The 5-year project, which runs from October 2022 to September 2027, is financed by the European LIFE fund. The leading partner of the project is WWF Italy, and 7 Italian and 2 Slovenian partners participate in the project (in addition to the KPSS, the KP Ljubljansko barje).
The project is aimed at the conservation and repopulation of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) by implementing activities aimed at improving the natural habitats of the European pond turtle and by removing invasive non-native species from nature and raising public awareness.
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03.05.2024
In April, work continued in the Rudnik-Korea area to restore the site and improve habitat conditions for the conservation of the European Pond Turtle. The work is being carried out within the framework of the LIFE URCA Projekt.
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26.04.2024
Yesterday, as part of the LIFE URCA PROEMYS project, we held a research workshop for children.
During the workshop, we researched the bog turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Sečovlje Saline Landscape Park. The workshop was attended by pupils from the 4th C class of Lucija Primary School.
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15.04.2024
Yesterday, under the watchful eye of LIFE monitor Noemi Spagnoletti, the three-day monitoring visit of the LIFE URCA PROEMYS project ended in the Ljubljannsko barje.
The meeting was also attended by all project partners.
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07.01.2024
In the period 2002-2023, 826,862 visitors came to the KPSS.
In 2023, we received 48,081 visitors, which is 2,651 fewer than the previous year. The majority of visitors (42,837) visited the Lera area. The Fontanigge area received 5,244 visitors.
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01.12.2023
28.11.2023 A two-day meeting of representatives of the Municipality of Ulcinj, the Montenegrin Ministry of Tourism, Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Development, and representatives of good practices in protected areas and salt pans management has started.
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February each year is World Wetlands Day, the Convention's annual campaign day.
2014 is the UN International Year of Family Farming – so the Ramsar Convention chose Wetlands & Agriculture as the World Wetlands Day theme for 2014. And what a great theme for Ramsar, given that wetlands are so often intimately linked with agriculture. Our slogan? Wetlands and Agriculture: Partners for Growth, placing a focus on the need for the wetland and agricultural sectors (and the water sector too of course) to work together for the best shared outcomes.
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