AFP: Five central European countries signed an accord to launch a cross-border nature reserve in an area known as Europe's Amazon at a meeting of environmental ministers that ended Saturday.
The declaration signed by Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia paves the way for the creation of the world?s first five-country protected area, international environmental group WWF said, hailing the accord.
It will be "a first in the region and the first created by five countries," added Hungary's......
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Five countries sign for ‘European Amazon’ reserve
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 26th, 2011
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