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Luonto-Liitto's #GREYPRIDE, the international campaign for saving the wolves of Finland, has been joined by new collaborators.

The advertising agency ADAMS has jumped on board with the #GREYPRIDE International Campaign and they have designed a series of posters and promotional videos to raise awareness of the critical situation with the Finnish grey wolf. The aim is to get people to write to the European Minister of the Environment Mr. Karmenu Vella and ask him to stop the cull and implement a non-lethal conservation approach for the Finnish wolves that is based on science and not on politics.

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"Biodiversity of the year 2016" public campaign

On May 22nd, the Young Biologists Association NGO summed up "Biodiversity of the year 2016" public campaign dedicated to the International Day for Biological Diversity. In the frame of campaign, via public voting, the Animal of the year was chosen Clouded apollo - Parnassius mnemosyne, the Fungi of the yearPleorotus eringii, the Plant of the yearAlmond - Prunus dulcis and the Lichen of the year Rhizocarpon geographicum.
Results of the voting have been presented on May 22, 2016, International day of Biological Diversity. On the same day the exhibition was organised in the English Park in Yerevan.

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On May 23, 2016, at National History Museum, Tirana, Albania the official opening ceremony of Environmental Film Festival Albania was held, a joint cooperation between European Delegation in Albania, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Education, EDEN centre and other local partners and environmental NGOs.

For about two weeks the festival showed 56 environmental films from 29 countries around the world on various topics such as the importance of oceans, fauna, natural resources, the collection of waste etc. Films had been showed in Tirana, Shkodra, Gjirokastra, Vlora, Përmet, Ersekë, Corovode and Valbona. During the festival EDEN center together with its group of volunteers had been part in the organisation and implementation of activities in the framework of EFFA16. Part of the festival was also the NGO fair in which EDEN center and many other organisations presented their work.

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Celebration of International Earth Day, 22nd of April 2016

On 22nd of April 2016 EDEN Center celebrated the International Earth Day. EDEN developed various educational environmental activities with pupils of elementary schools in Tirana "Sabahudin Gabrani" and "Dora d'Distria" and at the Environmental Education Centre "EDEN" next to the Tirana Zoo.
Students of both schools have planted seeds of various plants. Besides learning the techniques of planting the plants and the pupils' responsibility towards them, the students also got information about which positive aspects these plants offer to the environment and community. Some variety of plants that were planted were: Laurus nobilis L, Rosmarinus Officinalis, Nerium Oleander, Jasminum multiflorum and other decorative flowers.

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I am READY was a youth exchange that was implemented in Murter, Croatia in the period from 14th to 23rd May 2016.
It gathered 42 participants, young unemployed people from 6 countries who were interested in development of creative skills as a door to their future employment. Youngsters from Croatia, Macedonia, Portugal, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria joined their creative minds and took part in creative workshops about dancing - latin dances, art workshops, jewellery making workshops, photography workshops, broadened their knowledge in the area of how to create a good CV, how to write a good motivation letter, how to act on a job interview.

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City-wide community work day
On 9th of April with the initiative of Yerevan Municipality city-wide community work day and tree planting were organised. Аs a member of Yerevan youth council adjunct to Mayor, "Active young citizens initiative" NGO participated in the event.

"Eco Generation" 2nd phase, opening
On April 22, on the International Earth Day, the official opening of the second phase of "Eco Generation" project took place.
Guest speakers of the opening event were Khachik Hakobyan, the RA Deputy Minister of Nature Protection, Samvel Mertarjyan, the Deputy Secretary of the Yerevan Municipality Staff and Nvard Gevorgyan, the Armenian Tree Project benevolent foundation representative.

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According to the Habitats Directive of the EU the Finnish Grey Wolf is an endangered species.

At present, the number of wolves in Finland is estimated to be less than 250, an extremely low number. Meanwhile, since August 2015 Finnish government and police authorities have approved the killing of 30% of the wolf population in an attempt to manage stocks and curb poaching.

Finland´s rural residents have a deep-rooted fear of wolves and frequently express concern for the safety of their dogs and livestock. While some people claim their children are in danger, there has not been a single reported attack by wolves on humans in Europe in the past two decades and the last reported attack in Finland was in 1891.

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Greetings from Germany and FÖJ-Aktiv and all volunteers of the ecological volunteer service,

Their national action day Bundesaktionstag has a new date now. Because of another demonstration against TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) on the 23rd of April in Hanover, the organisation team looked for a new date and all engaged and interested volunteers will come together at Berlin Wittenbergplatz on the 21st of May.

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YEE's Croatian member organisation Argonauta has started with new spring activities called "Murter Eco-patrol". Eco-patrol activities are a part of "Kornati – važno je o moru znati" project. The main theme of the project is education about marine environment. Eco-patrol engages 20 children age 10-14 from local primary school "Murterski škoji".

Murter Eco-patrol offers to the children an opportunity to patrol their island, record and then warn public and institutions about the environmental problems they encounter. The aim is to motivate participants to be active and pay attention to pollution on Murter Island. The activities on Saturday mornings are diverse – children explore and map illegal trash dumps on the island, take part in beach cleaning activities, follow the state of the marine environment, take part in treasure hunts, make a sea herbarium and get a chance to join scientists in tracking dolphins and sea turtles.

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EDEN Centre (Albania) was established in 2004 in Tirana, Albania aiming to contribute in a sustainable development and healthy environment through informing, educating and offering services in partnership with the interested actors.

Our main working sectors are: environmental education, environmental management practices, capacity building and public information and participation.

In mid-2015, we started the process of updating our Strategic Plan. In addition to the written contribution requested by our partners, strategic donors and individuals we work with, ideas and inputs were collected in a two days working sessions.

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Dear members and readers,
we're the FÖJ-AKTIV e.V., and we are an organization that supports the German ecological volunteer service by connecting and supporting volunteers. Every year about 3000 youths decide to do such a service and volunteer in projects, organizations, schools, offices and other places more with ecological and nature-protecting background – mostly in Germany, but also some other countries that are our neighbors.

The FÖJ is also an educational service, and all volunteers participate in 5 seminars throughout the year about different topics connected to nature, environment, people, resources... and because of all their excitement they are planning actions and (peaceful) demonstrations. We want to let you know about our upcoming events – you are invited to join:

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