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We are finalists for the prestigious European LIFE Awards

Protection of habitatsBy broz 13. May 2026

The LIFE Danube Floodplains project has been nominated for the prestigious European LIFE Awards 2026 in the Nature and Biodiversity category. In collaboration with Slovak and Hungarian partners, the project succeeded in restoring the water regime of the Danube side arms, securing regular simulated flooding following the construction of the Gabčíkovo dam, and implementing a range of measures to protect and restore floodplain habitats. The public can support the project by voting in the Public Choice Award category.

Restoration of grazing is progressing also in the vicinity of Dobrá Voda

Protection of habitatsBy broz 13. March 2025

Dobrá Voda is one of the few villages that lie hidden in the middle of the massif of the Little Carpathians. In the past, most of their territory did not provide a very suitable environment for people to farm other than forestry, and so they settled rather on the edges of this mountain range. What…

We have expanded an oasis of life near Považská Bystrica

Protection of habitatsBy broz 6. February 2025

Above Podmanín, at the piedmont of Manínec and Veľký Manín in the Strážovské vrchy, lies a small, open hillside that, at first glance, may seem dry and lifeless. But appearances can be deceiving—these warm, sunlit slopes are bursting with life. Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of warm-requiring species thrive here, including rare insects, plants, lichens, fungi,…

Hrehorkové revives thanks to traditional grazing. Will the butterfly king return?

Protection of habitatsBy broz 6. February 2025

Hrehorkové, a Site of Community Importance (SCI), is one of the youngest protected areas in the Biele Karpaty. Located on the sunlit limestone slopes near the village of Mikušovce (Ilava district), it was designated as a protected area in 2018, covering 12 hectares. By then, however, the once-open landscape had become overgrown with shrubs and…

In the Javorníky Mountains, on Klapy, we helped the rare Apollo butterflies and pasque flowers.

Protection of habitatsBy broz 5. February 2025

Just as humans have carved their own paths through nature, nature, too, has created its own unique routes. The southern edge of the Javorníky Mountains is home to the Pieniny Klippen Belt, a stunning limestone ridge that stretches from Myjava, across the Polish Tatras, through Humenné, and all the way to Romania. These rocky formations…

We are restoring rare steppe habitats in Horná Pustá Ves

Protection of habitatsBy broz 5. February 2025

The quiet settlement of Horná Pustá Ves is hidden away in the northern part of the Brezovské Karpaty, within the Prašník municipality. Surrounded by the limestone peaks of the Malé Karpaty, this area has a rich natural and cultural history. People settled here as early as the Paleolithic era, evidenced by the remains of an…

We organised a seminar for farmers

Protection of habitatsBy broz 20. December 2024

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, we organized a seminar at Beckov Farm as part of the LIFE Metamorphosis project focused on sustainable deworming of livestock. This is a method of protecting animals from parasites that takes biodiversity conservation into account. Entomologists Ľuboš Víťaz and Tomáš Olšovský, farmer Ivana Kodajová, and the director of the Institute…

The Czechoslovak conservation weekend in White Carpathians contributed to saving the rocky steppes

Protection of habitatsBy broz 31. October 2024

Although we do not commemorate October 28 as a national holiday in Slovakia, the legacy of the first common republic is still alive for many of us. This also applies to Czech conservationists from the JARO Group or scientists from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University. They decided to spend their extended October…

We opened another restored side arm

Protection of habitatsBy broz 22. October 2024

Today we opened another restored side arm within the Danube inland delta. We have thus released water into a 4.4 km long section of the river branch and into the wetlands and depressions that this strem feeds.

We restored grazing under the second largest peak of White Carpathians

Protection of habitatsBy broz 21. October 2024

As part of the LIFE Endemic Panalp project, we are successfully continuing the restoration of flowering meadows and traditional pastures. Most recently, thanks to the project, after many decades, farm animals are grazing again in the saddle below Chmeľová, which is the second highest peak of the White Carpathians. It is interesting that a very…

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