Within the framework of the project Support for Nature Protected Areas in Ukraine, organizational and financial support was provided for the events on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, which took place in Rakhiv on 23-25 October 2018.

Several events were organized during those days, in particular, the meeting of the National Steering Committee of the Ukrainian part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ” Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”, a scientific conference “Problems of Preservation of Mountain Ecosystems and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources of the Carpathians”, an excursion around the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and others.

At the end of the 50th-anniversary celebration, a roundtable discussion was held on the issues of deepening of the CBR cross-border cooperation.

The resolution of the international scientific and practical conference can be found here: http://cbr.nature.org.ua/conf2018/res_conf_2018_en.pdf.