The SiMaSeed project was also officially launched in Malta on 13th November 2018, presenting its aims to an important international audience of specialists, academics, associations and organizations specialised in the conservation of plant diversity, coming from all over the Mediterranean area, in the context of the “2nd Mediterranean Plant Conservation week – Conservation of Mediterranean Plant Diversity: Complementary Approaches and New Perspective (http://www.medplantsweek.uicnmed.org/public_html/medplantsweek/en/program-of-the-2nd-mediterranean-plant- conservation-week).
Professor Joseph Buhagiar presented the partners and described the objectives of the project which focused on actions aimed at halting the loss of biodiversity in Sicily and Malta, with integrated conservation techniques in situ and ex situ.
At the conclusion of the work, the steering committee and the technical table for the planning of activities and the definition of a precise time schedule were held.
