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Beljarica Backwaters are finally protected!!

September 8, 2022 by Dragan 7 Comments

“To the sea their hearts they vow. They will not come again. And even if they came, would you recognise them now? The ocean...

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

June 17, 2021 by Dragan 3 Comments

I am not used to good news, and am suspicious of them. What could be the big picture here, my suspicious mind keeps asking?...

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

December 19, 2019 by Dragan 5 Comments

In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention:...

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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

July 6, 2017 by Dragan 2 Comments

Beljarica backwaters cover the 900 ha of wilderness on the eastern bank of the Danube, between the river and the embankment, by the suburb...

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

September 1, 2016 by Dragan 2 Comments

Photo: This area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country....

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How to create an IBA and get a permanent headache in five easy steps

May 26, 2016 by Dragan 5 Comments

First: Dream about it As a teenager in Yugoslavia, I used to buy National Geographic in secondhand bookshops. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay,...