5th Forum Carpaticum: Adapting to Environmental and Social Risk in the Carpathian Mountain Region, 15–18 October 2018, Eger, Hungary

Photo: Tamás Thaler

The 5th FC covered a wide range of topics related to sustainability in the Carpathians, including land cover and land-use change, renewable energy, climate change vulnerability assessment- and adaptation, and connections between water and forests. The breadth of topics extended to the humanities, such as traditional ecological knowledge, spatial inequalities, and social innovation in mountain areas.

In conjunction with the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, the 5th Forum Carpaticum highlighted prioritized topics on biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism development, and education for sustainable development (ESD).