On the occasion of the World Environment Day, 5 June, an attractive exhibition titled “Cooperation FOR NATURA” was opened today in the Multimedia MAK Centre in the Sarajevo Library.
The exhibition is hosted by the PI Sarajevo Library and it is part of the project “Support to the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in Bosnia and Herzegovina” funded by the SIDA and managed by the Delegation of the European Union to BiH. It will be open for visitors every weekday from 08:00 to 18:00 hrs until 19 June 2014.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks among the European countries with the highest level of biodiversity. In support of such an assessment, there is a description of a great number of endemic species, and the fact that a significant number of endangered and rare species have conditions for survival in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the Project, more than 200 species and 60 habitats have been recorded from the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. The exhibition “Cooperation FOR NATURA” presents a collection of species and habitats of potential areas of the Natura 2000 network in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Various international and domestic experts and photographers contributed to the exhibition. The diversity of flora, fauna and the different types of habitat is shown in one place, and in a specially designed interactive booth, all visitors can test their knowledge about the nature of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also have a good time with their children.
The exhibition was opened by welcome remarks by the Project Coordinator Nermina Skejović- Hurić from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by the speeches of Martin Schieder, Head of Operation Section for Economic Development, Natural Resources and Infrastructure at the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina, representative of theEmbassy of Sweden, Alma Sarajlić, Director of the PI Sarajevo Library, Aleksander Golob, Team Leader of the Project
The guests, media and numerous experts and photographers, which were involved in the creation of the exhibition, attended the opening. Associations, partners in the exhibition “Naše ptice” from Sarajevo and „Društvo za istraživanje i zaštitu biodiverziteta“ from Banja Luka have significantly contributed to the content of this event. Design and production of the exhibition are performed by ART7.
About the ecological Natura 2000 network
Natura 2000 is the core of the EU’s nature and biodiversity conservation. Two powerful European regulations form the basis of the EU policy, as a response to this commitment founded solely on a scientific basis – the Birds Directive and Habitats Directive. The aim of the Network is to ensure the long-term survival of the most important animals and plants of Europe, as well as their environmental surroundings in all Member States. NATURA 2000 Network allows activities with special care for nature – through sustainable management, both environmentally and economically.
The Natura 2000 network is a scientifically based process of nature conservation, which is enforceable and covers the needs of society.
The exhibition “Cooperation FOR NATURA” will be available for viewing in the Multimedia MAK Centre in the Sarajevo Library, located on Ailipašina 6, from 6 to 19 June 2014, every weekday from 08:00 to 18:00 hrs.
See more at www.natura2000.ba
