At the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism on 6.-7. 7. In 2023, an interim meeting of the project NATURALLY was held in a hybrid form. Project partners from the University of Zagreb, Ljubljana and Pretoria (Republic of South Africa) and from the Polytechnic of Istria and the Polytechnic in Rijeka during the two-day meeting presented the results obtained so far on the project and agreed on further steps in the implementation of the project and potential guidelines for new collaborations.
The project “NATURE as an ALLY: Foreign plant invasive species as a source of pharmaceuticals – NATURALLY” was financed by the Croatian Science Foundation, and its goal is to investigate the phytopharmaceutical potential of natural extracts of four alien invasive plant species in Istria as a basis for new possible ecosystem services.
The participants of the meeting also had the opportunity to hear public lectures on the topic of phytochemistry of invasive species and the indirect influence of global warming on the physiological parameters of mammals by eating plants grown at high temperatures. A tour of the Institute’s laboratory and olive oil tasting were organized for the guests.
