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On March 3, we celebrate World Wildlife Day, an annual event to highlight the importance of conserving wildlife and their habitats. In 2013, at the 68th session of the ONU General Assembly, it was decided that March 3, the day on which the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – CITES, a key agreement in protecting species threatened by international trade, was adopted, would be celebrated as World Wildlife Day. In its resolution, the General Assembly reaffirmed the value of wildlife and its contributions, starting from the ecological, genetic, social...

Recently, the Institute of Zoology of the Moldova State University became the beneficiary of a generous donation from the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova, thanks to the project “Biosecurity Implementation Framework for Biological Resources Management in Moldova”, funded by GEF UNEP. The project was implemented by the Ministry of Environment, the National Office for the Implementation of Environmental Projects and the National Center “Animal, Plant Health and Food Safety”, aiming to strengthen the institutional framework for biosecurity in the management of invasive alien...

The monograph „Pollinating insects (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera) of the Republic of Moldova”, authors Bacal Svetlana, Bușmachiu Galina, Derjanschi Valeriu, Țugulea Cristina, Calestru Livia, and Enciu Elena, presents essential information about the main categories of pollinators from the natural ecosystems and agroecosystems of the Republic of Moldova. Natural habitats such as steppe, meadows, forests and agricultural systems such as sunflower, alfalfa and rapeseed crops, as well as apple, plum, apricot and cherry orchards, whose productivity is closely linked to the activity...