sava Parks Network gathered on 12 March 2019 in The Special Nature Reserve of Zasavica (Sremska Mitrovica) for the regional workshop within the framework of Sava TIES project. Workshop goal was to find an efficient solution for permanent removal and eradication of invasive alien plant species, which not only present a nature protection problem, but also have a negative effect on human health and cause severe economic losses.

The SavaParks network received an EU grant for its new project. „The value of Sava TIES project is EUR 1,604,137! In the next three years this new and innovative project will be implemented in the four countries through which the Sava River runs. The goal of the Sava TIES project is to find an effective solution for permanent eradication of invasive alien species, which represent not only an environmental problem, but have a negative impact on health (e.g. ambrosia induced allergies) and economy“– it was stated at the project kick-off event held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 1 to 4 October 2018.