Project Update: Spring 2007

The project goes well and we are gald that there is much progress, particulary in ties with local, republican and regional authorities. We see the transboundary conservation and regional ecotourism activity a chance for environment in the middle Nistru river basin (Moldova-Ukraine). And the present project is just the begining.

Updates on the spring phase of the project:

TV round table, organised at the faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the Moldavian State University, lead by Andrei Dumbraveanu - our cameraman, a journalist, an ecoactivist, NGO, and environmental journalism teaching staff of the said institution. Other paticipants - Aurel Lozan and Alexei Palancean (Dr. biology, ecologist, forest management).

"Protected area index in Moldova is one of the lowest in Europe, with no national park. We would like, once again, to say that in a populated area, as Moldova-Ukraine is likewise the whole Europe, the human intervention into natural heritage is inevitable. The only one solution is to protect environment by taking also into account the needs of local people, therefore, they help would be crucial for successful conservation and development. We will pledge for a rational coexistance. The environmental tourism could be a chance for valuable landscapes, for habitats as indispensable home to biodiversity, ultimately for living side by side".

This is the class of computing and information of the secondary school "Cosauti", a local school in the Soroca district (Moldova) with its own problems and, sometimes, lack of information, teaching staff etc. The connection for Internet access via cable modem, but slow speed, is the only one way to to the Internet at the school and in the village at all. There are pupils intereseted in ecology and nature conservation, so we try to help and get them involved in our activities. Every book they take in the school library will be now accompanied by our booklet. Toworrow, some of pupils will be in line with our way of thinking...