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CARE-MEDIFLORA at the 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week

11 November 2016

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The CARE-MEDIFLORA project team actively participated in the 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, Ulcinj, Montenegro, 24-29 October 2016.
Our project team made the following presentations during the "Capacity building and consultation session 3: From ex-situ to in-situ conservation" on 24/10/16:
Innovative perspectives of the Sardinian Germplasm Bank (BG-SAR) for the preservation of the Mediterranean plant diversity. Gianluigi Bacchetta, Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity, University of Cagliari.
Results and lessons learned from the international cooperation among Mediterranean plant conservation centres. Panagiota Gotsiou, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania – MAICh.
Ex situ and in situ conservation activities on threatened plants in Sardinia. Giuseppe Fenu, University Sapienza, Rome.
CARE-MEDIFLORA was extensively presented on 26/10/2016, Session 1 "Integrating wild plants information for site management and conservation": The project CAREMEDIFLORA: conservation actions for rare and endangered island mediterranean flora. Gianluigi Bacchetta, University of Cagliari.
It was an important event for those working on plant conservation issues in the Mediterranean. We had the opportunity to learn new things on the progress of plant conservation in Mediterranean EU and non EU countries (Maghreb and Middle East), exchange knowledge and make contacts with participants involved in other related projects and initiatives. 

Find out more about the 1st Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week, photos and all presentations here.

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Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC) Sóller Botanical Garden Foundation, Balearic Islands Office of the Environment of Corsica - National Botanical Academy of Corsica Hortus Botanicus Karalitanus, Sardinia University of Catania, Sicily Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete Agricultural Research Institute, Cyprus Department of Forests, Cyprus