»Neretva Science Week« revisited – maintaining momentum on a conservation mission from river to catchment in the Upper Neretva River valley, Bosnia and HerzegovinaSinger, Gabriel (Avtor) Di Batista Borko, Špela (Avtor) Habe, Manuela (Avtor) Zagmajster, Maja (Avtor) Čelebičić, Mirza (Avtor) Topić, Vladimir (Avtor) Ivanić, Jelena (Avtor) Eichelmann, Ulrich (Avtor) Blue Heart of EuropeScientists for Balkan Rivershydropowerbiodiversity conservationscientific advocacypublic outreachenvironmental protectionThe Blue Heart of Europe campaign keeps publishing updates about the development of hydropower projects on the Balkan peninsula. It is one thing to see a map of thousands of threats to hundreds of rivers, but it is another thing to actually witness when one river gets lost before your eyes. In an act of stubbornness and unbroken optimism, despite ongoing construction of hydropower infrastructure for Ulog and Upper Horizon projects, the Blue Heart of Europe´s Scientists for Balkan Rivers Network once more organised a Science Week at the Neretva River. Between 30 May and 7 June 2023 almost 70 scientists and students from 17 countries and a once more diversified array of scientific disciplines joined forces to expand our knowledge on the biodiversity of the Neretva River catchment. Our mission was to document the biodiversity of the river, its hidden tributaries, underground rivers, mountain springs and the terrestrial valley sides. The 11 contributions published in this second special issue of Natura Sloveniae dedicated to the Neretva demonstrate once again the extraordinary biodiversity residing in this remote part of Europe. The many documented species encourage us to keep fighting for this exceptional natural heritage in spite of all difficulties.20252026-03-15 10:10:18Članek v reviji180717UDK: 556ISSN pri članku: 1854-3081DOI: 10.14720/ns.25688COBISS_ID: 266727683sl