Experts from National forest centre (NLC) have indetified significant trees – sources of genetic material of the native tree and shrub species (black and white poplar, pear tree, white willow, narrow-leafed ash, bird cherry…). The most valuable of the trees will be nominated in National register and National list of Forest reproductive material. In the…
Watch a news report about European bee-eaters, their protection and the importance of grazing. An example of the protection of sand dunes – nesting habitat of the European bee-eater – the TV Markíza crew was filming at our project site in Virt. European bee-eater report from 5:30 min
In the past the shadoof played an important function for grazing and also created a significant esthetic element in the landscape of the Lower Rye Island. As part of the LIFE Ostrovné Lúky project we built 5 “dummy” shadoofs during summer 2018, to serve as perches for birds since intensely agriulturalized land does not offer…
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…
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…
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…
The restoration of food habitat by grazing started after several meetings at SPA Dolné Pohronie in the cadastral area Radvaň nad Dunajom, near Virt. An area of 12 hectares was fenced with a new electric fence with a total length of 2000 meters. The battery of fencing is recharged by a solar panel secured by…
The activity started in spring 2016. In spring 2017 tree planting was finalized. We planted the following native tree species: Salix alba, Populus alba, Populus nigra, Alnus glutinosa, Quercus robur, Fraxinus angustifolia in SPA Dunajské Luhy according to the A3 study. The trees were planted in 18 of the originally planned 27 localities. The reason was…
The restoration of nesting walls in Bátorové Kosihy was prepared and carried out in close cooperation with the local administration office, the mayor and local organization “Brehuľa” (Sand Martin). Information pannels informed the locals about the ongoing works. The nesting locality was used by a colony before the reconstruction, but parts started to overgrow with…
The habitats were restored by BROZ as part of activity C1 at Zlatná na Ostrove in february 2017 – total length 35m. In Dobrohošť the restoration took place in may 2017 – total length 40m. Both localities are part of the CHVÚ Dunajské Luhy.