Controversial 100m hydropower project likely to lose funding after Bern conference warns of ‘decisive negative impact’ on the critically endangered lynx A controversial €100m (£71m) dam project in a Macedonian national park is expected to be scrapped after independent experts called for a halt to all funding and construction work because of risks to critically endangered species,including the Balkan lynx. A Bern conference mission to the Mavrovo national park reported that the planned hydropower dam there was “not compatible” with protection of the park’s status, ecosystems or species.
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Source: theguardian.com