HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

As the holiday season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and those who have contributed to the ECO KARST project. We hope that 2017 has been just as memorable for you, your colleagues and your loved ones! We look forward to working with you in the years to come.

ECO KARST FIRST PROJECT YEAR IN REVIEW AND LOOK AHEAD

As 2017 is coming to an end, we at the ECO KARST project are summarizing our first achievements and reflecting on past events. The project implementation officially started on January 1, 2017. Our starting point was Ljubljana in Slovenia, where we launched the project in March, 2017. As expected, on this occasion we presented the ECO KARST project and other related EU-funded projects to major stakeholders and general public. 

In between the regular ECO KARST activities, our pilot area Kalkalpen National Park celebrated their 20th anniversary in a unique way: 5.400 hectares of Kalkalpen National Park were declared as a UNESCO world heritage, becoming the first and only Austrian world natural heritage!

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the first training for representatives of park administrations held in samobor, croatia

A training on Identification of ecosystem types, ecosystem services and stakeholder mapping and analysis was organized from 13 to 16 November, 2017 in Samobor, Croatia. This was the first of total 4 planned trainings organized within the ECO KARST project, all with the aim to build capacities of the ECO KARST partners to improve their cooperation with diverse statakeholders in our 7 pilot areas and expand their networking.

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study visit tour to kalkalpen national park, austria

In September, 2017 around 60 participants from 9 different countries visited the Kalkalpen National Park in Austria. This was an opportunity for all partners to meet again as well as to learn more about the management and biodiversity of the National Park region. Further, this trip involved over 20 local entrepreneurs from all pilot areas to show and inspire them about diverse types of pro-biodiversity businesses.

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a succesful kick-off meeting in ljubljana, slovenia

The ECO KARST project - Ecosystem services of karst protected areas – driving force of local sustainable development in the Danube Region – was officially launched at the three-day Kick-off event from 8-10th March 2017 in Ljubljana. The meeting took place at M-hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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CHECK OUT OUR PHOTO GALLERIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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