We organized a night hike and narrow gauge railway ride on 5th and 6th July 2014. The 32 participants visited Lake Balata and watched the sunset, then on the way back they could show their courage by tackling different tasks in the dark.

  

Employees of a Hungarian chain of stores visited the main areas of the KASZÓ-LIFE project on a company excursion held on 16th June 2014. The participants spent the morning by Lake Kűvölgyi and in the afternoon they hiked to Lake Baláta with a guide. They were interested in listening to the presentation on the lake and asked questions about it. As closing of the day of hiking they went through the recently inaugurated Dr. Marián Miklós Promenade and were able to take an overhead view of the swamp from a lookout tower.

KASZÓ Forestry Co. was awarded a Nádasdy Ferenc Commemorative Plaque by the Hungarian National Hunting Association on 31st May 2014. The company was honoured for its successful work in the field of the development of Hungarian game management and hunting, the protection of natural treasures, preservation of the reputation of the profession.

You can see more details following these links:

http://www.kaszort.hu/erdogazdasag/grof-nadasdy-ferenc-emlekplakett

http://huntingpress.eu/magazin/somogyi_vadaszunnep_boszenfan

 

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, an afternoon forest walk was organized for the teaching-staff of a school from Kaposvár on 30th May 2014. The route went along the project area, the destination was Lake Kűvölgyi where our guide spoke about the activities that would be carried out in our LIFE project and also about their future benefits.

On 28th May 2014, KASZÓ Forestry Co. was awarded the certificate of a Family Friendly Workplace by the Ministry of Human Resources. There were 300 applications submitted to the call for proposals and only 43 of them were considered to be worthy of the above mentioned title, and among them was KASZÓ Forestry Co.

KASZÓ Forestry Co. decided to spend the grant on joint programmes for the employees and their families. In the frame of the project, a one week summer camp for the employees’ children will be financed, in order to help the parents in looking after their children during the summer holiday. At the camp children can learn about the environment their parents or relatives work in, so at the Lake Kűvölgyi the elements of our LIFE project will also be presented.

A part of the above mentioned project was the Forester-Hunter Family Day when staff and their families took the narrow-gauged railway to Lake Baláta and were informed about the visited project venue.

A professional discussion was held with the students attending nature conservation engineering courses of University of West on 29th May 2014. Not only Hungarians but also students from the universities of Göttingen and Lüneburg were among the visitors. The discussions were held in the project area, at Lakes Kűvölgy, the area of one of the conservation actions of project KASZÓ-LIFE. The interventions proposed in the project were introduced to the participants.