Save Sinjajevina’s nature and local communities!

Sinjajevina is the Balkans’ biggest mountain grassland. It is home to more than 22,000 people and its pastures are used and managed communally by eight different Montenegrin tribes. The Sinjajevina-Durmitor mountain range is part of a natural park and is bordered by two UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Nature and local communities in danger
But now the environment and the livelihoods of those traditional communities are in imminent danger: the Montenegrin government, supported by important NATO allies, established a military training ground in the very heart of these community lands. The government also halted a planned regional park for the protection of nature and culture, severely threatening its unique ecosystems and local communities.

European Union must stand with Sinjajevina
With this petition, we ask the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, the Primer Minister of Montenegro and the Minister of the Defense of Montenegro to:

• ensure the removal of the military training ground in Sinjajevina in a legally binding manner, and
• create a protected area in Sinjajevina co-designed and co-governed by local communities contributing to promote their sustainable livelihoods.

Saving Sinjajevina is a #MissionPossible.

Sign the petition now.

More information:

* Read stories of Gara and Vanja, the protectors of Sinjajevina
* Learn more about Save Sinjajevina on their website or Facebook page
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