The Ministry for Gozo is participating in an Italia- Malta EU Project entitled SIMBIOTIC. The aims of the project are to enhance the ecological integrity, connectivity and management effectiveness of protected area landscapes in the Syracuse-Gozo cross border area.
The second Gozo Field Mission will take place on 23rd – 26th May and it will be attended by delegations from all four SIMBIOTIC partners, namely The Institute of Earth Systems, the Ministry for Gozo, the University of Catania and the Comune dì Pachino, Sicily.
The programme of this Mission incudes a scientific visit to Comino for all participants, fieldwork sessions at the Gozo sites for habitat restoration and formation, a meeting of the Steering Committee and Stakeholder Meetings to promote local participation and on landscape connectivity restoration and sustainable use of environmental resources.
A meeting for stakeholders during which the activities of the Project will be explained will be held this Saturday, the 26th of May at 9.15 am at the Hotel Ta’ Cenc, Sannat.
It is of particular interest to local councils, environmental and other NGOs, farmers’ organisations and agritourism operators.
Following is the programme of the Meeting:
0915 Registration
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome Note by Ministry for Gozo
09:45 – 10:00 Presentation on the SIMBIOTIC Project (overall Project description)
10:00 – 10:30 Presentation on connectivity and restoration ecology at the landscape scale
10:30 – 11:00 Open discussion.
11:00 – 12:00 Standing Lunch
12.00 – 12.15 Presentation on future project activities
12.15 – 13.15 Open discussion
13.15 End of Meeting
For more information please visit www.simbiotic.eu [1] and/or www.eco-gozo.com [2].