Biodiversity Picnic in Macedonia

The biodiversity Picnic in Macedonia was organized by MAKMONTANA - UNEP National Committee of the Republic of Macedonia in co-operation with the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. The biodiversity picnic took place on June 11; in the garden of "Oreov Lad" national restaurant near Skopje. Luckily, participants could enjoy the sunny and warm weather. Among 35 participants there were representatives from ministries, local governmental bodies, international organizations, NGOs, the academic sector as well as from the media.

Participants could get an insight about the threats the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) can pose to the natural environment, and were informed about the Convention on Biological Diversity, the EMERALD network, as well as about the Natura 2000 Network. Then all participants were invited to enjoy the traditional food and to have open discussion. At the end of the informal get-together guests concluded that inter-sectoral cooperation with wide involvement of professions with different background as well as public/private involvement should be reached in order to conserve biodiversity effectively.

The event was realised with the support of CEEweb and UNEP Regional Office for Europe.

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