The Science for the Carpathians (S4C) organized an international conference 1st Forum Carpaticum in Kraków, Poland on 15th -17th September 2010. The main topic of the conference was „ Towards Sustainability through Nature and Society Integration“. The participants were scientists, specialists, policy- and decision-makers working on, or interested in the sustainable development of the Carpathian region. The conference was aimed at a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines from natural and social sciences, as well as practical knowledge in order to integrate different fields of expertise to generate value for the Carpathian mountain region.
It was agreed that there is a weak cooperation within Carpathians in this regard, which shows also at sub-regional level (e.g. trilateral Biosphere Reserve East Carpathians).
Coordinator of CWI presented a CWI poster and some participants expressed an interest in further communication and cooperation. There were presentations that discussed water and wetland ecosystems and these could be used in further work, including methodology approaches.
Next Forum Carpaticum will be organized by the Institute of Applied Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra. It will be held in Stará Lesná, Slovakia at the end of May and beginning of June 2012.
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