Budva, 2016 - ninth ECCB Conference

Attendees of the 9th ECCB Conference in Montenegro

The 9th Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was organised by the Natural History Museum of Montenegro, and it was held in in Bečići (Budva) from 26th to 29th April 2016.

The conference represented a truly international European perspective, with more than 30 participants from Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus, Turkey, as well as several from Serbia and, of course, Montenegro. A wide range of interesting presentations on the first two days covered many topics on bryophyte conservation, including talks and posters on the current state of knowledge on the flora and distribution of bryophyte species in several European countries, bryophyte ecology in European wetlands, coastal systems and woodlands, agri-environment schemes, monitoring methods, in vitro and ex situ conservation techniques, cryptic species, the usefulness (or otherwise) of bryophytes as phytogeographical indicators and bryophyte Red Lists. There was a particular focus on the new bryophyte Red List for Europe, a collaborative ECCB project commenced in 2015 with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The conference concluded with an excellent Gala dinner. The final two days comprised excursions to some of Montenegro’s finest locations for bryophytes around Skadar Lake and in Durmitor National Park.

Abstracts of the conference can be downloaded below:

9th_ECCBconference_abstracts 2016.pdf

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Budapest, 2012 - eighth ECCB Conference

Attendees of the 8th ECCB Conference, Budapest

The 8th Conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was held in the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest from 18th to 21st April 2012.

69 bryologists participated on the meeting from 22 European countries (Albania, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia. Lithuania, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey) and even Canada and India were represented in the conference. During the meeting 23 oral presentations and 29 posters were presented.

Two days were dedicated for excursions. On 20th April Vértes and Gerecse Mts were visited. In Vértes Mts Pannonian oak-hornbeam forests, thermophylous oak forests, open dolomite rocky grasslands and rocky steppes and were visited with threatened species like Asterella saccata, Anomodon rostratus. In Gerecse Mts a limestone rocky grassland were explored searching for the threatened Pyramidula tetrgona. On 21st April the first the Great Hungarian Plain was visited; saline grasslands in the Danube-Tisza Interfluve with characteristic species, like Entosthodon hungaricus and sandy grasslands. Then loess cliffs along the Danube completed the program with characteristic rare species e.g. Hilpertia velenovskyi, Tortula brevissima, Crossidium crassinerve.

8th_ECCB_abstract_book 2012.pdf

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2007, Cluj-Napoca - seventh ECCB Conference

The 7th conference of the European Committee for Conservation of Bryophytes was held at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca from 2nd to 4th September 2007.

17 bryologists participated on the meeting from 12 countries (Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland). During the meeting 10 oral communications were presented. The topics were the follows: Important Bryophyte Areas, habitats and conservation of threatened and rare bryophytes, and monitoring programs.

Then excursions were made in the Apuseni Nature Park. A full day excursion was dedicated to The Fortress of Ponor, which is one of the greatest and most impressive karst system in Romania comprised of three large, 300 m deep, forested stone circles (dolines). On the other days a huge peat bog area (Molhaşul Mare from Izbuc), Bear Cave and 1 Mai Natural Reserve (thermal spring with waterlily) were visited.

The meeting was closed with a fantastic Gala dinner in Chios Restaurant in the Central Park of Cluj-Napoca.