Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             Stop Carping On 18 Jun 07 - Sloweb Rumanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu announced last Friday that, in an attempt to protect the natural environment in the Danube delta, his government intends to ban commercial fishing there. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and ‘Reservation of the Biosphere’ since 1991, the delta is one of Europe's most biodiverse regions, home to many endangered species and an important resting place for migratory birds. This magnificent wetland shelters over 300 species of birds and numerous fish, from royal sturgeon to carp and perch. Its 1,150 botanic species range from sinuous lianas to water lilies Threatened by pollution, poaching and overfishing (fishing licenses proliferate as a result of corruption at every level), the region is one of the poorest areas in Romania. Its population of only 15,000, many of whom live in villages of rudimentary reed huts, make their living from fishing, livestock breeding, and reed harvesting. The Romanian government is now striving to shirk off the country’s traditionally poor environmental record to promote tourism in the area, where bird-watching and fishing trips are potentially major attractions. Speaking at a news conference in the fishing village of Somova, Tariceanu said that, ‘We want to take radical measures. I hope next year at the latest we will ban all fishing outside of tourism and competitions … Commercial fishing endangers the biological balance. In three to five years, the area's local fishermen will not be able to catch anything’. Source: Stirilocale www.stirilocale.ro Government of Romania www.gov.ro/engleza   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     United States - 01 Sep 10     Eataly in New York     The philosophy and campaigns promoted by Slow Food over the past twenty years to strengthen regional, tasty and sustainable food, and reconnect consumers with the origin of their food, have...           News archive     Brazil - 17 Aug 10     Gastromotiva     Terra Madre chef and Slow Food convivium empower disadvantaged youth to enter culinary careers ...     Russia - 16 Aug 10     Biodiversity Hangs in the Balance     Slow Food joins the protest against destruction of Europe’s largest repository of rare fruit ...     United Kingdom - 13 Aug 10     Food Justice     Slow Food UK praises social justice report’s call for action ...     Philippines - 10 Aug 10     Against the Grain     The Indigenous Taguibong people in the Philippines continue to practice the traditional rice threshing and milling methods of their ancestors ...     Georgia - 05 Aug 10     Meeting in the Birthplace of the Vine     First Terra Madre Georgia held with a focus on wine and small producers ...     Italy - 03 Aug 10     Strengthening the Indigenous Voice     Slow Food enters into a partnership to advocate for indigenous groups around the world ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab