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Geographical and historical treatment of Montenegro, including maps and statistics as well as a survey of its people, economy, and government.

The Nature Conservancy has teamed up with local conservation partners across the Balkans to safeguard some of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers.

Montenegro, country located in the west-central Balkans at the southern end of the Dinaric Alps. It is bounded by the Adriatic Sea and Croatia (southwest), Bosnia and Herzegovina (northwest), Serbia (northeast), Kosovo (east), and Albania (southeast). Montenegro’s administrative capital is Podgorica, though its cultural centre is the historical capital and older city of Cetinje. For much of the 20th century Montenegro was a part of Yugoslavia, and from 2003 to 2006 it was a component of the federated union of Serbia and Montenegro. The country’s names—both Montenegro (from Venetian...

Ndangered species. Pollution, climate change and mounting hydropower demands all threaten rivers’ countless ecological and socio-economic benefits, necessitating their urgent protection. Even when terrestrial protections do benefit freshwater biodiversity, they often lack durability, as evidenced by the globally widespread development of dams in protected areas. - Breaking European News - Travel News | eTurboNews | eTN

Rivers and lakes are the most degraded ecosystems in the world. Can we save them? We rely on fresh water for drinking, food, and sanitation, and they’re in trouble. But freshwater issues are becoming a higher priority for conservationists. ByStefan Lovgren Email When Grand Canyon National Park was established a century ago, the Colorado River running through it was treated as an afterthought. In the decades following, states scrambled to squeeze every drop of water out of the Colorado for farming and drinking, with a cascade of huge dams constructed along its course. Native fish like sucker...