On February 13th, the award ceremony of the national and international online contest "National Traditions of Rational Use, Conservation and Renovation of the Peoples' Biodiversity in Ukraine, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova" took place at the "Ion Creangă" Pedagogical University in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.

Republican Center "Gutta-Club" from Republic of Moldova, National Ecological and Naturalist Center for Students of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Social Organization "Eremurus" Ecological Club held the competition "Traditions of Conservation of the Peoples Energy in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova" during 2015-2016. The competition had a tremendous success among students and teachers in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, that’s why in 2016-2017 there was introduced a new section of study regarding national traditions for conservation of resources: conservation of biological diversity, where Bulgarian pupils were also invited to participate.

The aim of the contest was to promote sustainable development ideas based on the local history customs and traditions regarding the preservation and restoration of the biological diversity of the people from participating countries.

The organisers of the competition were the National Ecological and Naturalist Center for Students of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the "Eremurus" NGO, the UGCC Environment Office (Ukraine) and the Republican Center "Gutta-Club"

The national jury evaluated 19 projects from the Republic of Moldova, 6 of which represented our country at the international stage. All six projects have won prizes at the international competition. Among them we mention: Irina Odobescu (LAŞM, coordinator Cerbuşca P.), Marinovskaia Ekaterina (N. Cebanov Gymnasium, Chief L. Marinovskaya), Arnaut Liza (Russian Gymnasium Rîbniţa No. 1, counselors N. Pereli and Arnaut L.) Usanova Valeria (Bender) and others.

At the award ceremony, there were presented the projects that won the international competition. Participants actively discussed the environmental issues of Moldova during an interactive activity organized by Gutta-Club. According to our tradition, the ceremony ended with a group picture.

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