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Take a ride with us on Ljubljanica

Details: Category: News; Created on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 08:38

In the framework of Aquaviva project Lutra Institute will celebrate World Water Day on a boat trip on Ljubljanica. This year's theme of World Water Day is "The world is thirsty because we are hungry". United Nations are warning us on a large use of water in the process of food production. Excessive use of water is one of the threats of freshwater biodiversity, which is the subject of LIFE+ project AQUAVIVA: Live water - from biodiversity to the tap. The aim of this communication project is to raise awareness on this topic.

There are still some free spaces on the boat that wit a bit of luck can be taken by you. Your task is simple. All you have to do is visit AQUAVIVA facebook profile and answer to prize question. From correct answers we will choose 5 people by lot that will join us on a boat trip on 22^nd March 2012 at 12 pm.

World Wetland Day 2012

Details: Category: Reports of events; Created on Friday, 02 March 2012 12:37

WWD2012 lutra Also in 2012 we continue with promotion of the project in primary schools. Therefore we celebrated World Wetland Day 2012 together with 9 pupils from primary school Trnovo. During our workshop pupils created their own little wetlands and learned on them their functions and threats. Additionally they got to know rich biodiversity of wetlands, especially the otter as umbrella species in freshwater ecosystems.