The Opening Conference for LIFE Project ?Diversification and development of European Bison population in north-western Poland? (LIFE13NAT/PL/000010) took place on 17 July 2015 at the Bison Centre in Jabłonowo.
The conference started at 9 am. The program included four lectures and visiting the Wild Farm, intersected by coffee breaks. The first speaker, Magdalena Tracz, gave a lecture entitled ?Diversification and development of European Bison population in north-western Poland?. The next speech ?Conservation of European Bison in north-eastern Poland? was given by prof. Wanda Olech. The third speaker, Maciej Tracz, talked about ?Practical aspects of Bison conservation?. Finally, prof. Rafał Kowalczyk gave a lecture entitled ?A new approach to management of European Bison populations?. After the lecture session, all the participants were invited to dinner and for a field trip involving observation of wild-living bison in the Mirosławiec forestry district. Meanwhile, the project council had the openeing meeting to plan the working schedule.