In the briefing room of the Water Research Institute at the Danube embankment, overlooking the woods of the new protected forest area Pečniansky forest, representatives of the Municipality of the City of Bratislava, the City District Petržalka, State Nature Conservancy, Austrian Danube-Auen National Park, BVS, and Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development (BROZ), came together to celebrate the result of many years of efforts of the Bratislava conservationists to protect this precious area.