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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Last week, together with the Záhorie Protected Landscape Area Administration, we organized a team-building event for employees of Kaufland Slovakia. We took them to the Kyseľová Nature Monument in Kopanice. This site is part of the project because it is home to rare butterflies such as the Clouded Apollo, the Sloe Hairstreak, and the Large Copper.