The conference was organised in the frame of the Carpathian Wetland Initiative (CWI) and UNDP/GEF Project “Conservation, Restoration and Wise Use of Rich Fens in the Slovak Republic”. The project is aimed at the conservation of Carpathian peatland biodiversity, with a focus on alkaline fens, a unique mire habitat. Project is implemented by DAPHNE – Institute of Applied Ecology in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. Partner of the project is the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, which is coordinating the Carpathian Wetland Initiative (CWI) in the framework of the Ramsar Convention.
