Monday, 18 July 2016 New international LIFE project of the Department of biodiversity at UP FAMNIT

Department of biodiversity at UP FAMNIT received support for the project »Euroturtle – Collective actions for improving the conservation status of the EU sea turtle populations«. LIFE programme of the European Union supported the project developed jointly with partners from Croatia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta with 5 million Euros.   

The project aims to comprehensively protect the European populations of loggerhead sea turtles through a combination of coordinated protective measures and joining main reproduction and feeding habitats within the EU. The project also includes development of new scientific methods and alternative tools for monitoring and protection of populations, especially in marine habitats. The later task will be the main responsibility of our interdisciplinary team of experts led by assist. prof. Bojan Lazar, PhD.

Department of Biodiversity at UP FAMNIT, UP IAM and Department of Applied Natural Sciences at UP FAMNIT participate in the project. 

We congratulate the whole project team and we wish them a lot of success in their research work!