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The Minister of Environmental Protection, Sara Pavkov, today visited the ecological revitalization works in the protected area of the Gradac River gorge, one of Serbias most valuable natural jewels. The project, part of the call EU for the Green Agenda in Serbia: Protection and Investment in Biodiversity and Water to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change, is being implemented by the Public Water Management Company Srbija vode with financial support from the Government of Sweden. In the protected area of the Gradac River gorge, we have demonstrated how water management and environmental protection work for the future. We visited the works within the project, which is funded by the European Union as part of the Green Agenda, supported and implemented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. It is very significant that today it was shown on site how indigenous species, or natural resources found within protected areas, such as natural materials, willows, which will eventually take root and grow into trees for slope stabilization, can be used for anti-erosion works and thus prevent erosion in the future, without any artificial materials, without concrete and without gravel, said Pavkov. The Minister emphasized that she is proud that the company Srbija vode, together with the city of Valjevo, UNDP, and representatives of the European Union, supported such an important project. The protected area, which is a gem of this part of Serbia, possesses not only 70 caves but also established, valorized new protected and strictly protected species that are included in the new Study of the Gradac River gorge, which we hope to adopt soon. Therefore, we send a message from Valjevo: Serbia knows what nature-based solutions mean and knows how to apply them. We do all this not just to enjoy this protected area but to leave it for future generations, said Pavkov.
