HUMANITA Common Heritage Narratives – best practice example: Exhibition “Wild planet, beautiful planet, my planet…”
It is estimated that more than 1,500 plant species, around 7,500 animal species and more than 30,000 insect species can be found in the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark. We will never see most of it, which is why we created an open street exhibition space where we presented a piece of it. We showcased over 120 rare, vulnerable, and exceptional animal and plant species from […]
HUMANITA Web viewer and app to be used for Citizen Science Participatory Monitoring
The primary focus of the HUMANITA project is on understanding human-nature interactions and assessing the impacts of tourist activities on protected areas. Within this framework, a key activity of the project is the development of Citizen Science tools to actively involve visitors and local communities in environmental monitoring. The aim is not only to expand […]
HUMANITA Report on participatory monitoring in protected areas, lessons learned and recommendations
The HUMANITA project aims to explore and mitigate the environmental impacts of tourism on protected areas through innovative and inclusive monitoring strategies. A central element of this approach is participatory monitoring, which actively involves citizens, students, and local communities in data collection and environmental assessment. The overarching goal is to develop a comprehensive monitoring system […]
CarMen Mid-Project Review Successfully Held in Le Havre, France
The Horizon Europe project CarMen has reached a significant milestone with the successful completion of its Mid-Project Review (M18), held in Le Havre, France. The event brought together project partners, the Project Officer, and external reviewers to assess the progress achieved during the first half of the project and to define the next steps towards […]
CarMen Participates in the TESSERA Second Online Workshop
The CarMen consortium was invited to participate in the TESSERA Second Online Workshop, entitled “Consolidating progress: Laying the groundwork for datasets towards the European Security Data Space for Innovation.” The workshop brought together EU-funded projects and key stakeholders from across the security domain, including representatives working in border management, fighting crime and terrorism, resilient infrastructure, […]
EAB Council of Wisdom: Iris Recognition
CarMen partner Hochschule Darmstadt – University of Applied Sciences (H-DA) contributed to the international biometric research community through its participation in the EAB Council of Wisdom on Iris Recognition, organised by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB). Representatives of H-DA joined a distinguished panel of five international experts to discuss current and emerging challenges in […]
Institutional engagement with the Ministry of the Interior
As part of CarMen’s stakeholder engagement strategy, private interviews were conducted with leaders and technical experts within the Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) of the countries where partners are located, to maximize the acquired information relevance, confidentiality and a project visibility among interested police and custom forces. The discussions were designed to gather operational perspectives directly […]
Will our nature still exist tomorrow? The HUMANITA Summit held in Zagreb gives a clear answer: it depends on how we manage tourism today
On February 24, 2026, Zagreb hosted the international conference The HUMANITA Summit: From Visitor Impact to Nature Protection – Building a Human–Nature Harmony, the final event of the EU project “HUMANITA – Human–Nature Interactions and Impacts of Tourist Activities on Protected Areas” supported by the Interreg Central Europe Programme 2021–2027. The HUMANITA project brings together […]
Sciendo is transitioning into Paradigm Publishing Services, under De Gruyter Brill
The international academic publishing platform Sciendo, with which the international scientific e-journal Notitia – Journal for Economic, Business and Social Issues has been collaborating since 2025, is fully transitioning into Paradigm Publishing Services, under De Gruyter Brill. As a part of this transition, the former platform sciendo.com has been migrated to the new unified platform […]
CarMen at the EAB & CITeR Biometrics Workshop at IDIAP
Predstavnici projekta CarMen, predvođeni koordinatorom Yncréa, sudjelovali su na EAB & CITeR Biometrics Workshopu, održanom u Idiap Research Institutu – također partneru u projektu CarMen. Radionica je okupila vodeće stručnjake iz Europe i SAD-a te otvorila rasprave o aktualnim temama poput detekcije napada i deepfakeova, sigurnosti biometrijskih predložaka, biometrije u kontekstu EU AI Acta i […]