May 10, 2021 – Oikon was the sponsor of the 2nd STEM Games, an international competition for STEM students, held online from 6 to 8 May under the name STEM Games Safe Mode. The general theme of the competition was Dare to Adapt, to emphasize the importance of adaptation and interdisciplinarity in combating the pandemic. … Continued
May 3, 2021 – A devastating earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale that hit Petrinja and its surroundings on December 29 last year caused significant infrastructural damage and instantly changed the lives of thousands of people. Immediately after the earthquake, we at Oikon prepared and published the analysis of ground displacement in the … Continued
April 29, 2021 – last weekend, 24 – 25 April 2021, in Zagreb was held the 5th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium, organised by the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb, with OIKON as a golden sponsor. Due to the epidemiological situation, the Symposium was held both in person and online, and … Continued
April 26, 2021 – During their three-week stay in Albania, together with colleagues from the partner company Abkons from Tirana, Oikon team members worked on the development of forest and pasture management plans in five Albanian municipalities. We prepared and participated in two participatory workshops in the municipalities of Berat and Malesi e Madhe (in … Continued
April 22, 2021 – Plastic sea pollution is one of the key environmental problems globally, including Croatia. To highlight this problem and raise public awareness, the Ocean Alliance Conservation Member (OACM), with Oikon as one of the partners, has launched the Plastic Sea Turtle Exhibition project. It is a touring exhibition of a sea turtle … Continued
April 21, 2021 – we are pleased to present to you Andreja Radović, PhD and to welcome her to our team. Andreja is employed at Oikon as a Management Advisor. With her great knowledge and experience, she will contribute to our numerous projects in the field of terrestrial systems ecology, data analysis, remote sensing, and … Continued
March 12, 2021 – yesterday in Split presented was the proposal of the Forest Management Plan for “Marjan-Forest of the City of Split” and the Forest Protection, Care, and Restoration Program for the Marjan Forest Park, developed by Oikon. The program was presented by our expert dr. Vladimir Kušan. Other speakers at the conference were … Continued
March 5, 2021 – we are very pleased to introduce to you our new team member – dr. Joso Vukelić, professor emeritus, who works as an Advisor and Senior Associate at our Department of Natural Resources Management. Professor Vukelić received his doctorate in 1990 at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb. In the same … Continued
March 2, 2021 – What is geodiversity and why it is important? Watch the video below and find out from our team members: biologist Ksenija Hocenski, geologist Lea Petohleb and biology placement student at Nottingham Trent University Katarina Miler. We made the video to support the initiative for the establishment of an International Geodiversity Day. … Continued