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International Summer School of Sustainable Urban Planning in Delft

4th September 2017 − Our employee Mateo Gudić participated in the International Summer School of Sustainable Urban Planning “Making the Metropolis – Exploring Interdisciplinary Approaches in Metropolitan Design Engineering” organized by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Delft Delta, Infrastructure & Mobility Initiative (DIMI), International Forum on Urbanism (IFOU) and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions … Continued

Analysis of Croatian wildfires

19 August 2017 − We recently published maps of burnt areas on Svilaja Mountain and near Hrvace where we showed the accuracy of semi-automatic classification (light brown – 1032 ha). Our researcher Alen Berta has made a comparison of these surfaces and the fire on Dinara Mountain (light green) that started at about the same time … Continued

Final report on the Split fire

28 July 2017 – As promised, we bring you the final analysis of the Split fire. Unfortunately, on July 27, it was cloudy in the Split area and the footage could not be used, but as Sentinel 2B is in a test phase (twin brother of Sentinel 2A, which will shorten the recording time to … Continued

12 new species on EU list of invasive alien species

Brussels, 12 July 2017 – European Commission has added 12 new species to EU list of invasive alien species. Member States are required to address these species by preventing them from being introduced, kept, sold, transported, reproduced or released. Member States will also have to put in place appropriate measures to tackle new invasions or established populations of … Continued

Mapping of burnt areas around Split

19th July 2017 – One of the possibilities of using a multispectral satellite Sentinel 2 is mapping of burnt areas caused by wildfires. Because of the large wildfire threatening Split in the past few days, our expert Alen Berta has made several maps and an analysis of the burnt area: On the upper parts of the enclosed … Continued

Natura 2000 Workshop in Cappadocia, Turkey

On July 11th and 12th, 2017, a workshop was held in Cappadocia, Turkey, as part of the Natura 2000 project in Turkey (Strengthening the National Nature Protection System for the Implementation of Natura 2000), where Oikon participated as Project Partner. Oikon’s team, besides preparing the Natura 2000 site information system and harmonizing it with the … Continued

Oikon has been awarded the AAA Certificate

Thanks to the excellent business performance in 2016, we have been awarded the internationally recognized AAA Creditworthiness Certificate. This confirms that Oikon Ltd. is among 5% of the best companies in the Republic of Croatia and that we are a safe, reputable and desirable partner.

OIKON was a sponsor of the 1st Biospeleological Expedition – Biokovo 2017

OIKON was a sponsor of the 1st Biospeleological Expedition – Biokovo 2017, organized by Croatian Biospeleological Society. In the period of 17-25 June, 7 deep pits of Biokovo were biospeleologically and speleologically explored. The goal was to revisit certain caves to gather additional material necessary for detailed scientific analysis, to draw topographical maps of newfound … Continued

25th International Karstological School “Classical Karst” Milestones and Challenges in Karstology, Postojna, Slovenia

Our employee Davor Korman participated in 25th International Karstological School “Classical Karst” Milestones and challenges in karstology that took place in Postojna, Slovenia, June 19 to 23, 2017. The School was attended by scientists and professors from all over the world. Presented were the latest topics in geology, speleology, geomorphology, biospeleology, biology, hydrogeology, karstology and karstic … Continued