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March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

PrespaNet newsletter 2018-2021

At the following link you can download the final newsletter for PrespaNet’s last project “Strengthening NGO-led Conservation in the Transboundary Prespa Basin” financed by PONT and the Aage V. Jensen foundation.

November 12, 2020November 13, 2020

‘Habitat types’

They are a part of our planet’s incredible biodiversity, and they include the places, or ‘habitats’, that are home to all life on Earth.

Read more about the habitat types of transboundary Prespa, or visit some of them using the guide in this electronic version of our new leaflet, which has been created as part of the PrespaNet project ‘Strengthening NGO-led Conservation in the Transboundary Prespa Basin’, funded by PONT and the Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation, with support from EuroNatur, and which will be available in print form soon!

PDF in English

PDF in Macedonian

May 22, 2020November 3, 2020

Biodiversity day 22.05.2020

Despite the pandemic, MES managed to mark this incredibly important day following all measures of precaution. Together with otu parners from Greece (SPP) and Albania (PPNEA) we counted the Dalmatian and Great White Pelican pairs on Lesser and Greater Prespa Lakes. We moved along predefined points of interest and on the way met with our collaborators from Nature Park “Ezerani”, and several activists and volunteers from the region that helped us finally and timely reach our last destination, one of the most special places in our country – Golem Grad island. The whole experience was documented using facebook live and you can see the video in English here as well as videos of us approaching and circling the island. For more videos with Macedonian content please visit the Macedonian version of this post and also enjoy the photographs.

Saying hi to our international colleagues and followers from v. Konjsko

Approaching Golem Grad Island

Riding around the island

A message from our friends and colleagues from National Park “Galichica”

January 13, 2020November 3, 2020

Mid-winter waterbird census 2020

This is the tenth year in a row that MES takes part in the mid-winter waterbird census. Furthermore, this is a transboundary endeavour – read more here.

January 1, 2020November 3, 2020

What did we do in 2019?

We were hard at work in 2019, planning wetland restoration, studying mammals, birds and reptiles, working with many kids and future citizen scientists of Prespa and much more. For a brief summary of each of the components that make up the project “Strengthening NGO-led Conservation in the Transboundary Prespa Basin” financed by PONT and the Aage V. Jensen foundation, please visit the overview prepared for PONT

July 14, 2019November 3, 2020

Educational research camp – Biodiversity of National park Pelister

The transboundary nature of Prespa and Baba Mt. implores transboundary cooperation and coordination in order to achieve the efficient conservation of the region that PrespaNet strives for. Consequently, when MES was invited to join the Biology Students’ Research Society in their biological and ecological investigations of Baba Mt. (particularly national park “Pelister”) from July 8^th-13^th, we used PrespaNet to reach out and invite student volunteers from the three countries where the Prespa basin stretches.

During the intense field research, we explored the biological diversity of the mountain, generously shared knowledge and experience with over thirty students, and noted any new biological and ecological data for the national park, as well as what has sadly gone missing and is possibly now extinct. Collecting such data proved to have a two-fold purpose – research and education. The project foresees the organisation of a similar camp in 2020 in Greece.

July 9, 2018November 3, 2020