Durint the 21-25th of October, PPNEA together with its regional partners which work in the transboundary area, Sharr/Šar Planina/Korab-Koritnik, Finch and MES provided a study tour in the Biosphere reserve Rhön for the local organizations and institutions. Rhön was recognized by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve (https://biosphaerenreservat-rhoen.de/).
Albanian institutions which participated in this activity are:
• RAPA Kukes
• RAPA Diber
• Ecologists of Kukes
• Young environmental experts
• Destination Management Organization, Kukës
The aim of this activity was the capacity building of local stakeholders in developing solutions and mitigating the threats to biodiversity, based on concrete examples of the success of sustainable development in Rhön, which were presented during this study tour.
This activity was supported by Euronatur and The Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU in the framework of “Nature conservation along the Balkan Green Belt: Analyzing threats, developing solutions and building capacities in the Sharr/Šar Planina/Korab-Koritnik region” project.
