The Biodiversity Picnic in Serbia was organized by the Faculty of Applied Ecology “FUTURA” University “Singidunum” Belgrade, with the support of CEEWeb and UNEP Regional Office for Europe, in the area of Special Nature Reserve “Veliko ratno ostrvo” (“Great War Island”), located at the mouth of the Sava river into the Danube.

Among more than 150 participants there were representatives from the governmental sector (Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, City

Secretariat for Environmental Protection, Institute for Nature Protection, Forest Management public and private enterprises etc.), local self-authorities (more than 20 municipality eco-fond representatives), academic and research institutions, nongovernmental sector, cultural and artistic circles and national and local media.