A seminar on creating green routes will be held on September 14-15 in the Rossony district

September 13, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A seminar "Green Routes: From Idea to Implementation" will be held on September 14-15 in the Rossony district as part of the EU/UNDP project "Sustainable Development at the Local Level," the project's public relations coordinator Vyacheslav Smirnov told a BELTA correspondent. The event will be attended by international expert on green route architecture Charles Tracy (USA), specialists in this field, as well as representatives of the Rossony District Executive Committee, tourism organizations, and environmental institutions. About 50 people are expected to attend. The main goal of the seminar is to explain the methodology for creating green route facilities based on the best international examples. On the first day, participants will visit the "Blue Necklace of Rossony" green route, a rural estate, and an information center for sustainable development and ecotourism in the village of Zaborie. On September 15, Charles Tracy will share his experience. He will talk about current trends in the development of green routes, key design strategies using existing examples, and the involvement of the local community in the coordination of green routes. In addition, presentations will be made on the projects "Green Routes of Belarus: From Idea to Implementation" and "Improvement of the Polotsk Stonehenge Megalithic Site." During the seminar, participants will exchange experiences and hold consultations on the creation and development of green routes in pilot territories. -0-