Report from the International River Watch Camp in Belarus
CCB • July 30, 2008
Between July 30 – August 5 2008, an International River Watch Camp was organised by ARB BirdLife (Belarus) and Friends of the Baltic (Russia) at the Vileiskoye lake (basin of Western Dvina) in Belarus.
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