One of the most important Festivals in Serbia, the International festival of green culture “Green Fest”, under the highlighted topic “What future do we want?” starts today.
For this year, in this 11th call, the Project “EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia” is also part of the event and will be represented in a panel discussion.
Seven full feature films, 13 nature films, 5 animated films, 16 short films, 9 in the category if Southeast Europe films, three films made by young cinematographers and three with just one-minute duration compose the programme that you can follow from 26th October to 4th November.
Ms. Ana Iñigo, Team Leader of the Natura 2000 Project, together with Mr. Francesco Rasero and Mr. Daniel Pavlić, are the members of the jury who have selected the 2020 film winners.
The panel “EU Green Deal, nature and climate changes” will be held on 2nd November. The discussion will cover the topic on how the EU Green Deal can be the support in establishing the ecological network Natura 2000 and decreasing risks of climate change. One of the topics will be how protected areas can help us to mitigate climate change and to comply with it. The participants of the panel are Manager of the IUCN ECARO, Mr. Boris Erg, expert of the EU law and expert for nature protection legislation within the Project “EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia” Mr. Zoran Sretić, botanist and professor of the Biology Faculty, University of Belgrade, and Institute for Botanic and Botanical Garden “Jevremovac” and expert for habitats on the Project Natura 2000, Mr. Predrag Lazarević, as well as docent at the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade, Mr. Imre Krizmanić. The moderator of the panel is Ms. Duška Dimović from WWF Adria Serbia.
Natura 2000 is a crucial instrument for biodiversity protection in the European Union. It is an ecological network of protected areas that are established to secure the survival of the most valuable species and habitats. It is based on the Birds Directive and Habitat Directive. It is a green infrastructure that offers the protection of numerous ecosystems and ensuring that European nature systems stay healthy and resistant. Its role in the climate change mitigation is essential, maintaining the health ecosystem and essential ecosystem services, as are provision of water and carbon sequestration.
Join our panel and the Fest via link www.greenfest.rs
Bear in mind that Green Fest this year will be online, due to specific epidemiological situation.
