ECO KARST Ecosystem services of karst protected areas – driving force of local sustainable development

We are thrilled to inform you that ECO KARST project has been nominated as a finalist of the European Natura 2000 Award! In this 5th edition, 27 projects were selected as finalists and the high-level Jury is now considering the short list. Five...

ECO KARST project has come to the successful ending and the Final conference was held in Postojna, Slovenia. Around 100 project partners, experts, academia, government officials, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders from 10 different countries...

Activities in protected natural areas can only be successful if the people living there find the opportunity for improving their lives while respecting the law of nature. In protected areas, certain activities are limited by nature conservation...

As ECO KARST project is coming to an end, a press conference and PBB award ceremony was held in Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature park. The event was a part of the whole-day programme organized to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the...

Between April and May 2019 the Apuseni Natural Park Administration organized a competition within the ECO KARST project, whose purpose was to identify local businesses that correspond to the Pro Biodiversity model. To participate in this contest,...

Strengthening awareness of biodiversity conservation is a major concern of the Kalkalpen National Park. Within the ECO KARSTS project, four Pro Biodiversity companies were awarded for the highest contribution to the sustainable development of the...

As touristic attractiveness had been identified as the most promising eco system service (ESS) in the Kalkalpen National Park if one focuses on Pro-Biodiversity-Businesses it has been decided to do a workshop on this topic. The meeting...

On April 27, 2019, in Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature park, a Green Entrepreneurship Training was held within the ECO KARST project. A total of 12 people attended the training, which consisted of a full-day lecture with the aim of educating the...

On April 25, 2019, Green Entrepreneurship Training was held in Eger, Hungary. 36 stakeholders were invited into the event, who actively participated in the former ECO KARST events (esp. Stakeholder’s Workshop 1-3). Altogether with the trainers...

On April 12, 2019, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vârtop, Apuseni Nature Park Administration has held the third stakeholder meeting within the framework of the Eco Karst project. At the meeting there were 42 stakeholders present, representing local...

On April 25, 2018, a PBB Award Ceremony was organized by the Cantonal Public Institution for Protected Natural Areas Sarajevo and Center for Energy, Environment and Resources - CENER 21 in Bijambare Protected Landscape. The Minister of Spatial...

Nature Protection Day, April 11 was celebrated in Tara National Park by awarding business ideas that will contribute to nature protection and enable sustainable use of natural resources at the same time. To live in the area of the National park,...

On April 10, 2019 a third workshop named Pro Biodiversity Business ideas development and potential financial resources was held in Tara National Park, Serbia.  The workshop was an ideal opportunity to present results achieved so far on the...

On April 10, 2019, a third workshop named Presentation of the Action plan with the aim of overview and improvements of suggested activities for ecosystem conservation was held in the Eco Centre Slani Dol, Žumberak-Samoborsko gorje Nature Park,...

The second training Development of Pro Biodiversity business ideas for entrepreneurs was held on April 8, 2019 in Ajdinovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training was organized by the Dinaric Arc Parks and attended by 8 entrepreneurs,...

The first training Pro Biodiversity Business plan development for the future entrepreneurs in the wider area of Bijambare Protected Landscape (PL) was held on February 7, 2019 in Ajdinovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training was organized by...

Bukk National Park (BNPD) organised the third workshop of EcoKarst project on February 27, 2019, in Eger. The main objective of the workshop was to continue the mutual conversation with the stakeholders in order to set concrete goals into the...

Rural tourism with a social note, grandfather's farm with a mill processing of cereals and six members of the family devoted to sustainable farming. This is the winning combination of this year's PBB Award organized in Notranjska Regional Park...

The Fifth ECO KARST Steering Committee meeting was held from 4th to 7th March 2019 in Sarajevo. The event was attended by all project partners from 7 different countries. The meeting was organized jointly by the Cantonal Public Institution for...

On November 21, 2018, Kalkalpen National park gathered their stakeholders for the second time around the topic of sustainable development and nature protection in Kalkalpen National park. The Mayor of Steinbach, representative of the Chamber...