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The Multifunctional Eco-touristic Visitor Centre in Kaszó was the venue of the second training of the personnel of KASZÓ Zrt. on 21st March 2014. The main focus of the training was the nature protection issues to be considered during the on-site works (i.e. elimination of invasives). The training was performed by the experts of NAIK-ERTI.
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Our project was introduced in the TV magazine called Hazai Vadász (Home Hunter) presented by ECHO Television. The series was on air at 11:00 o’clock on 5th January 2014 and summarised the information gained in the press conference. Mr Mihály Szász, the deputy managing director of Kaszó was interviewed on the aims and objectives and expected results of the project. Some slides of the presentations at the press conference were also broadcasted. The link to the 5th January 2014 episode of Hazai Vadász is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVY9TT9Qb4 (from 5:15 to 8:42).
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The first press conference of project KASZÓ-LIFE was held on 4th December 2013 in Kaszó. Mr András Koltay, the expert of ERTI, emphasized in his presentation the invasive plant species endangering our forests and the nocuous insects appearing parallel with the invasives. Mr Mihály Szász, the deputy managing director of Kaszó, shared information on the concrete conservation actions of the project.Mr László Nagy of ERTI informed the participants on the monitoring andtions and their role in the project implementation.
The video be on view in hungarian: http://youtu.be/rZ-5-uPPjms?t=
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The first training of the personnel of Kaszó on general nature conservation aspects and issues, and that of the project was held in the Multifunctional Eco-touristic Visitor Centre on 5th December 2013. Presentations were held on the National Registration System of Forest Damages (Országos Erdőkár Nyilvántartási Rendszer), the methods and practice of forest examinations, natural forest renewal methods, insect species damaging forests and the threats of climate change to forests. The training was finished with a presentation on nature conservation methods and the aim and objectives of the project.
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The European Commission (EC) organised the kick-off meeting for the LIFE 2012 winner projects in Warsaw. The event was held on 5th November 2013 with the participation of Hungarian, Slovenian, Slovakian, Czech and Polish beneficiaries.
The technical and financial desk officers of the EC, the Polish monitoring experts and coordinating beneficiaries of the projects participated in the event. The presentations of the EC desk officers focussed on technical and administration challenges and their support from Brussels. The question and answers session provided useful inputs to the project implementation. There were 23 project presentations in the afternoon session. Based on the presentations, most of the Eastern European LIFE 2012 projects focus on grassland rehabilitation, the number of wetland projects is much lower (2-3 presentations). Project KASZÓ-LIFE was presented by Mr István Lábodi, exernal project management expert.
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The first public information meeting was held on 6th November 2013 in the Multifunctional Eco-touristic Visitor Centre of Kaszó. The aim of the event was to provide first-hand information on the activities and impacts of the project actions. The location of the concrete conservation actions was illustrated by maps. Topics of the meeting included the negative impacts of the climate change and possible answers to it presented by the experts of ERTI. Mihály Szász, the project manager from Kaszó emphasized that the objective of the project is to avoid this future option. Partners pay special attention to inform the public and several notice and information boards will be installed in the project area.