After two years, so much has passed since the last conference in Slavonice (Czech Republic), we gathered again in Koli National Park (Finland), in the north of Europe. The purpose of the conference was also to visit Fennoscandian Green Belt of Europe between Norway, Finland and the Russian Federation. The hosts presented us projects that have been or are still being implemented in Fennoscandian Green Belt. They also presented the...
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2nd Nyéléni Europe Forum for Food Sovereignty took place from 26th – 30th October 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The biggest European Forum for Food Sovereignty was held in the Expo Transylvania, which was just big enough for such a meeting. A major accomplishment of this forum was the convergence of Eastern European and Central Asian organisations with their Western European counterparts. There was 1,000 participants on the forum from...
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Green Resilient Maribor Are you a socially responsible individual who has ideas on how to tackle challenges in Maribor? Climathon brings together the challenges of the world’s cities with the people who have the passion and ability to solve them. The Challenge City sets up local climate change challenge reflecting their local urban challenges in areas including: Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Housing, Water Use, Waste Removal, City...
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2nd Nyéléni Europe Forum for Food Sovereignty will take place from 26th – 30th October 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Up to 1,000 people from 42 countries – small-scale farmers, fishers, pastoralists, consumers, urban gardeners, indigenous peoples, researchers, agricultural workers, environmentalists, human rights defenders and trade unionists – will converge from all over Europe, for a series of workshops and discussions on how to...
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Procurator and consultant Klemen Bizjak has organized and led the first familiarization meeting between representatives of the municipalities of Lovrenc na Pohorju and St. Margarethen an der Raab in neighboring Styria, between the mayor Joško Manfreda and the mayor Johann Glettler. The meeting was held in a festive atmosphere on the municipal holiday Margarether Kirtag and successfully concluded with the decision on further bilateral...
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To preserve biodiversity worldwide and in Europe it is crucial to work together with land users to conserve cultural landscapes for its value of nature on the one side and on the other to find ways that land users can have an affordable income and high quality of life. The German Association for Landscape management – Deutsche Verband für Landschaftspflege (DVL) work in this field together with its local Landcare Associations...
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