Lecture “Youth helping nature” presented by an expert of Forest Research Institute – BAS under the project “FOREST”, program INTERREG-IPA CBC Bulgaria – Serbia 2014-2020

On May 10, 2023 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Plamen Glogov from the Forest Research Institute – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences presented a lecture on the topic “Youth helping nature” in “Dobri Chintulov-1935” Community Centre. The lecture is a continuation of the activities implemented under the project “For everyone saved a tree” (FOREST) carried out in the period 2019-2021. The project is co-financed by the European Union through the Cross-Border Cooperation Program Interreg-IPA Bulgaria – Serbia 2014-2020. The purpose of the lecture was to familiarize the local community and in particular the youth with the following topics:

  • Implementation of a Long-term strategy for engaging young people in the implementation of activities related to nature protection.
  • Demonstration of the Joint Database (for free uploading by young nature lovers of materials (photos, etc.) of plants, animals, fungi and habitats) created under the FOREST project.

This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union through the Interreg-IPA CBC Bulgaria-Serbia Programme, CCI No 2014TC16I5CB007. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Forest Research Institute – BAS and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the Managing Authority of the Programme.

Conference

The Final Conference and Training Workshop was held on 21-22.05.2022 in Hotel Terra Complex – Razlog under the Project “Capacity Building for the Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services by Local Communities in Mountain Regions” (CAPLOCOM)

Project is funded by: Interreg – IPA CBC 2014-2020, between R. Bulgaria and R. N. Macedonia, contract number: RD-02-29-68/05.03.2021

Leading Partner: Local Agency for Economic Development, Razlog

Partners: Ecological Society Zdravec 2002, Makedonska Kamenica and Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 

Seminar CAPLOCOM

In the period 4-5 August 2021 in implementation of the project “Capacity building on sustainable utilization of ecosystem services by local communities in mountain regions – CAPLOCOM” CCI No. 2014TC16I5CB006 and Contract № РД-02-29-68 / 05.03.2021, implemented under CBC Interreg Program – IPA between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, researchers from the Forest Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences visited Delchevo town and took part in a training seminar, discussing the scientific and practical progress in the assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in the cross-border region of Osogovo.