On Sunday 16^th of December 2018, the second workshop of the LIFE Natura Themis project took place in the village Krya Vrysi of the Municipality of Agios Vasileios in Rethymnon.

Specialized scientists from Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and other Balkan countries met in Messolonghi in order to discuss vultures’ monitoring and threats in southeast Europe.

An International Conference entitled "International Perspectives on Preventing Wild Life Crime" took place in Athens, 23-25 ​​November 2018 in the Electra Palace Athens Hotel.

Mrs Maria Maniadaki, coordinator of the West Crete Observatory was on the Econews TV show of the national TV station SKAI, on 25 November 2018.

More than 100 participants from Europe, Australia and China participated in the ENPE Annual conference 2018 under the title “Protecting habitats and endangered species in Europe through tackling environmental crime” which took place in Heraklion, 23-24 October 2018, in th

An informative meeting regarding the activities of the project Life Natura Themis was held on Saturday, October 27th, at the premises of the Heraklion Bar in Crete. The meeitng emphazed the UMass University scholarship PhD program "Global Governance and Human Security".

The coordinator of the Heraklion Bar Association, Dr Georgios Sbokos visited as invited speaker between 18-30 September 2018 Boston, Massachusetts, to talk about the impact of the structural adjustment plans on environmental legislation.

With 180 participants from 45 countries took place in London on 8-12 October 2018 the 29th Meeting of the INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group (WCWG).