April 7, 2025, Patras, Greece – We participated in the 9th European Congress of Mammalogy (ECM9), held from March 31 to April 4, 2025, in Patras, Greece. The congress gathered around 260 experts from 41 countries and featured 150 oral and 98 poster presentations. The presented research covered various topics in ecology, genetics, conservation biology, … Continued
March 13, 2025 – Oikon’s team of experts has recently published an important study in the esteemed journal Environmental DNA. Led by Dr. Jelena Mlinarec, head of Oikon’s Laboratory for Biodiversity and Population Genetics, the research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Ida Svetličić, Matija Kresonja, Matea Rubinić, Tonko Megyery, Ivana Kaliger, and Dominik Mihaljević. … Continued
Rome, February 14, 2025 – Oikon was honoured to participate in the BioSpace25 – Biodiversity Insight from Space Conference, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) at their ESRIN facility near Rome. As a conference exclusively dedicated to the application of Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) across various dimensions of biodiversity, BioSpace25 aligns closely with Oikon’s … Continued
February 11, 2025 – Oikon has expanded its partnership with European Space Imaging (EUSI) and Maxar Intelligence through the WorldView Global Alliance Reseller Agreement. This agreement establishes Oikon as an authorized reseller of Maxar’s Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery directly tasked by EUSI through their ground station in Munich – deepening an already successful collaboration … Continued
February 11, 2025 – Today, we celebrate the incredible women in science! Every year on February 11, the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, recognizing the important role women play in scientific progress and innovation. The United Nations established this day in 2015 to raise awareness of the gender gap … Continued
Madrid, February 10, 2025 – The European project EARTHONE: Environmental Analysis and Resilience for Transformative Human-Optimised Natural Environments has officially launched, set to address the pressing challenge of preserving and enhancing Earth’s natural terrestrial greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks, while fostering sustainable and resilient land-use practices. This scientific initiative brings together experts and stakeholders from across … Continued
January 29, 2025 – We are proud to announce that our employee, Professor Joso Vukelić, has been awarded the Annual National Science Award for the Popularization and Promotion of Science for 2023 in the field of biotechnical sciences. This prestigious recognition was granted for his dedicated work in promoting science through the publication of scientific … Continued
December 23, 2024 – We have successfully prepared a new sustainability report for Zagrebačka pivovara. This report marks an important step towards compliance with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), whereby Zagrebačka pivovara responded promptly to the requirements of the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). After we prepared the reports for 2021 and 2022 … Continued
December 19, 2024 – We are proud to announce that Oikon has welcomed another Doctor of Science. Our colleague, Nela Jantol, has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled “Assessment of the Transpiration of Pedunculate Oak in the Spačva Forest Using Remote Sensing Methods” at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, earning her the title … Continued