Many people living in the Municipality of Danilovgrad are unsure whether their property is located within the River Zeta Nature Park, which zone it falls under, and what this means for their everyday lives. The River Zeta Nature Park is not just the water we see flowing between its two banks. It is an interconnected …
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On the occasion of World Rivers Day, the Montenegrin Ecologists Society organized a Regatta for the Zeta River, with the aim of drawing greater public attention to the protection and preservation of one of the most important rivers in central Montenegro. The regatta brought together around 80 participants from different parts of Montenegro, who paddled …
Montenegrin Ecologists Society is conducting a survey to understand how visitors experience Buljarica and the value this unique coastal wetland has for people and society. Your answers will help us assess its ecosystem services and better demonstrate why protecting Buljarica matters for both nature and people. 📝 Filling out the questionnaire takes around 10 minutes …
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An analysis of the river’s value, the pressures upon it and the conduct of institutions in the „Rijeka Zeta” Nature Park, with a review of documentation from 2018 to 2026 Podgorica / Danilovgrad, September 2026 Executive summary The Zeta River was declared a Nature Park in 2019 on account of its exceptional biodiversity, and the …
At the end of July and mid-August, we organized two educational nature camps for children in Studeno, a highland area on Mount Prekornica. The four-day camps, titled “The Magic of the Bosnian Pine”, brought together over fifty children from Spuž and Danilovgrad, occasionally joined by other children already vacationing in the area with their families. …
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The Bojana Delta is the only area in Montenegro where you can experience dozens of different habitat types within just an hour’s walk — each home to a wide range of Mediterranean plant and animal species, many of which are rare, vulnerable, or endangered. In just sixty minutes, one can traverse sandy sea beds and …
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The Montenegrin Ecologists Society, in cooperation with NGO Mogul, organized the “Frog Day” event at Lake Šas in Ulcinj. Save the Frogs Day is an event dedicated to education and awareness-raising activities aimed at increasing public understanding of the threats facing frogs – the most diverse group of amphibians – and their importance in …
The turtle season is officially open. Freshwater turtles are among the most endangered reptiles in Southeast Europe. Yesterday, we continued our research on these species in Buljarica. In just one day, 320 turtles were caught – measured – and returned to their habitat. By the end of the season, we will collect data on freshwater …
Montenegro is a Mediterranean country with the highest percentage of land covered by wetlands – as much as 7.7% of its territory is made up of ponds, marshes, swamps, lagoons… Wetlands support great biodiversity in both plant and animal life, which gives Montenegro exceptional landscape value, but at the same time imposes a duty and …
We spent several days on Mount Prekornica with professors from the Faculty of Forestry in Belgrade, from whom we learned one of the languages of trees. We learned how to find and properly read the biological textbooks in which trees, through their rings, describe their most comfortable years (wide rings) and their most challenging ones …
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