Protection of Emys orbicularis and amphibians in the North European lowlands (LIFE05NAT/LT/000094)

Protection of Emys orbicularis and amphibians in the North European lowlands
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Final International Seminar - 2009-11-02

Project "Protection of Emys orbicularis and amphibians in the North European lowlands" LIFE05NAT/LT/000094 final international seminar was organized on 26 – 28, October 2009 in Olsztynek, Poland and Meteliai, Lithuania. All project partners, experts, high post officials of Olsztyn forest enterprise and also guests from Slovenia, Croatia, Spain, Norway, and Ukraine were participated in the seminar. Participants prepared about twenty relevant topic presentations about ecology, monitoring of European Pond turtle and amphibians, monitoring, favourable conservation status, rearing, population structures, results of pond analysis, education and also habitat management in each project’s country. Seminar guests presented situation and problems in theirs countries and shared interesting experience. Participants had excursions to Puszcza Napiwodzko-Ramucka, Puszcza Piska dams in Poland also excursion to Lithuania project sites: Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve and Meteliai Regional Park – (Juodabale Herpetological Reserve).

final seminar