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  • Testing Action Held in Dunaújváros

    On Wednesday, a testing action took place in Dunaújváros under the framework of the Bidovercity URBACT project. As part of this initiative, we held educational sessions for two kindergartens, focusing

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    BiodiverCity Peer Learning Event: Poljčane combined nature and urban solutions!

    We spent a fantastic two days in Poljčane for the BiodiverCity Peer Learning Event, where cities and experts together explored how nature-based solutions can be applied to fight. 

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    Get to know Ireland’s first Natural Play Area!

    Within the 3rd Core Network Meeting, the BiodiverCity partnership tested Limerick’s first Natural Play Area, which opened in 2022 at the Castletroy Urban Greenway, within the Go Green Routes Horizon

  • From a comprehensive blue and green infrastructure strategy to action plans supporting urban biodiversity specifically

    BiodiverCity case study inspired by Limerick (Ireland)

    Limerick, the Green Leaf City 

    Preparing for the 2020 Green Leaf Award (the city’s commitment to better environmental outcomes was awarded by the

  • First intergenerational BiodiverCity festival

    The first intergenerational BiodiverCity festival in Poljcane was organised on 6 th June 2024 together with the local elderly association, kindergarten and primary school. The location of the festival

  • Meet Sinead Mc Donnell, one of Ireland's Local Authority Biodiversity Officers!

    Urban biodiversity as a category refers to the variety of living organisms as well as the multiplicity of habitats in and around dense human settlements. The conservation work to mitigate biodiversity

  • International Biodiversity Day Celebrated in Sarajevo: Interactive Lecture, Planting, and Intergenerational Gathering

    Sarajevo, May 22, 2024 – As part of the Urbact program and the "BiodiverCity" project, sponsored by the European Union, the City of Sarajevo organized the celebration of International Biodiversity Day

  • The bird-watching station

    The bird-watching station 🐦 with an experiential platform is an educational and pedagogical structure along the Dravinja Learning Path, which is part of the Municipality of Poljčane's vision towards

  • Innovative tools and methods to foster sustainable and biodiverse maintenance of public green areas

    Increasing the size and improving the quality of urban green spaces is an utmost priority of all European cities in the shadow of the ecological crisis. This is also required by the EU Biodiversity