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     Italy - 05 Feb 10     Pasta Madre     Farmers, academics, researchers, and members of the public will gather in Bologna this weekend as the city becomes host to Pasta Madre, Slow Food's two-day event focusing on bread, pasta...           News archive     France - 04 Feb 10     Europe Edges Towards Bluefin Ban     France announces their support for trade ban on blufin tune caught in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. ...     China - 03 Feb 10     China Considers Dog and Cat Meat Ban     Defenders of traditional cuisine and animal rights activists battle over potential ban on eating dog and cat meat in China ...     Paraguay - 01 Feb 10     Greenwashing for Beef Land     A Brazilian cattle-ranching company has been exposed for illegally bulldozing land belonging to a native tribe in Paraguay ...     Turkey - 29 Jan 10     First Slow Cities in Turkey and USA     New Slow Cities on the Californian and Ageana Coastlines ...     United States - 28 Jan 10     Freedom Food     Prisons launch grow-your-own schemes for inmates ...     Australia - 26 Jan 10     Slow Australians Awarded     Second-longest Australian Slow Food member named a Australian of the Year 2010 ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab