Event details

The 2010 IMCG Field trip and symposium will bring participants from the Morawa River in Slovakia to the young glacial lowlands (Lithuanian Plain) of north-eastern Poland not far from the Baltic Sea. We will see different mire types, but the emphasis is put on more or less calcareous (rich) fens. The latitudinal extent of the trip will allow us to see the geographical variation of these mires, as well as their dependence on different local types of human impact.

In Slovakia and southern Poland we will explore the unique world of the Carpathians, with their highest part – the Tatra mountains. All along the road we will have a chance to observe the influence of major socio-economical changes – a transition from real socialism to free market economy – on the organisation and practice of nature protection. We will visit several protected areas and Natura 2000 sites, where we will be guided by numerous local site managers, scientists and nature lovers.

The IMCG trip and symposium 2010 is organized by the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, DAPHNE (Institute of Applied Ecology) and the Institute of Botany of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and further by the West Pomeranian University of Technology, the Wetland Conservation Centre (CMok), the Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation of the University of Warsaw and the General Directorate for Environmental Protection of the Republic of Poland.

More information can be found on http://www.imcg.net/