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

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...

Within the Sava TIES project lectures on invasive alien species were held in primary schools “Filip Višnjić” in Jamena and Morović (Srijem) during February 2020. During Biology classes, students were introduced to invasive alien species and...

In the facilities of the Natural – Mathematic Faculty of the Sarajevo University, on February 18, 2020 was held first workshop within the project “Determining the presence and mapping of the distribution of invasive species in the protected areas...

Educational events were held in Elementary School Sveta Nedelja and A.G. Matos High School in Samobor on 7 and 27 February 2020, marking the World Wetlands Day. The aim of these events was to raise awareness about the importance of preservation...

Giant hogweed (H.  mantegazzianum) is one of the most aggressive invasive plant species in Europe and North America. It has spread rapidly in many European countries after introduction as an ornamental plant from its native area in Caucasus. The...

Dear reader, We wish you Merry Christmas & Happy New Year without invasive species in our impressive Sava River Basin! Your Sava TIES team

The SavaParks members met in the Triglav National Park, Slovenia, for their 9th SavaParks network meeting. Triglav National Park is named after and surrounds the highest mountain of Slovenia, Triglav mountain (2864m). Here you can find one of the...