Sava TIES Preserving Sava River Basin Habitats through Transnational Management of Invasive Alien Species

The final SavaTIES project conference, held online at 10 AM on 12 May 2021, served as an opportunity to present the outcomes of a three-year international cooperation established with the aim to achieve effective management of invasive alien...

Before the end of May, the partners of the Sava TIES project will organize online trainings for the stakeholders on the topic of invasive alien species management in the countries along the course of the Sava river. So far, the trainings have...

Knotweeds are perennial herbaceous plants with strong rhizome. From these rhizomes develop shoots which can be over 3 m high and about 4 cm thick. The stems are erect, hollow and without leaves at the bottom. Their leaves are large, broad and...

The second to last meeting of the project team was held on February 23, 2021. The meeting was again held online because of the global coronavirus pandemic. In addition to the meeting, the fourth  regional workshop for the development and...

Dear reader, It is our pleasure to announce the #3 Newsletter of the Sava TIES project. Enjoy the review of last year's project activities.  Dragi čitatelju, naš #3 bilten Sava TIES projekta je spreman za čitanje! Pogledajte...

Every year on 2 February , we celebrate World Wetlands Day (WWD) to raise global awareness about the high importance of wetlands for people and our planet. WWD is also an occasion to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in...

Common milkweed is a robust herbaceous perennial, 80 to 150 cm high. It has a branched network of roots that is like a rootstock (underground stem), which enables new stems to grow very successfully from these underground parts, making common...

On 11 December, a workshop was held in Ivo Andrić elementary school in Zagreb with the aim of informing elementary school students about the topic of invasive alien species. By playing games and taking part in an interactive workshop, these...

Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, a virtual meeting of SavaParks Network members was held in the run-up to Christmas holidays. Network members representatives met for a two-day meeting held on 7 and 8 December 2020. The topics of the...

As a part of the Sava TIES project, three awareness raising events on invasive alien species were held in Croatia and Serbia in September and October. Two events were organized at Lonjsko polje Nature Park (Croatia) and one in Serbia (Special...

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...

Despite the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, Sava TIES project partners and members of the SavaParks Network will gather virtually at the 6th Steering Committee meeting on 5th and 6th October 2020. The participants will talk about the...

The theme of this year's conference was “The Human Role in Biological Invasions - a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?“. Twenty years ago, the first NEOBIOTA Conference has been organized. During this period, our comprehension of alien species is...

Ragweed is an annual herbaceous plant that grows from 20 to more than 150 cm in height. Its root is shallow and branched, and the stem is erect and quadrangular with hairs which are rough to the touch. The 5 to 10 cm long and deeply feathered...

Ailanthus altissima, commonly known as tree of heaven, ailanthus or varnish tree is tree with odd-pinnately compound leaves. It is native to northern and central China where it is used in traditional medicine. It is also a host tree to one of...

As the nature awakens and the germination and leafing of plants is beginning, field activities within the Sava TIES project begin as well. During the last and until the end of this year, in seven pilot sites located within protected areas in...

The Sava River Day is celebrated on June 1 in four countries in the basin of one of the most interesting and complex European rivers, the Sava River: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Celebration of this day has the aim of...

Members of the SavaParks Network gathered for a three-day virtual meeting from 25 to 27 May 2020 and demonstrated yet again how joint efforts lead to a stronger network. This meeting of the member organizations' representatives is an activity of...

False Indigo Bush (Amorph fruticosa) grows as a glandular, thornless shrub that can reach 4 to 5 meters in height and spread to twice that in width. It originates from the central and eastern parts of North America where it grows in rare...

Despite the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, about 20 members of the SavaParks Network, from 13 different institutions and 5 countries, held a regional workshop and a meeting of all Network members using the virtual platform. In...