Pupils planted white poplar within the ECOWAM project

Within the “Eco-friendly water management against extreme weather conditions in the cross-border area (ECOWAM)” project, which aims at preventing the negative effects on the quality of water bodies by establishing a joint system of improvement of water management in AP Vojvodina and Csongrád County, an educational activity for children was held in the territory of the Jegrička Nature Park in Ravno Selo on  4 March 2019, so as to involve the youngest ones in the activity of afforestation and raising their awareness of environmental protection.

The pupils of Elementary School “Jovan Popović” from Novi Sad, accompanied by their teachers, had the opportunity to attempt to plant white poplar in the territory of the Jegrička Nature Park, as well as to learn about the nature park from the representatives of the Provincial Institute for Nature Protection and the PWMC “Vode Vojvodine”.

The “Eco-friendly water management against extreme weather conditions in the cross-border area (ECOWAM)” project, is implemented under the Interreg IPA Cross-border Cooperation programme Hungary-Serbia. The partnership in the project, which total budget amounts to EUR 1,758,447.43, of which the European Union’s co-financing (IPA) amounts to EUR 1,494,680.31, consists the Lower Tisza District Water Directorate – ATIVIZIG (Hungary), PWMC “Vode Vojvodine” Novi Sad (Serbia) and the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina (Serbia).