Peeping into the nests of interesting bird species
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We received a prestigious award ´LIFE Best of the best´
Brusel, 24.5. 2018 The European environment comissioner Karmenu Vella awarded the best projects of the LIFE+ programme on 23rd of May in Brussels. The BROZ project that focused on protecting nesting habitats of common swifts and bats in buildings in Slovakia was awarded as one of the three Best of the best projects in the…
Enviro-competition Hypericum 2018
In springtime SEV Dropie hosts the Hypericum environmental competition for elementary schools. The 19th year of the cometition focused on agrosystems in the Lower Rye Island, their biodiverzity and environmental problems. This is a very hot topic, because badly set agricultural practices have a log lasting negative on the environment. Along with soil degradation the…
Workshop with the Marcelová Elementary School
With children from Elementary School in Marcelova, on April 6, 2018, we cleaned the habitat for the European bee-eater and expanded his food choices through 20 planted white poplars, we built an insect hotel and decorated 25 beehives full of bees. Children have learned new information about the European bee-eater, pollinators, pastures, beekeeping, and bird…
Networking in Switzerland
In March 2018, in order to share project outputs with other organizations abroad, we spent a week at the Primaria Primary School and at the Verein true move NGO in St. Gallen in Switzerland. At the beginning of the project, the great team of this school had inspired us in creation of educational materials and…
VIDEO from workshop on pollard willow management
In our project the end of winter is already traditionally associated with volunteer workshop on pollard willow management. This year for the first time with our new coppicing arm, which allows us to coppice more willows than we would have done just “by hand”. As always a Big Thanks goes to our dedicated volunteers and…
Press release – World Wetland Day, 2. 2. 2018
Second day of February belongs to the wetlands. Apart form the traditional feast of Candlemas we also remind World Wetland Day. The fact that this day of wetlands is mentioned also in calendar is the proof how important they are for maintainig stability of Earth´s ecosystem. However the wetlands are still one of the most…
Rebirth of wetlands near Vojka
After the restoration measurement in spring 2017 first possitive results are seen. In the area of former branch river system (project acitivity C.2) near the village Vojka, river arms as long as 800 meters were restored which created permanent wetlands on the area of 1 ha. Water which was brought to dry places using restoration…
Restoration of lowland meadows in Apál has started
Few weeks before Christmas we managed to install a barrier against motor vehicles which we placed on deserted field road in the edge of National Natural Reserve Apálsky ostrov near the Komárno town (SKUEV Dolnovážske luhy). It´s purpose is to block the access of motor vehicles into the reserve. Due to this measurement the road…
Pictures from the landscape in Veľkolélsky ostrov island – Radio Regina
Beauties and wealth of the island Veľký Lél were promoted in Radio Regina including the results of conservation actions and plans within the project LIFE Danube floodplains – Obrázky krajiny.