After a long and elaborate procedure the first part of an anonymous citizen report of an environmental crime through the APP LIFE Themis was successfully completed.

The first announcement of the International Conference of LIFE Natura Themis project which will take place in Athens, 23^-25 November 2018 is out.

The ENPE Annual conference 2018 under the title “Protecting habitats and endangered species in Europe through tackling environmental crime” will take place in Heraklion, 23-24 October 2018, in the Exhibition Halls of the Natural History Musem of Crete.

On 29-30 August 2018 in Ghent University (Faculty of Law and Criminology) took place the 5th EU- China Conference on Environmental Law on green law, economic instruments and environmental crime.

For the 16^th consecutive year, the 2018 Annual Meeting of the IUCN Environmental Law Academy (IUCN AEL) took place in Glasgow, 4-6 July 2018. The IUCN AEL Meeting was organized by the Centre for Environmental Law and Governance of the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland).

LIFE Focus magazine is among the publications released by the LIFE programme regarding the Environment. The publications cover topics such as “environment and economy”, “environmental policy and management”, “protection of species and habitats” etc.

On Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 May 2018 a visit of representatives of the European Commission-Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EC-EASME) and the LI