Macedonia dam faces the axe over risk of Balkan lynx extinction

Controversial a100m hydropower project likely to lose funding after Bern Convention warns of 'decisive negative impact' on the critically endangered lynx

A controversial a100m (71m) dam project in a Macedonian national park is expected to be scrapped after independent experts called for a halt to all funding and construction work because of risks to critically endangered species, including the Balkan lynx.

A Bern Convention mission to the Mavrovo national park reported that the planned hydropower dam there was "not compatible" with protection of the park's status, ecosystems or species.