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| PANGEOS - PANGEOS - Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science | |
| PANGEOS - Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science | |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The sustainability of Europe’s green resources are threatened by climate change associated environmental changes. Agricultural systems and forests are among the ecosystems mostly interlinked with human health and wellbeing due to the socio-economic services they provide. Whether heat, drought, extreme weather, or biotic stressors, conventional agriculture and forestry today is unprepared for future climate scenarios, rising populations, changing consumption habits, and traditional management practices need re-thinking. The objectives set by PANGEOS are developed in the wake of the European Green Deal strategic goals. For agriculture, these include ensuring food security in the face of climate change, strengthening the EU food system’s resilience and reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU agricultural sector towards a competitive and sustainable use and management of resources. For forestry, these span the protection, restoration and enlargement of the EU’s forests to combat climate change, reversing biodiversity loss and ensuring resilient and multifunctional forest ecosystems. To support these goals, PANGEOS aims to leverage state-of-the-art remote sensing (RS) technologies to advance field phenotyping workflows, precision agriculture/forestry practices and larger-scale operational assessments for a more sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources. We propose to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art technologies and applied sciences, to directly serve and inform academics, Young Researchers and Innovators, Inclusiveness Target Countries and Near Neighbor Countries, end-users (e.g., farmers, foresters), and stakeholders in industry and policy-makers by bringing together RS experts and applications in (1) Field Phenotyping, (2) Precision and Regenerative Agriculture, (3) Sustainable Land Management of Complex European landscapes, and (4) Uncertainty Analysis and Standardization. |
| Project webpage: | https://pangeos.eu/ |
| Duration: | 6.11.2023 - 6.11.2027 |
| Restore4Life - Restore4Life - Obnova mokraďových komplexov ako systémov podporujúcich život v povodí Dunaja | |
| Restore4Life - Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin | |
| Program: | Horizon Europe |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Restore4Life demonstrates the multiple socio-economic benefits generated by a holistic and transdisciplinary approach for the restoration of freshwater and coastal wetlands in the Danube basin that will contribute to new blue-green infrastructure supporting regional climate change resilience and mitigation. Restore4Life engages in 4 demonstration sites and 6 monitoring sites all across the Danube basin to make evident that increased delivery of key ecosystem services, as water and pollutant retention, carbon sequestration and tourism opportunities as well as improved resilience of water-dependent habitats will produce multiple socioeconomic synergies that also provide opportunities for sustainable businesses and investments.Implementation of activities basically aiming to restore lateral connectivity in riverine corridors will be supported by a Restore4Life long term wetland restoration service/ Restore4Life Wetland Reconstruction Accelerator that combines timely integrative wetland management with a novel level of societal engagement. The Accelerator will provide tested indicators, monitoring approaches and decision support to identify adapted and future-oriented restoration goals, techniques and holistic road maps. Citizens and stakeholders will be empowered to engage in the co-design of projects by establishing stakeholder communities of practice, by twinning of similar projects at different realization stage, citizen science, thematic mobile apps and the use of multiple communication channels with special focus on visual, hands-on interactive information flow that promotes emotional links to water shaped environment. The various tools generated by Restore4Life also including handbooks for business audiences and targeted restoration roadmaps will secure the efficient replication of restoration activities in associated regions. In collaboration with similar mission activities, Restore4Life thus efficiently supports integrative social and economic transitions. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2023 - 31.5.2027 |
| ELMEN - ELMEN - Multi-inštitucionálny rámcový kontrakt na poskytovanie asistencie pre technické a finančné monitorovanie bežiacich projektov spolufinancovaných z predchádzajúcich a súčasného LIFE programu a pre tematickú podporu | |
| ELMEN - Inter-institutional single framework contract for the provision of assistance for the technical and financial monitoring of ongoing projects funded from previous and on-going LIFE programmes and on thematic support | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bezák Peter, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The ELMEN contract is focused mainly on monitoring of quality and professional and financial correctness of implementation of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme. These projects support the enhancement of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions, deal with various environmental issues, climate change adaptation and mitigation, circular economy and quality of life and clean energy. Monitoring experts regularly check the implementation of projects in the field or beneficiaries’ premises, evaluate submitted project reports and provide any other required thematic support related to the LIFE programme to the European Commission (DG Environment and CINEA). |
| Project webpage: | https://www.elmen-eeig.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.4.2023 - 31.3.2027 |
| MORIDEK - MORIDEK - Modelovanie vplyvov rastlinných invázií na dunajské ekosystémy | |
| MORIDEK - Modelling long term impacts of plant invasions on danubian ecosystems | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The activities of the proposed MORIDEK project complement the interdisciplinary nature of the original Horizon Europe project Restore4Life, which represents an innovation action addressing the socially significant issue of wetland restoration. Our proposed MORIDEK project contributes primarily to the scientific and research component of this innovation activity, which is necessary for demonstrating the importance of wetland restoration based on solid and reliable scientific foundations. Specifically, it focuses on assessing the impact of a particular threat to the Danube\'s alluvial wetlands, which is posed by plant species invasions. Invasive plants represent a significant threat to many of the Danube\'s alluvial wetlands, which are important and valuable ecological zones in Europe, but also act as catalysts for the spread of these invasive species. These invasive plant species can significantly disrupt ecosystem balance, threatening native species and the overall functionality of wetlands. The project will employ innovative approaches to assess the impacts of plant invasions using a combination of Earth observation (EO) and ecosystem process modeling (EM), aiming to contribute to the understanding of potential impacts of plant invasions on wetlands, particularly in terms of carbon and nutrient flows. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2024 - 31.5.2026 |
| EUGW - Pozorovanie trávnych porastov - aktualizácia CO4N2K | |
| EU Grassland Watch – CO4N2K update | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | EU Grassland Watch will support the monitoring and management of N2000 sites with a focus on grasslands and thereby assess the health of protected areas / ecosystems through time. The Copernicus programme will provide valuable resources for mapping and monitoring the sites through existing ready to use service products and operational Earth Observation (EO) image acquisitions. The results of the analysis processes will be exposed to users through a user-friendly and intuitive webtool to support their reporting and management needs at a range of scales from the pan-European to site levels. |
| Project webpage: | https://cop4n2k.eu/ |
| Duration: | 22.1.2024 - 16.5.2026 |
| Biodiversa+ - Biodiversa+ pilotný projekt monitoringu biodiverzity | |
| The European Biodiversity Partnership | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The pilot project is implemented and supported under Work Package 2 (WP2) of the Biodiversa+ project, which aims to establish a transnational network of national biodiversity monitoring systems. The pilot project is thematically divided into Mapping and monitoring of grassland and wetland habitats and Automated monitoring of birds, bats and nocturnal insects through sound and image recognition. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.biodiversa.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2025 |
| IMPAWOS - IMPAWOS - Vplyv cudzích a pôvodných drevín na vegetáciu a pôdu: dve strany jednej mince? | |
| IMPAWOS - Impact of alien and native woody plants on vegetation and soil: two sides of the same coin? | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD. |
| Annotation: | There is an ongoing debate whether introduced alien invasive species impose a greater threat to biodiversity than native species that are spreading in current, transformed landscapes. This question is important not only from the scientific point of view, but also for local managers, nature conservationists, and various stakeholders. Trees and shrubs often act as ecosystem engineers; they influence light conditions, the structure of vegetation, and co-occurring species. Their canopies serve as habitats for other organisms like birds, reptiles, or insects. Additionally, many tree species are important commodities in forestry, which makes them rather controversial if we consider their negative impact on biodiversity and ecosystems. IMPAWOS project will focus here on woody species and their impacts on vegetation, soil properties, and activity of soil biota and propose to establish microbiological analyses as new indicators of the soil health. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2025 |
| PAREUS - PAREUS - Poskytovanie adaptívnych poznatkov pre posilnenie stratégie EÚ v oblasti biodiverzity pre udržateľné krajiny a chránené oblasti | |
| PAREUS - Providing Adaptive knowledge for Ratcheting up the EU Biodiversity strategy for Sustainable landscapes and protected areas | |
| Program: | Horizon Europe |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD. |
| Annotation: | PAREUS follows the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) throughout its activities by mapping, evaluating, developing, and synthesizing landscape sustainability within selected cases with direct engagement with stakeholders to share, anticipate, reflect and respond to the overarching challenge (Fig. 1). The project will take a landscape approach23 by mapping and synthesizing documents to evaluate the spatial synergies and trade-offs between policy targets for biodiversity and possible pathways to ensure land degradation neutrality for protecting and restoring nature in National Case Studies (NCS). PAREUS consists of, besides a dedicated project coordination management work package (see section V.C for more details), of the six objective-driven work packages. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.biodiversa.eu/2023/04/19/pareus/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2025 |
| ELLE - ELLE - Regionálna spolupráca pre ochranu biodiverzity a ekosystémov v krajinách Východného partnerstva | |
| ELLE - Regional Collaboration in Protecting Biodiversity & Ecosystems in Eastern Partnership Countries | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Lieskovský Juraj, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project\'s primary objectives are focusing on enhancing the development, management and awareness of the Emerald network and promoting biodiversity conservation in Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Georgia, Moldovia, Ukraine. Primarily, it aims to deepen the understanding of Emerald site management, encompassing both legal aspects and knowledge acquisition from the Natura 2000 management framework. Furthermore, the project strives to raise awareness on such recent EU biodiversity protection initiatives as the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Nature Restoration Law. It aims to promote biodiversity integration into sectoral policies, programs, and investment projects. while encouraging community engagement in biodiversity conservation. The project also aspires to identify challenges associated with establishing the Emerald Network in Eastern Partnership countries and achieving national and international biodiversity targets. Additionally, the project will facilitate progress monitoring and reporting, including submissions to the European Environment Agency\'s Reportnet. Finally, the implementation of communication activities is central to the project, serving to inform key stakeholders and the broader public about the environmental, economic, and social benefits of protected areas, as well as the pivotal role that various stakeholder groups and citizens play in biodiversity protection. |
| Duration: | 1.8.2024 - 31.10.2025 |
| eLTER PPP - eLTER Preparatory Phase Project | |
| eLTER Preparatory Phase Project | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | eLTER RI is a pan-European Research Infrastructure planned to be operational in 2027. It has been built on the basis of existing national investments over several decades in the context of dedicated networks and ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological research projects. 162 Research Performing Organisations support the eLTER RI Science Case through a signed MoU, and 19 countries (including Slovakia) have formally provided political support to establishment of eLTER RI. The eLTER RI intends to create scientifically sound information required in response to grand societal challenges, while working as a distributed RI in the most cost-efficient way. It will continuously enhance its services and in-situ facilities to meet the needs of stakeholders as to emerging research challenges. Thereby, it will bring Europe to a globally leading role in ecosystem sciences. eLTER PPP will establish the vision and mission, strategic collaboration schemes and impact analysis of the RI; plan, consolidate with shareholders and start to implement the governance structures, coordinate a smooth transition from preparation into operations by establishing a legal entity, and by clearly identifying risks and risk reduction measures; prepare the cost benefit analysis, full Cost Book of the RI, and the financial plans for the mid-term and long-term perspective, and consolidate them with the shareholders; conclude the requirements of the RI to be met by the Central Services, identify the host for the Head Office, and the scope and decision making processes for hosting other central service components; finalise the technical specifications of eLTER RI concerning National Research Infrastructure design, eLTER Standard Observations and site categories, and establish a site labelling process; and develop and set up communication, dissemination and marketing structures or seamless continuation in eLTER RI, and engaging the eLTER scientific user community and other user groups beyond the project life time. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.lter-europe.net/projects/PPP |
| Duration: | 1.2.2020 - 31.1.2025 |
| eLTER PLUS - European long-term ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems research infrastructure PLUS | |
| European long-term ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems research infrastructure PLUS | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Progress in understanding, managing and securing current and future ecosystem functions and services is challenged by fragmented and dispersed ecosystem research, operated using narrow disciplinary perspectives that prevent a holistic understanding of complex eco- and socio-ecological systems. The emerging European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI) was evaluated by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) as having high potential for closing this gap in the European RI landscape. The primary objective of eLTER PLUS is to open and expand the research capacities and impact of eLTER by engaging current and new users and developing the operations of cross- and transdisciplinary research, exemplified in eLTER Site and Platform design and the RI’s Standard Observation framework. eLTER PLUS will execute a performance test of the emerging RI and assess and strengthen its operations in real time. It will further advance community building and provisioning of services as pursued by the H2020-funded eLTER INFRAIA Starting Community project and related projects. Its focus is on making intensive use of 35 selected sites and platforms in terrestrial, freshwater and coastal ecosystems, combined with observational data from an additional 50 sites, for studying ecosystem and socio-ecological responses to globally-relevant environmental challenges in terms of ecosystem integrity and ecosystem services. Its Whole-Systems approach will derive meaningful scientific and policy-relevant information via co-designed, transdisciplinary research in collaboration with diverse stakeholders at local, regional and EU-scales. Concerted actions also focus on collaboration with peer RIs to maximize synergies, increase efficiencies and catalyze holistic understanding of ecosystem function, and on development of virtual laboratories where in-situ site data are linked with other data sources, e.g. Copernicus. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.lter-europe.net/projects/PLUS |
| Duration: | 1.2.2020 - 31.1.2025 |
| PROCLIAS - PROCLIAS - Procesné modely pre atribúciu klimatických vplyvov naprieč odvetviami | |
| PROCLIAS - Process-based models for climate impact attribution across sectors | |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Dr.nat.techn. Ing. Merganičová Katarína |
| Annotation: | Many complex process-based models are available in Europe to project future climate impacts. Yet, the current climate impact research community is fragmented, modeling mostly individual systems. The integration of climate impacts across different natural and societal sectors is only slowly emerging. Likewise, attribution of impacts to climate and other factors is still a strongly under-researched field given that climate change is already strongly manifesting itself, an increasing number of court cases dealing with climate impacts is being negotiated and policy debates on loss and damage are intensifying. This lack of coordination amongst impact modelers and insufficient awareness about impact attribution methods hampers important scientific and political progress and more coordination and networking is urgently needed. Therefore, PROCLIAS aims to develop common protocols, harmonized datasets and a joint understanding of how to conduct cross-sectoral, multi-model climate impact studies at regional and global scales allowing for attribution of impacts of recent climatic changes and robust projections of future climate impacts. The Action will do so by focusing on key interactions of climate impacts across sectors, their accumulated effect, especially of extreme events, the attribution of impacts to climate change and the quantification of uncertainties. PROCLIAS will make use of all COST networking tools to train young researchers to conduct and analyse multi-model simulations in a cross-sectoral way, to support a common platform for collecting impact model simulations and methods for analyzing them and to disseminate the data, code and results to scientists as well as, in a more synthesized form, to stakeholders. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19139/#tabs|Name:Description |
| Duration: | 27.10.2020 - 26.10.2024 |
| CHIME_NPV - CHIME_NPV - Kvantifikácia nefotosyntetickej vegetácie z budúcej misie Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment | |
| CHIME_NPV - Towards quantification of non-photosynthetic vegetation from Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project activities represent a feasibility study of imaging spectroscopy\'s added value for NPV mapping in agricultural landscapes. Current state-of-the-art approaches are explored followed by set of empirical analyses and tests for effective retrieval algorithms and mapping using PRISMA and EnMAP products. In addition, NPV-relevant data are continuously collected through dedicated field campaigns of varying scales (plot to region wide). |
| Duration: | 2.4.2022 - 1.4.2024 |
| PEOPLE-EA - PEOPLE Ecosystem Accounting | |
| PEOPLE Ecosystem Accounting | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Černecký Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main goal of the international project PEOPLE Ecosystem Accounting (PEOPLE-EA) is to study the importance of remote sensing of the Earth for the purposes of introducing ecosystem accounting and to demonstrate the current possibilities of using remote sensing for terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. The PEOPLE-EA project seeks to demonstrate the increasing value of remote sensing data in order to support the implementation of ecosystem accounting at the national level of EU member states. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2022 - 31.3.2024 |
| SatZones - SatZones - Identifikácia výnosových zón na poľnohospodárskych pozemkoch s využitím satelitných údajov | |
| SatZones - Satellite-based delineation of yield productivity zones for Slovak crop fields | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kenderessy Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The delineation of "quasi homogenous" management zones is the basis of the precision agriculture (PA) practices, addressing the within-field variability of crop status and crop yield. Many ground-based methods exist for the delineation of management zones, though, due to the complexity and costs, they are not commonly applied in Slovak agricultural sector. On the other hand, cost-effective satellite-based approaches for identifying so-called yield productivity zones have been recently introduced. Yield productivity zones represent highly productive, respectively less productive zones within field parcels. In particular, the time-series approaches using satellite-based vegetation indices with relevant spatial and temporal resolutions (e.g. Sentinel2 or Landsat products) may identify stable recurring crop status patterns, resulting in identifying yield productivity zones. Though many services exist based on a user request basis, a "broad-scale full coverage" delivery of yield productivity zones in an automated manner is still rare. We aim to develop such a system to enhance satellite-based (later referred as EO based) agricultural services for "literally" 61 000 field parcels, a substantial number of Slovak farmers, and finally for the all ”digital farming” industry.The main technical objective of the project is development of the automated processor for creation of yield productivity zones at broader scale. Furthermore, EO-based service for farmers based on this processor will be designed. The end goal of the proposal is enhancement of the EO-based services for agriculture and precision farming. |
| Duration: | 15.2.2022 - 31.7.2023 |
| NEEMO EEIG 2019 - NEEMO EIG 2019 - Multi-inštitucionálny rámcový kontrakt na poskytovanie podpory pre monitorovanie LIFE projektov, komunikáciu o LIFE programe a iné súvisiace aktivity | |
| NEEMO EIG 2019 - Inter-institutional single framework contract for the provision of support for the monitoring of LIFE projects, communication about the LIFE programme and other related activities | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bezák Peter, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The NEEMO contract is focused mainly on monitoring of quality and professional and financial correctness of implementation of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in strands Nature, Environment and Climate Action. These projects support the enhancement of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions, deal with various environmental issues or climate change adaptation and mitigation. Monitoring experts regularly check the implementation of projects in the field or beneficiaries’ premises, evaluate submitted project reports and provide any other required support related to the LIFE programme to the European Commission (DG Environment and EASME). |
| Project webpage: | https://neemo.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2019 - 30.4.2023 |
| REGATA - Štúdium atmosférickej depozície ťažkých kovov v priemyselných regiónoch Slovenska pomocou biomonitorovacích techník, metód jadrovej fyziky a technológií GIS | |
| Atmoheric Deposition of Heavy Metals in Industrial Areas of Slovakia Studied by the Moss Biomonitoring Technique Employing Nuclear and Related Analytical Techniques and GIS Technology | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Borovská Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on research of chemical pollution of ground layer of the Slovak atmosphere with an emphasis on heavy metal pollution as part of the European mapping of heavy metals through selected groups of bryophytes within the ICP Vegetation program. The ILE SAS together with NFC in Zvolen ensures the collection and sorting of mosses from monitoring sites. The Radioanalytical Department of LNF JINR Dubna carries out an analysis of mosses in terms of the presence of selected heavy metals. The Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics FMFI UK Bratislava measures the radioactivity of moss samples from selected localities in order to map the annual dose of the population of the Slovak Republic from the inhalation of isotopes 137Cs and 210Pb. The results of the analyses will be published in the final report of the ICP Vegetation "Mosses as biomonitors of air pollution 2020-22 survey on heavy metals, nitrogen and POPs in Europe". |
| Duration: | 1.11.2020 - 31.12.2022 |
| DREAM SK-AT - Výskum a manažment rieky Dunaj na Slovensku a v Rakúsku | |
| Danube River Research and Management in Slovakia and Austria | |
| Program: | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kenderessy Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aims are to establish joint research facilities, to enhance knowledge transfer and to develop innovative monitoring and modelling tools in the SK-AT border region. By enhancing knowledge transfer and capacity building between research bodies and universities, the project will lead to an improved cooperation and exchange of expertise between research and innovation actors using newly constructed and upgraded research infrastructures (RI). New monitoring stations as well as innovative monitoring techniques (e.g. operative boat) and modelling tools concerning hydrodynamics, sediment transport, morphodynamics, ecological parameters and remote sensing technologies in river and wetland science will lead to high quality and comparable data derived at the Danube River in the project reaches (cross border region and adjacent reaches). A guidance document of monitoring and modelling tools will be published and available for the target groups. In SK (VÚVH) the hydraulic engineering laboratory (discharge 1,5 m³/s) will be modernized and upgraded according to the state of the art together with laboratory of geoinformatics and advanced river remote sensing (ILE SAS). In AT a hydraulic engineering laboratory will be constructed with 10 m³/s free flowing discharge. By using these RIs, the scientific basis for improving the Danube river management between Vienna and Bratislava will be developed, being available for target groups working in navigation, flood risk management, ecology, hydropower and drinking water supply. Furthermore, a close exchange of undergraduate and doctoral students and teachers between BOKU, VUVH and ILE SAS will be initiated and the research facilities will be jointly used for common teaching and research activities, also beyond the lifetime of the project. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2016 - 31.12.2022 |
| MICROCLIM - Pohľad z mikroúrovne na alpínsku flóru v podmienkach zmeny klímy. Prepojenie pozorovaní a modelov na zlepšenie nášho chápania budúcnosti európskych vysokohorských rastlín | |
| A micro-scale perspective on alpine floras under climate change. Linking observations and models to improve our understanding of the future of European high mountain plants | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project aims to conduct a resurvey of these summits to expand the time period covered to 20 years. The resurvey will follow exactly the same design and protocol as the preceding surveys and shall be realized within one field season in 2022, to keep the regular interval of every 7th year observed so far. Work will be conducted by experienced botanists in the regional teams already involved in the original surveys and subsequent resurveys, as far this is possible. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.mountainresearch.at/microclim/ |
| Duration: | 1.5.2022 - 30.11.2022 |
| SENSECO - Optické synergie pre priestorovo-časové snímanie škálovateľných ekofyziologických znakov | |
| Optical synergies for spatiotemporal sensing of scalable ecophysiological traits | |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Timely information about the landscape and vegetation significantly determine the quality of decision making in agriculture and forestry sector. Furthermore, spatio-temporal modelling of response and adaptability of agro-ecosystems to climate change and weather extremes supported by remote sensing is high on the agenda because of its significant social impact at national, European and international level. An integrated approach involving various scientific disciplines is crucial for this kind of research. Based on the newly built laboratories (laboratory of field measurements, laboratory of UAV and Earth Observation) Institute of Landscape Ecology (ILE SAS) is focused on the development of innovative remote sensing algorithms and spatio-temporal modelling of status of agro-ecosystems and vegetation at different scales (from plot level through the farm level, region level to the entire territory of Slovakia). Its development has been especially pronounced after the availability of new optical satellite data with better spectral and temporal resolution (Landsat 8, MODIS, Proba-V, Sentinel 2 and Sentinel3) that allow timely nationwide indicators of the condition of vegetation and land surface. ILE SAS has a great tradition of applied remote sensing in relation to assessment of vegetation response to climate change. ILE SAS has the ambition of enhancing research on this topic, based on historical research in applied remote sensing and GIS in vegetation ecology, ecosystem research and spatio-temporal modelling of vegetation. Within the proposed COST action ILE SAS will be mainly focused in development of standardized operating procedures and quality assurance methodologies based on short term missions within WG1 and inter-comparison exercises in WG2 both at field sites and in referenced laboratories in order to close the both scaling gap (WG1) and temporal gap (WG2). |
| Project webpage: | www.senseco.eu |
| Duration: | 4.5.2018 - 23.10.2022 |
| Linking science, policy and people for sustainable Carpathians | |
| Linking science, policy and people for sustainable Carpathians | |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.3.2020 - 31.7.2022 |
| Mobilizácia databáz siete Emerald na Západnom Balkáne ako príprava na biogegrafické semináre | |
| Mobilisation of Emerald Network databases in the Western Balkans in preparation of biogeographical seminars | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia have ratified the Bern Convention and consequently have to select Emerald sites and to forward complete Standard Data Form for every protected area. Setting-up the Emerald Network at national level is considered as one of the main tools for the Contracting Parties to comply with their obligations under the Bern Convention. The overall project objectives of the project are to support and to facilitate the mobilization of SDF databases followed by submission to the Bern Convention via the Reportnet’s Central Data Repository by Western Balkan countries. In hands-on workshops for each Western Balkan Country, representatives of national or regional nature conservation administration as well as scientific are working together, supported by the project team, to mobilize and update the Emerald database. The project should improve also taxonomic consistency and consistency in interpretation of habitat types in reporting between the Resolution N° 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention and the annexes of the Nature Directives (Habitats Directive and Birds Directive. |
| Duration: | 22.12.2021 - 30.6.2022 |
| ETC BD - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu - 2022 | |
| European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity - 2022 | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | ETC BD is project of the European Environment Agency (EEA). The ETC BD activities in 2022 is to high extent determined by programme of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its strategic plan; on the EÚ level by the EU Strategy 2020 on biodiversity. These political elements are fully integrated to the EEA multi-annual working programme that determines the ETC BD working plan. The ETC BD activities will be performed in two main areas: Monitoring, reporting and indicators; and Knowledge for ecosystem-based management. The first area consists of four parts: Dataflows and data analysis - Biodiversity, nature and terrestrial policies; Streamlining data monitoring and reporting, and data acquisition; Biodiversity monitoring and progress indicators (EU and global); and Protected areas. The second area has five parts: Assessing ecosystem condition, drivers of change and pressures on ecosystems; Restoration needs and targets; Solutions and restoration measures for ecosystems impacted by agriculture; Solutions and restoration measures for ecosystems impacted by forestry; and BISE - Biodiversity Information System for Europe. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2022 - 31.1.2022 |
| ETC BD - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu - 2019-2021 | |
| European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity - 2019-2021 | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | ETC BD is a project of the European Environmental Agency. EEA‐ETC/BD work over the period 2019‐2021 will be largely framed on global level by the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Strategic Plan for 2011‐2020 and at EU level by the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. These policy elements are fully integrated in the EEA Multi‐annual Work Programme 2014‐2018 extended to 2020, which determine the ETC BD work plan. The ETC BD activities will be done in 5 work packages. WP1 (Monitoring, data, management and information systems) addresses the organisation of dataflows and the management of core datasets which will either directly feed the policy process or/and underpin the production of indicators and assessments. WP2 (Indicators) mainly addresses work to be done by ETC/BD as part of the SEBI collaborative process (Streamlined European Biodiversity Indicators). WP3 (Assessments) over the next period will be largely framed by targets 1 and 2 of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. The evaluation of progress towards target 1 and its supporting actions will make use of information reported by Member States under the Nature Directives. A major piece of EEA‐ETC/BD work will be the preparation of the State of Nature report, to be published by end 2020. WP4 (Networking and policy support) covers networking with national authorities and experts under policy processes, whether at EU, pan‐European or global levels. WP5 is focused to the ETC BD management, capacity‐building and cross‐ETC cooperation. |
| Project webpage: | https://bd.eionet.europa.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2021 |
| Emerald Balkan - Posilnenie účasti krajín západného Balkánu na práci Európskej environmentálnej agentúry 2020- 2021 | |
| Strengthening the participation of the Western Balkans in the work of the European Environment Agency 2020- 2021 | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia have ratified the Bern Convention and consequently have to select Emerald sites and to forward complete Standard Data Form for every protected area. Setting-up the Emerald Network at national level is considered as one of the main tools for the Contracting Parties to comply with their obligations under the Bern Convention.The overall project objectives of the project are to support and to facilitate the mobilization of SDF databases followed by submission to the Bern Convention via the Reportnet’s Central Data Repository by Western Balkan countries. In hands-on workshops for each Western Balkan Country, representatives of national or regional nature conservation administration as well as scientific are working together, supported by the project team, to mobilize and update the Emerald database. The project should improve also taxonomic consistency and consistency in interpretation of habitat types in reporting between the Resolution N° 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention and the annexes of the Nature Directives (Habitats Directive and Birds Directive. |
| Duration: | 2.12.2021 - 31.12.2021 |
| CLIMASTEPPE - Riešenia pre klimaticky vhodné poľnohospodárstvo v suchých stepných oblastiach Ruska | |
| Solutions for climate-smart land use in the dry steppes of Russia | |
| Program: | ERANET |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Lieskovský Juraj, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The Russian dry steppes is a region where the negative impacts of climate change are heavily projected. Also, it is a region where adoption of climate-smart agriculture may allow reducing the negative impacts of climate change, cut the Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and result in defragmentation of steppes. After 1991 economy restructuring resulted in massive agricultural land abandonment and the restoration of steppes. Recent plans about recultivation of steppes underscore the importance to evaluate the trade-offs between agricultural expansion and ecosystem services. The ultimate goal of the project is to assess the ability of the Russian dry steppes to mitigate negative projections of climate change by adopting climate-smart agriculture. |
| Duration: | 1.4.2018 - 31.3.2021 |
| Sen2ForMaM - Mapovanie a monitoring poškodenia lesných porastov s podporou satelitných produktov Sentinel 2 | |
| Sentinel 2 based support of forest disturbance mapping and monitoring | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Existing forest geospatial decision support system will be improved byfunctionality for monitoring of forest status and disturbances with use of timely Sentinel2satellite images and derived products. Specific technological objectives are:1. Development of analytical tools for assessment of forest status and disturbance usingSentinel2 products2. Development data collection and visualization services for web and mobile platforms offorestry GIS system3. Operationalization of Sentinel2 based forest disturbance mapping for regional forestrysectorThe products and services will be implemented, thoroughly tested and verified in Orava forestadministration district according to requirements of already identified customer.The end goal and final customer benefits will be: early identification of changes in forest health and forest disturbances prevention of larger forest disturbance and damages by timely forest managementmeasures minimizing of the management costs and optimization of field work for monitoring |
| Duration: | 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2020 |
| ENI-SEIS II - Podpora pre implementáciu regionálneho a národného plánu ENI-SEIS II East 2019 v podpore podávania správ pre sieť Emerald | |
| Support for the implementation of the ENI-SEIS II East 2019 Regional and National Work Plan in assisting reporting to Emerald Network | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The ENI-SEIS East project aims at helping partner countries gradually develop and extend their biodiversity data e.g. on habitats, species and internationally designated areas in line with the SEIS principles in terms of institutional cooperation, content and infrastructure. The overall objective of the proposed activities and deliverables is to strengthen capacities of national authorities to further improve and share the data on internationally designated areas with quality assurance/quality control standards comparable with European Environmental Agency (EEA) and the World database on protected areas (WDPA). Developing the relational database helps partner countries to meet also international reporting obligations and requirements, for instance, to the Bern Convention, the Convention of Biological Diversity and its Aichi targets, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) etc. Given that, the specific objectives of the project are:• strengthening of the national authorities’ capacity in collecting biodiversity data and information for the reporting on the conservation status of species and habitats of European importance to the Bern Convention in 2019• supporting the designation cycle of new proposed areas to the Emerald network by providing sufficiency assessments to enable the countries to meet the Aichi strategic goal C target 11 and SDG-15To achieve these objectives, one reporting workshop and two biogeographical seminars will be organised. The reporting workshop will offer the possibility for the national experts to share their experiences and challenges at the regional level, both in content reporting and in using the reporting tool. The biogeographical seminars will be focused to scientific assessment of the sufficiency of the proposed and candidate Emerald sites to protect a) birds in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and 2) habitats and non-bird species in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The project should also ensure the helpdesk - the assistance to the country teams related to the reporting on species and habitats conservation status, making use of the Resolution 8 reporting tool. |
| Duration: | 1.4.2019 - 31.12.2019 |
| eLTER - Európska infraštruktúra pre dlhodobý ekosystémový a socioekologický výskum - eLTER | |
| European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure — eLTER | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The overall aim of the eLTER project is to advance the European network of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms to provide highest quality services for multiple use of a distributed research infrastructure.eLTER ́s major objectives and methods are to:(1) identify user needs for the research infrastructure in relation to major societal challenges through consultations with scientific, policy and business stakeholders and horizon scanning;(2) streamline the design of a cost-efficient pan-European network, able to address multiple ecosystem research issues, in collaboration with related global and European research infrastructures, e.g. LifeWatch;(3) develop the organisational framework for data integration and enable virtual access to the LTER data by enabling data publishing through distributed Data Nodes and by providing access to data on key research challenges through a Data Integration Platform;(4) foster the societal relevance, usability and multiple use of information, data and services through new partnerships with the providers of remotely sensed data, analytical services and scenario testing models, and via the adoption of new measurement technologies.The LTER-Europe network and the European Critical Zone community will collaborate to achieve these goals. 162 sites in 22 countries will provide data on long-term trends in environmental change, some reaching back 100 years. Test cases using these data will address a range of environmental and social issues to push innovation in network level services and steer conceptual developments. The envisaged “LTER Infrastructure” will enable European-scale investigation of major ecosystems and socio-ecological systems, and support knowledge-based decision making at multiple levels. |
| Project webpage: | http://www.lter-europe.net/projects/eLTER |
| Duration: | 1.6.2015 - 31.5.2019 |
| ETC BD - Európske tematické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu | |
| European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD) is established to support the work of EEA in the field of biodiversity for the period 2014-18 and the implementation of the EU Action Plan on Biodiversity and related global strategies. Key priority areas included in the work plans established between the EEA and the European Commission include:• Support implementation of existing EU legislation relating to nature (Habitats and Birds Directives), including links to other key EU legislation concerning the sea and water, rationalization of the data collection, reporting and sharing of experience and knowledge;• Support for assessment and reporting in connection with the global- and the EU biodiversity strategies, while promoting the implementation of data and information aspects, in particular the mapping and assessment of the health of ecosystems and their services in Europe;• Work on specific tasks relating to the EU\'s biodiversity strategy in sectors that are not covered by other ETCs. These include agriculture and forestry. The cooperation with the JRC, DG AGRI, and other pan-European and global partners in these issues is needed. |
| Project webpage: | http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2018 |
| Landscape Europe | |
| Landscape Europe | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bezák Peter, PhD. |
| Annotation: | LANDSCAPE EUROPE is an interdisciplinary network of national research institutes with expertise in landscape assessment, planning and management at the interface of policy implementation, education and state-of-the-art science in support of sustainable landscapes |
| Project webpage: | http://www.landscape-europe.net |
| Duration: | 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2018 |
| NEEMO - Monitorovanie LIFE projektov, komunikácia o LIFE programe a o iných aktivitách spojených s LIFE programom - NEEMO EEIG | |
| Monitoring of LIFE projects (action grants and operating grants), communication about the LIFE programme and other linked activities- NEEMO EEIG | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused mainly on monitoring of quality and professional and financial correctness of implementation of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in strands Environment and Climate Action. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. They usually last from three to five years. NEEMO EEIG consortium comprises 9 companies and institutes spread across the Europe, enabling the consortium to make the best use of its resources, and to provide expertise combined with local knowledge and the necessary language skills. Monitoring experts regularly check the implementation of projects in the field or beneficiary premises and submit evaluation reports to the European Commission, DG Environment. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2018 |
| ENI_SEIS - Podpora pre implementáciu regionálneho a národného plánu ENI-SEIS II East 2017-2018 v podpore podávania správ pre sieť Emerald | |
| Support for the implementation of the ENI-SEIS II East 2017-2018 Regional and National Work Plan in assisting reporting to Emerald Network | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is aimed to provide scientific and technical support to the six countries of Eastern Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) to strengthen their environmental monitoring and information management on the basis of the SEIS principles. As far as biodiversity is concerned, this implies support for the implementation of the Emerald Network under the Berne Convention. The project includes following activities:- Regional workshops on reporting requirements. Two workshops are expected with focus to reporting requirements based on international standards and developing of distributional maps for species and habitats; - Biogeographical seminars on sufficiency assessment of proposed and candidate Emerald sites. Two seminars are foreseen: 1) Seminar to assess sufficiency of the proposed and candidate sites to protect species (except birds) and habitats in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia; 2) Seminar to assess sufficiency of the proposed and candidate Emerald sites to protect bird species in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine;- Helpdesk support to the ENI East countries in using the Standard Data Form Tool for reporting the data to the EEA CDR;- Stremalining between Bern Convention (Emerald) and the EU Nature Directives in reporting- Harmonisation of methodologies for production of regionally comparable indicator on protected areas – implementing the indicator on protected areas. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.coe.int/en/web/bern-convention/emerald-network-reference-portal |
| Duration: | 1.7.2017 - 30.11.2018 |
| INSPIRATION - Integrované priestorové plánovanie, využitie územia, manažment krajiny - INSPIRATION | |
| INtegrated Spatial PlannIng, land use and soil management Research AcTION - INSPIRATION | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is aimed at the evaluation of current state of research in the topic land management and definition of the needs for the next period. The main sub-objectives of the project are:Identify social challenges related to land, especially land use, the management of land and soil protection, land use and utilisation of landscape resources,Evaluate approaches to integrated land management, to evaluate the current strengths and weaknesses, define proposals to improve the situation,Identify the need for research in the area land use and land management,Identifies the main groups of "stakeholders" and create a network of all groups "stakeholders" in the field,Ensure the transfer of knowledge in practice and contribute to improving policy EU and research in this area. |
| Project webpage: | www.inspiration.de |
| Duration: | 1.3.2015 - 28.2.2018 |
| NBP - Podpora pre biogeografický proces Natura 2000 | |
| Support for the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | In this project, the consortium led by European Centre for Nature Conservation will continue supporting the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process. The support provided in this context will cover the continuation of the Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process and its expansion with two Kick-off Seminars for the Continental, Pannonian, Steppic & Black Sea Region, which takes place in Luxembourg in spring 2015, and the Macaronesian Region planned for autumn 2015. It will also cover the organization of Review Natura 2000 Seminars for the Boreal and Atlantic regions in 2016 and for other regions in 2017.Last but not least, as a part of the \'Natura 2000 Biogeographical Networking Programme\', the new contract will support the establishment and implementation of a number of networking events, in close cooperation with the Commission, Member States, conservation institutes, NGOs and stakeholder organizations. These events will be designed to take forward specific common priorities identified by Process participants. The aim will be to develop collaboration and cooperative actions on the management of Natura 2000. In particular, focus will be given to developing new insights and practical know-how about management approaches required to improve the condition and status of Natura 2000 habitats and species. |
| Project webpage: | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/platform/index_en.htm |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017 |
| Advance eLTER - Posunutie výskumných infraštruktúr Európskeho dlhodobého ekosystémového výskumu, kritickej zóny a socio-ekologického výskumu smerom k ESFRI | |
| Advancing the European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure towards ESFRI | |
| Program: | Horizon 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Advance_eLTER marks a crucial step in building the distributed European ResearchInfrastructure of Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites and socio-ecological research platforms(eLTER RI) to provide highest quality data and services complementary to the European andglobal environmental RIs. The project will conduct important conceptual work andpreparatory steps towards enabling European-scale investigation of the “Critical Zone”, majorecosystems and socio-ecological systems, targeted at supporting knowledge-based decisionmaking at various levels concerning ecosystem services and biodiversity. Advance_eLTER will closely cooperate with all LTER related processes and projects and willresult in a 2017 eLTER ESFRI proposal. |
| Project webpage: | http://www.lter-europe.net/elter-esfri/advance-elter |
| Duration: | 1.1.2017 - 31.12.2017 |
| OpenNESS - Funkčnosť prírodných kapitálov a ekologických služieb: od konceptu k reálnej aplikácii (OpenNESS) | |
| Operationalisation of Natural Capital and EcoSystem Services: From Concepts to Real-world Applications (OpenNESS) | |
| Program: | FP7 |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is aimed at the evaluation of current state of research in the topic land management and definition of the needs for the next period. The main sub-objectives of the project are: 1) Identify social challenges related to land, especially land use, the management of land and soil protection, land use and utilisation of landscape resources, 2) Evaluate approaches to integrated land management, to evaluate the current strengths and weaknesses, define proposals to improve the situation, 3) Identify the need for research in the area land use and land management, 4) Identify the main groups of "stakeholders" and create a network of all groups "stakeholders" in the field, 5) Ensure the transfer of knowledge in practice and contribute to improving policy EU and research in this area. |
| Duration: | 1.12.2012 - 31.5.2017 |
| Syntéza štúdií vplyvu inštitucionálnych zmien a zmien krajinnej pokrývky a využitia krajiny na uhlík, biodiverzitu a poľnohospodárstvo po rozpade Sovietskeho Zväzu | |
| Synthesis of Studies on Institutional Change and LCLUC Effects on Carbon, Biodiversity, and Agriculture After the Collapse of the Soviet Union | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Major institutional changes occurred throughout Eastern Europe and European Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the expansion of the EU in 2004 and \'07, resulting resulted in substantial land cover and land use change. NASA-funded case studies led by members of our proposal team have highlighted the magnitude of these land changes. However, these case studies have not been synthesized, and we lack comprehensive datasets of land change, analysis of its economic and institutional drivers, and assessments of its environmental effects. Our first goal is to utilize recent advances in remote sensing science to a) map wall-to-wall decadal land change from Landsat data across Eastern Europe and European Russia, and b) conduct in-depth analyses of higher temporal resolution land change for dense time stacks of selected footprints. Our prior case studies highlighted that land changes were highly heterogeneous in space suggesting that economies and institutions were important drivers of land change. However, how economic, policy, and institutional changes - and their legacies – affected land change is not clear. Our second goal is to understand the economic, policy and institutional drivers of land change across Eastern Europe and European Russia. Similarly, case studies by our team and others provide strong evidence for substantial effects of land change on agriculture, forestry, carbon pools and fluxes, and biodiversity. The additional remote sensing analyses outlined above would allow us to take the research on these effects to a new level, and make comprehensive assessments across Eastern Europe. Our third goal is to assess the effects of land change on agriculture, forestry, carbon, and biodiversity across Eastern Europe and European Russia. The main outcome will be a synthesis of prior research on land change in Eastern Europe. Our prior research puts us in a unique position to provide three important outcomes: a) consistent maps of land change across Eastern Europe; b) analyses of the policy, economic and institutional drivers of the land changes that occurred; and c) assessments of land change effects on agriculture, forestry, carbon, and biodiversity. Land use is the principal driver of global environmental change. Twenty years after the Soviet Union, and ten years after the start of NEESPI and of numerous research projects in the region, we now have a unique opportunity to synthesize findings and extract more general patterns. We propose to conduct such a synthesis and make a major contribution to our understanding of human-natural systems, and land use science. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2016 |
| SENSFOR - Zvýšenie kapacity reziliencie citlivých horských lesných ekosystémov pri environmentálnych zmenách (SENSFOR) | |
| Enhancing the resilience capacity of SENSitive mountain FORest ecosystems under environmental change (SENSFOR) | |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Treeline ecosystems are important indicators of environmental change, because they are heavily impacted by environmental drivers, in particular changed climate and land use, resulting in land abandonment and reforestation of formerly treeless areas. With a focus on treeline ecosystems, this Action aims at integrating scientific methods and results related to the biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resources under climate and land use change. The Action will investigate the drivers and extent of contemporary and future environmental changes in European mountain forests, developing methods for estimating their resilience and define consequences for society. This knowledge provides the scientific basis necessarily to develop and adjust management strategies together with local and regional stakeholders as well as policy recommendations for national and European policy makers. Applying the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact, Response) framework, the joint actions of the SENSFOR network will contribute to the development of strategies for preserving ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation in sensitive mountain areas in Europe. |
| Project webpage: | http://www.sensfor-cost.eu/ |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 21.11.2016 |
| 200 rokov zmien využívania krajiny a krajinnej pokrývky a ich hnacie sily v Karpatskej kotline | |
| 200 years of land use and land cover changes and their driving forces in the Carpathian Basin | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Lieskovský Juraj, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project will utilize historical topographic maps and modern satellite imagery to characterize land use patterns in the Carpathian region, to document agricultural land use change and to understand the major drivers for this change during the last 200 years. Historical materials will include maps dating back to 1840s, starting with the First Military Mapping of the Astro-Hungarian Empire, followed by maps of the Second Military Mapping, maps of period between two World Wars, collectivization and socialism – up to 70s. Satellite data (Landsat) will be utilized (starting 1979) will be used for socialist period, final socialist years, post-socialist period and EU expansion. All maps will be analyzed for the change in (1) agricultural extent, with focus on cropland, grasslands and abandoned land (2) agricultural intensity with focus on crop variability and reforestation of abandoned croplands (3) agricultural fragmentation with focus on field size. The study will also address agricultural land use transitions caused due to shifts in institutional, socio-economic and societal conditions. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2015 |
| ASTRALE DELTA - ASTRALE GEIE - Asistencia a technická podpora pri riešení úloh programu LIFE + a LIFE III (ASTRALE DELTA) | |
| ASTRALE GEIE - Technical and Administrative assistance related to Implementation of Projects under the Life+ and LIFE III (ASTRALE DELTA) | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2014 - 15.11.2015 |
| FC2014 - Forum Carpaticum 2014 | |
| Forum Carpaticum 2014 | |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project focuses on the organization of the 3rd International Conference “ Forum Carpaticum” (FC) in 2014 which promotes international research cooperation in the Carpathian region. FC is a platform for the exchange of experience and information between subjects in fields of science, policy and practice that active contribute to the sustainable development of the Carpathians. The activities of FC include the development of research aimed at enhancing the specific needs of the region, strengthening capacities and promoting research in the Carpathians and strengthening the links between science and practice. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.1.2015 |
| FORECASTING SYST - Vývoj adaptívneho predpovedného systému ochrany rastlín v spolupráci prihraničných vinárskych oblastí v záujme zvyšovania ich konkurencieschopnosti (FORECASTING SYST) | |
| Development of the adaptive plant protection forecasting system within a collaboration of border viticultural areas for purpose to increase their competitiveness (FORECASTING SYST) | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main aim of the project is the development and testing the model of an effective health care of the vine. The model will be based on elaboration of the data from the microclimatical stations which will be installed in the individual types of the wine-production areas. In this year the typisation of the wine production areas in the boarder region to Hungary done. This will be the basis for chosing the testing areas. |
| Project webpage: | n/a |
| Duration: | 15.1.2013 - 14.1.2015 |
| Back to future - Skúmanie historických hnacích síl zmien využitia krajiny, environmentálnej histórie a ich vplyvov na biodiverzitu a služby ekosystémov v Európe (Back to future) | |
| Exploring historical drivers of land use and environmental history and their impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Europe (Back to future) | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project aims in use of the knowledge of past conditions and assessment of changes for better understanding of the present environmental conditions. This historical perspective is helpful when predicting how the environment at a location may change in the future, given certain scenarios. Rather than addressing a single specific research question, the project is designed as and an umbrella project under which a set of sub-projects is running. Although these run separately, they share some features in common. They utilise historical sources of information dating back at least 20 years and compare these with present day information, in order to better understand such things as past environmental conditions, past human utilisation of land, rates of change in certain parameters, how the past explains present environmental observations. They involve one or more partners of the ALTER-Net network, bring together young and old generations of researchers, ‘natural’ and ‘social’ scientists and generate an output - either published paper or new datasets, accessible photographic resources and educational resources. Each sub-project team should produce a report describing the study and the results, and explaining how the results could be applied to (a) further studies of the site and (b) similar sites / habitats / landscapes. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2013 - 31.12.2014 |
| NBP - Nový biogeografický proces (NBP) | |
| New Biogeographical Process (NBP) | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The overall objective of the project is to provide technical and scientific support to the European Commission in relation to the implementation of the new Natura 2000 seminars process, including the logistic preparation of the Natura 2000 seminars and the preparatory workshops. This includes the preparation of invitations, agendas, working documents, reports and guidance documents. The technical and scientific support will aim at achieving the following objectives:1. Preparatory workshops, Natura 2000 seminars, ad hoc expert meetings and preparatorymeetings between the main actors of the process are well prepared and organised.2. Appropriate technical and scientific information on the conservation status of species andhabitat types covered by the seminars, the major threats acting on these species and habitats,existing management instruments and measures for addressing threats and achievingfavourable conservation status, including best practice is compiled and made available inadvance of the workshops and seminars. 3. The appropriateness of existing conservation objectives and measures for species and habitattypes covered by the seminars is being assessed.4. Appropriate recommendations are prepared on the adaptation of conservation objectives andmeasures to changing conditions; including climate change, where necessary.5. High quality working documents are prepared and made available in advance of the workshopsand seminars.6. High quality seminar reports and guidance documents, interpretation notes or reviews onparticular issues are prepared and made available.7. A permanent internet-based communication platform of the Natura 2000 Seminars isestablished, promoted and maintained.8. Ad hoc expert meetings are organised on particular issues if necessary. |
| Project webpage: | http://www.ecnc.org/projects/green-infrastructure/new-biogeographic-process/ |
| Duration: | 14.12.2011 - 13.12.2014 |
| ASTRALE GAMMA - Asistencia a technická podpora pri riešení úloh programu LIFE + a LIFE III (ASTRALE GAMMA) | |
| ASTRALE GEIE - Technical and Administrative assistance related to Implementation of Projects under the Life+ and LIFE III (ASTRALE GAMMA) | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 30.6.2014 |
| Astrale Alpha | |
| Astrale Alpha | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| ETC/BD -13 - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu - ETC/BD -13 | |
| European Topic Centre for Biological Diversity - ETC/BD - 13 | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| Astrale E - Asistencia a technická podpora pri riešení úloh programu LIFE - ASTRALE E | |
| Assitance and technical support for the tasks related to actions under the LIFE programme | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on quality checking of EC funded projects of LiFE + and LIFE III. This projects are concrete scientific-technical actions in the problematic circles of environment protection and nature protection. Scienists of ILE regulary check the quality of the work directly in the field, as well as in laboratiories and in the administrative. The report submitted to the European Comimission , comment the fullfilment of duties of the beneficiaries, if the activity is an accordance with the approwed contract and if the beneficiary respect the scientific argumments in the application of the project. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2012 - 31.12.2012 |
| ETC/BD 12 - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu-ETC/BD 12 | |
| European Topic Centre fo Biological Diversity- ETC/BD 12 | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is the following (2009-2013): Assessment of number and distribution of the chosen plant species, compilation of the Red List(book for europeaa plant and animal species, compilation of list of important species, compilation of list of important habitats). |
| Duration: | 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2012 |
| FC2012 - Forum Carpaticum 2012 | |
| Forum Carpaticum 2012 | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project supported organisation of the international conference Forum Carpaticum 2012 (FC2012) with the main theme “From Data to Knowledge, from Knowledge to Action” (Stará Lesná, 30.5.-2.6.2012). The FC2012 organised Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the network Science for the Carpathians Initiative (S4C). The S4C aims to integrate different fields of expertise to generate theoretical and practical knowledge for the Carpathian mountain region. The objectives of the Forum Carpaticum conference are: To link research and practice related to coupled human and natural systems in mountain regions; to scientifically support actions leading towards sustainability in the Carpathian region; to increase the visibility of the Carpathian region in the global change research agendas. The Forum Carpaticum 2012 reviewed current research in the Carpathian region, presented examples of knowledge generation and its successful application to practice and policy, and fostered networking and international cooperation within and beyond Carpathian countries. |
| Project webpage: | www.forumcarpaticum.org |
| Duration: | 1.1.2012 - 31.7.2012 |
| Astrale D - Astrale D | |
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| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on quality checking of EC funded projects of LiFE + and LIFE III. This projects are concrete scientific-technical actions in the problematic circles of environment protection and nature protection. Scienists of ILE regulary check the quality of the work directly in the field, as well as in laboratiories and in the administrative. The report submitted to the European Comimission , comment the fullfilment of duties of the beneficiaries, if the activity is an accordance with the approwed contract and if the beneficiary respect the scientific argumments in the application of the project. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2011 - 30.6.2012 |
| EBONE - Európska sieť pre štúdium biodiverzity: návrh plánu pre integrovaný observačný systém v priestore a čase | |
| European Biodiversity Observation Network: Design of a Plane for an Integrated Biodiversity Observing System in Space and Time | |
| Program: | FP7 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The EBONE project is designed to develop a fully integrated system based on key biodiversity indicators, implemented within an institutional framework operating at the European level. EBONE will make the links between databases, which have currently remained isolated in order to increase their overall effectiveness. A link will be made between the methods, data and observation sites available in different countries and regions. A link will also be made with various ongoing projects and available databases, as well as observation and monitoring systems. This will lead to a cost effective procedure for biodiversity monitoring by applying the most efficient indicators into a balanced sampling programme. One of the important steps is to carry out tests on the data from LTER sites in relation to analysis of nation-wide habitat monitoring programmes. EBONE is a partnership of sixteen universities and research institutes in Europe, Israel and South Africa. |
| Project webpage: | www.ebone.wur.nl |
| Duration: | 1.2.2008 - 31.1.2012 |
| ETC/BD 11 - ETC-BD 2011 | |
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| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is the following (2009-2013):Assessment of number and distribution of the chosen plant species, compilation of the Red List(book for europeaa plant and animal species, compilation of list of important species, compilation of list of important habitats). |
| Duration: | 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2011 |
| Zvyšovanie ekologického povedomia mladých pedagógov založeného na princípoch Biosférických rezervácií | |
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| Program: | Inter-institute agreement |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are areas with the all typical features for sustainable development, i.e. for the wise management of all natural resources, for their utilisation and use in accordance with ecological stability. Pedagogues active in pedagogical process are those who can influence young generation substantially by means of persuading them about the inevitability and ways of such a management. Whithin this project, the pedagogues have been trained directly in the filed of the Eastern Carpathians UNESCO Biophere Reserves for such a pedagogical work. Participants form UE, BY, RO, PL, CZ, SK, 23-26 October, 2011, Stakčin/SK. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2011 - 30.11.2011 |
| Astrale C - Administratívna a technická podpora pri úlohách súvisiacich s implementáciou projektov v rámci programov LIFE III a LIFE+ | |
| Astrale C - Technical and administrative assistance for tasks related to implementation of projects under the LIFE+ and under the LIFE III programme | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract is focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checks whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitor the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2010 - 30.6.2011 |
| Výskum a zachovanie biodiverzity v historických štruktúrach poľnohospodárskej krajiny Slovenska | |
| Research and maintaining of biodiversity in historical structures of agricultural landscape of Slovakia | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The historical structures of agricultural landscape (HSAL) represent mosaics of small-scale arable fields and permanent agricultural cultivations which were not affected by the process of agricultural collectivization. They have irreplaceable ecological, cultural and historical value. They are a result of a long term, mutual relationship between man and the landscape. As main sources of local biodiversity, they are linked mainly to balks, margins of cross fields tracks, original meadows and pastures and after collectivization abandoned grass-grown former arable fields. These areas are now becoming rare and thus highly valuable in the European space. Since these areas are not at present a subject of special protection, there’s a high risk that in the near future, due to abandonment and subsequent forest succession and urban pressure, their decline or even irreversible loss is probable. Our project aims to resolve this problem by carrying out a thorough inventory and typologization of HSAL on the territory of whole Slovakia, coupled with detailed interdisciplinary research (research of vegetation, animals, ecological conditions and human society) in 3 representative pilot areas (Svätý Jur town, Liptovská Teplička village Hriňová town) and implementation of an proposed Strategy for protection and management of HSAL in these territories as well. |
| Duration: | 10.9.2009 - 30.4.2011 |
| POINT - Vplyv indikátorov na environmentálnu politiku | |
| Policy Influence of Indicators | |
| Program: | FP7 |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.4.2008 - 30.3.2011 |
| LIFEWATCH - LIFEWATCH | |
| LIFEWATCH | |
| Program: | FP7 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to inventarize and evaluate the EU (inc. SK) of sea- terresterial-and freshwater-research stations or institutions which work in the problem of biodiversity. Used methods have been evaluated in the context with long-term research. Assessed and evaluated the database and data which have been started in the institutions. Evaluation of their quality, accessibility and conditions under which are available. Search for data on biodiversity available in the museums and libreries. First steps towards creation of the Service Centre, which should be in charge of data marketing, rights of owners, training and services for the general public. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.2.2008 - 31.1.2011 |
| ETC/BD 2010 - ETC/BD 2010 - Európske tématické centrum pre biodiverzitu | |
| ETC/BD 2010 - European Tematic Centre for Biodiversity | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC BD) is an expert organisation of the European Environmental Agency (EEA) and its work is based on the EEA work plan. The activities of ETC BD were in 2009 focused to 3 main themes (Support to the Biodiversity Directives, Biodiversity-related assessments, ETC/BD Management) that were detailed to individual tasks. ILE SAS co-operated in individual tasks with other partners in the ETC BD consortium that consists of 9 organisations. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2010 - 31.12.2010 |
| SCERES - Scenáre vývoja reprezentatívnych ekosystémov krajiny Slovenska v kontexte globálnych zmien | |
| Development scenarios of representative landscape ecosystems in the Slovak republic considering global changes | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is aimed at the elaboration of the new approach to nature protection, biodiversity and landscape stability. It proposes to vault over the component approach to nature protection based purely on the protection of life forms and its substitution by complex landscape-ecological approach based on the protection of nature and life by conservation and ensurance of sustainable use of all representative landscape systems of Slovakia in the context of global changes. The target of the subproject is to elaborate the methodological procedure for creation and evaluation of representative landscape ecosystems in order to elaborate the effective strategy of biodiversity protection and proposal of the management of sustainable use of representative landscape ecosystems (landscape types) of Slovakia (RLES) that will ensure the regular care of landscape in view of the present global changes in the landscape. A part of the subproject and an aim is to include „main actors“ into the process of protection and management of RLES, to increase their awareness with respect to the values of representative landscape types, their tasks and changes. The realization of the subproject is the concrete contribution to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (European Council, 2000, no. 176). |
| Project webpage: | www.ukesav.sk |
| Duration: | 1.10.2008 - 30.10.2010 |
| IPEL - Vytvorenie jednotného monitoringu na báze priestorového informačného systému v povodí Ipľa | |
| Developed of IT-based unified environment monitoring system in the catchmen are of Ipoly | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Hungary-Slovakia cross-border co-operation programe 2007-2013, Action 2.1.1 Joint actions to encourage the protection of the natural environment (Waste, waste management and renewable energy), especially the projects oriented towards watersheds of border rivers. The project main objective: It´s environment and nature conservation interests to ensure the geospatial database and decision support system, which is consistent with the authorities of both countries to ensure the harmonization of the official decisions. Analysis: Collection of the river basin and the environmental characteristics of the basic structure Interpretation: The basic characteristics of goal-oriented re-evaluation of river basin environment Proposition: Prognosis of the Ipoly Valley natural values and sustainable landscape use. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2009 - 30.9.2010 |
| ASTRALE B - Administratívna a technická podpora pri úlohách súvisiacich s implementáciou projektov v rámci programov LIFE III a LIFE+ | |
| ASTRALE B - Technical and administrative assistance for tasks related to implementation of projects under the LIFE+ and under the LIFE III programme | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract is focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checks whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitor the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania. |
| Project webpage: | www.astrale.org |
| Duration: | 1.7.2009 - 30.6.2010 |
| Atlas krajiny Českej republiky | |
| Landscape Atlas of the Czech Republic | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.12.2004 - 30.6.2010 |
| BIOSTRAT - Biostrat - Príprava a tvorba stratégie EÚ o ochrane biodiverzity | |
| Biostrat - Developing the EU Biodiversity Strategy | |
| Program: | FP6 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | In the frame of the project, the scientists from ILE SAS took part in the e-conferences on FP7 calls (those to be in near future). In the EU presidency countries (Brdo, Slovenia and Paris/France) they have participated in the conferences where they have presented the work, problems and perspectives of the Slovak platform for biodiversity and the way of communication with the sicentific community , basic information on Landscape biodiversity and Biodiversity and biofuel, evaluated and described in a non-published study. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2006 - 3.4.2010 |
| EuroMAB 2009 - EuroMAB konferencia 2009, Pracujeme spolu - učíme sa spolu | |
| EuroMAB Conference 2009, Doing together- learning together | |
| Program: | UNESCO |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kubáčková Andrea |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is preparing of the International conference which will be held in Stara Lesna, 26 -31 October 2009 with the participation of representatives MAB from Europe and North America |
| Duration: | 2.9.2008 - 30.1.2010 |
| ETC BD - 09 - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu - 09 | |
| European Topic Centre for Biological Diversity-09 | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC BD) is an expert organisation of the European Environmental Agency (EEA) and its work is based on the EEA work plan. The activities of ETC BD were in 2009 focused to 3 main themes (Support to the Biodiversity Directives, Biodiversity-related assessments, ETC/BD Management) that were detailed to individual tasks. ILE SAS co-operated in individual tasks with other partners in the ETC BD consortium that consists of 9 organisations. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2009 |
| Natura 2000 Děčín | |
| Natura 2000 Děčín | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Evaluation of the NATURA 2000 site CZ0424111 Labské údolí according to Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC). |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 30.3.2008 - 31.12.2009 |
| EUCALAND - Európska kultúra vyjadrená v poľnohospodárskych krajinách | |
| European culture expressed in agricultural landscapes | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project aims to describe and classify European agricultural landscapes as a part of our cultural heritage, including the values and meanings they have for the people of Europe today.The final goal is to reach general recommendations on alternative ways to deal with our future agricultural landscapes, more culturally and sustainable oriented, addressed not only to scientists and planners, but also to policy makers an especially to the people of Europe. One of the objectives of the project is to establish a network of the European agricultural landscapes. The project activities correspond to 7 thematic work packages: WP1 - Landscape descriptions, WP2 - Landscape history, WP3 - Landscape classification, WP4 - Landscape assessment and policy,WP5 - Landscape planning WP6 - Dissemination and findings, WP7 - Project management and network coordination. |
| Project webpage: | www.eucalandproject.eu |
| Duration: | 15.11.2007 - 14.11.2009 |
| NATURA PARTNER - NATURA PARTNER | |
| NATURA PARTNER | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | On the basis of national reports, which analyzed preparatory actions for designation and management of Natura 2000 sites from all EU Member States, the summary report was done by project coordinator. The summary report was sent to DG Environment, and has been discussed with them and they have informal approved them. The summary report should help European Commission to establish a new communication tool in order to promote the pro-active involvement of socio-economic stakeholders in the management of Natura 2000 sites. |
| Duration: | 1.9.2008 - 31.7.2009 |
| ASTRALE 10 - Asistencia a technická podpora pri riešení úloh programu LIFE | |
| ASTRALE 10 - Assistance and technical support for the tasks related to actions under the LIFE Programme | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract was focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checked whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitored the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic and Romania. |
| Project webpage: | www.astrale.org |
| Duration: | 1.10.2008 - 30.6.2009 |
| ASTRALE A - ASTRALE A - Administratívna a technická podpora pri úlohách súvisiacich s implementáciou projektov v rámci programov LIFE III a LIFE+ | |
| ASTRALE A - Technical and administrative assistance for tasks related to implementation of projects under the LIFE+ and under the LIFE III programme | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract was focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checked whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitored the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania. |
| Project webpage: | www.astrale.org |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 30.6.2009 |
| Natura lot2 - Natura 2000 Preparatory Actions - Lot 2 | |
| Natura 2000 Prípravné akcie - Lot2 | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is aimed at the assessment of preparatory action of thedesignation of Natura 2000 network - Special Areas of Conservation (SACs),including information on legislative procedure as well as the othermanagement instruments that are being put into these sites. In the contextof the preparatory action for Natura 2000, the Commission has decided toestablish a new communication tool in order to promote the pro-activeinvolvement of socio-economic stakeholders in the management of Natura 2000sites and to develop a new scheme for the award of the title "Natura2000Partner" to actors who have a special merit in the management of or thecommunication on Natura 2000. The best practices in integrated sitemanagement in the different Member States will be available as well. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.9.2008 - 30.6.2009 |
| SENSOR - Hodnotenie trvalo udržateľných vplyvov: Nástroje pre environmentálne, sociálne a ekonomické vplyvy multifunkčného využitia krajiny v Európskych regiónoch | |
| Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for Environmetal,Social and Economic Effects of Multifunctional Land Use in European Regions | |
| Program: | FP6 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Institute of landscape ecology SAS has participated on 3 modules, M 3.2., M 6.1. and M 6.2. Within the module M 3.2., ILE SAS participated on definition of criteria for selection of key sustainability indicators, their importance and relevance for assessing the sustainability on regional level and definition of links between key indicators and land-use functions. These indicators were then assessed using sustainability thresholds/limits approach. This approach was based on definition of qualitative/quantitative threshold values for selected environmental indicators. Within the module 6.1., activities included elaboration of sustainability assessment plan for SIAT (Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool) testing region of High Tatras. The results were summed up into a data form containing definition of main sustainability problems, stakeholders and data resources. The M 6.2. activities included collection, standardisation and harmonisation of various social, economical and environmental statistical data for the High Tatras testing region. Data were collected according to M6 Data management framework and uploaded to common georeferenced database system. |
| Project webpage: | www.sensor-ip.org |
| Duration: | 1.12.2004 - 31.5.2009 |
| ALTER-Net - Výskumná sieť pre dlhodobý výskum biodiverzity, ekosystému a vedomia | |
| A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awarness Research Network | |
| Program: | FP6 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Institute of Landscape Ecology Slovak Academy of Sciences participated in collaboration with other 23 partners from 16 European countries on the work of all 14 workpackages. In the year 2008, staff of ILE SAS has been worked on broad spectrum of tasks of the project ALTER-Net and attended actively all important workshops. Work was focused on 4th and 5th Reporting Period of the project. The most important results and outcomes: establishing of the Slovak LTER Committee, implementation of Slovak LTER sites, preparation of publication „LTER European book“, completing of InfoBase database, reinvestigation of task “Multi-site experiment”, preparation of database 2008 and analysis of data; preparation of Slovak LTSER platform. |
| Project webpage: | www.alter-net.info |
| Duration: | 1.4.2004 - 31.3.2009 |
| Fruits and Veget - Producentské organizácie sektoru ovocia a zeleniny v Európe | |
| Producers Organisation Fruits and Vegetable Sector in Europe | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project has been focused on the landscape ecological evaluation of different types of a large-scale fruits and vegetables production in SK and CZ. Estimated the intensity of inventions of managers in the production process and their consequences in the environmental indicators, such as air pollution, pollution of soil and underground water. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.12.2007 - 28.2.2009 |
| ETC BD 08 - Európske tématické centrum pre biodiverzitu - 08 | |
| European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity - 08 | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The assessment of national reports on favourable conservation status of habitats and species represented the most important task in 2008. The EU member countries submitted these reports on the basis of Article 17 of the Habitat Directive, we prepared assessments for individual biogeographical regions. The final report was delivered to the DG Environment. We participated in the EEA task „EURECA – European Ecosystem Assessment“, the main output was the background document on ecosystem assessment of high mountains, presented in the EEA workshop in Copenhagen. In the framework of the Natura 2000 network assessment was prepared the manuscript of paper on habitats of the European importance, requiring agricultural management for their existence. |
| Project webpage: | http://biodiversity.eionet.europa.eu/activities |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2008 |
| GLORIA - Globálna observačno-výskumná iniciatíva v alpínskom prostredí - GLORIA-projekt 2008 | |
| The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments - GLORIA-Project 2008 | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | GLORIA, the "Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments", is an initiative towards an international research network to assess climate change impacts on mountain environments. A standardised sampling design, such as GLORIA\'s Multi-Summit approach described here, is required so that data from different mountain regions can be compared. The aim of the project “GLORIA Field campaign 2008” was to provide detailed and complex research on the established GLORIA summits and to compare the obtained data with the baseline data from the years 2000 and 2001, so to detect a possible change. The research was realised on the base of “GLORIA Field manual - Multi-summit approach” and “Guidelines for the GLORIA-Europe resurvey 2008 - Amendment to the GLORIA Field Manual, 4th version” Additionally, two new methodical approaches were realised. The first, “California method” is used for more detailed quantitative analysis and description of species composition on summit area sections. The second, “Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen oxides” was used for measuring of atmospheric nitrogen deposition during the recording period. The nitrogen dioxide passive diffusion tubes were used for this purpose. |
| Project webpage: | www.gloria.ac.at |
| Duration: | 1.6.2008 - 31.12.2008 |
| ASTRALE 9 - Asistencia a technická podpora pri riešení úloh programu LIFE | |
| ASTRALE 9 - Assistance and technical support for tasks related to actions under the LIFE Programme | |
| Program: | Bilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract was focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checked whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitored the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania. |
| Project webpage: | www.astrale.org |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 30.9.2008 |
| Natura 4lots - Natura 2000 - prípravné akcie | |
| Natura 2000 - preparatory actions (4 lots) | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is aiming in development of database on suitable management practices for habitats of the European importance in the framework of the Natura 2000 network building. The project, performed by the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS, is focused to grassland ecosystems in Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic. Its main part is collection and selection of relevant published and unpublished documents with required information, their processing to the database form of references and abstracts and making them accessible for users. It is expected that especially managers of Natura 2000 sites and nature conservation organisations will be users of the database. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.2.2007 - 30.4.2008 |
| RURAL-ETINET - Ekonomický a technologický inteligenčný projekt na podporu vidieckych oblastí v 6. Rámcovom programe | |
| Economic and Technological Intelligence Project to Facilitate SME-s in Rural areas to participate in the Sixth Framework Programme | |
| Program: | FP6 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Project webpage: | www.rural-sme.net |
| Duration: | 1.12.2003 - 31.12.2006 |
| Európska sieť dlhodobého výskumu lesných ekosystémov a krajiny COST-ENFORS | |
| European Network for Long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research COST-ENFORS | |
| Program: | Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Project webpage: | http://www.wsl.ch/projects/enfors |
| Duration: | 1.9.2003 - 31.12.2006 |
| SOBIO - Mobilizovanie potenciálu európskeho spoločenského výskumu na podporu manažmentu biodiverzity a ekosystému | |
| Mobilising the European Social Research Potential in Support of Bioidversity and Ecosystem Management | |
| Program: | FP6 |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Project webpage: | www.edinburgh.ceh.ac.uk/biota/SoBio_page.htm |
| Duration: | 1.1.2004 - 31.7.2006 |
| Astrale Beta | |
| Astrale Beta | |
| Program: | Other |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 0.0.0000 - 0.0.0000 |
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| Multikriteriálny prístup stanovenia udržateľného polyfunkčného využívania vysoko zraniteľných oblastí | |
| Multi-criteria approach of sustainable multifunctional use of highly vulnerable area determination | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Krnáčová Zdena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The principles of sustainable soil use are based on respecting the limiting factors, their rational use. Adhering to these principles of farming in highly vulnerable areas, such as WPZ (water protection zone) Žitný ostrov, is especially important. The aim of the project is to determine landscape-ecological potential, assign zones of optimal multifunctional use – protection and revitalisation of land and its elements, sustainable economic use and non-agricultural land use, cultural and social development of the countryside. As farming companies employing conventional methods of farming are the most significant large-scale polluters, we would like to approach the farming subjects in the given area with a questionnaire survey and find out their way of farming, benefits, disadvantages, current legislative restrictions, recommendations, etc. The assessment will be the gauging of the suitability of land use, processing of the results, and their implementation into regional antennas of the National Rural Network of the Slovak Republic, and other strategic documents.One of the aims of the project is to determine the landscape-ecological potential, differentiate the zones of optimal multifunctional use – protection and revitalisation of landscape and its elements, sustainable economic use and non-agricultural land use, cultural and social development of the countryside Another significant aim is to ascertain the current status quo in the form of a questionnaire survey of farming subjects. Its assessment is gauging the suitability of land use, processing of the results, and their implementation into regional antennas of the National Rural Network of the Slovak Republic, and other strategic documents. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2027 |
| Analýzy a hodnotenia environmentálnej histórie vybraných typov krajiny Slovenska od mladšieho praveku po súčasnosť | |
| Analysis and evaluations of the environmental history of selected types of Slovak landscape from the early prehistory to the present | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Piscová Veronika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | By using natural resources, ecosystem services and activities, man directly or indirectly affects the naturalenvironment and the quality of its components, within a time and space framework. The extent and intensity ofhuman influence on the landscape has been changing over the centuries, depending on current period. Toidentify the degree of human influence on the landscape, it is essential to get know the original landscape, whichhas not been significantly affected by man. As such, a landscape no longer exists in the Central Europe; it needsto be scientifically reconstructed in some way. The aim of the project is to reconstruct the landscape, in modelareas representing selected types of the Slovak landscape, in several periods of historical and archaeologicalpast and to evaluate the consequences of human activities in them. It is important to analyse the relationshipbetween man and his environment over the time. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2023 - 31.12.2026 |
| Výskum špecifických prvkov biokultúrnej krajiny na Slovensku | |
| Research of specific landscape elements of bio-cultural landscape in Slovakia | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In a broader sense, it is possible to perceive landscape as mainly bio-cultural and multi-functional, as it constantlyadapts to the economic, social, cultural and environmental processes in time and space. The result is formation ofbio-cultural systems providing a crucial and effective space for the integration of biological and cultural elements that significantly affect individual bio-cultural systems. The project will focus on development ofmethodology for detailed interdisciplinary and integrated research of biotic and social-cultural elements and theirinterrelationships in valuable bio-cultural systems in Slovakia using indicators of biotic and cultural diversity aswell as research of extent and structure changes of forms of traditional agrarian relief. Special attention will bepaid to identification of change factors (driving forces, global megatrends) of the most valuable bio-culturalsystems and determination of selected benefits, which provide for society. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2022 - 31.12.2025 |
| Zmeny krajinnej diverzity a biodiverzity v horských a vysokohorských oblastiach Západných Karpát | |
| Changes in landscape diversity and biodiversity in mountain and alpine areas of the Western Carpathians | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The Western Carpathians cover a significant part of Slovakia. The country is characterised by mountain and alpine areas with their typical landscape structure with various representation of forest and non-forest habitats. Natural and anthropogenic conditioned factors play a significant role in formation of the landscape character. The processes in the natural environment constantly influence landscape diversity and biodiversity, and nowadays, anthropogenic impacts are more and more significant. The project focuses on the assessment of landscape and biodiversity changes in selected areas affected by the effects of natural and anthropogenous stress factors in different time periods. Attention will be paid to the differentiation of landscape diversity and biodiversity changes that were caused by the natural development of the landscape, global factors impact, and the influence of man in the country. Anthropogenic impact will be assessed from the point of view of man`s historical activity in the country, the way and intensity of the land use, to the present-day impact affecting the overall status of the natural environment. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2022 - 31.12.2025 |
| BIO RESERVE - Implementácia Agendy 2030 prostredníctvom biosférických rezervácií | |
| Implementation of Agenda 2030 through biosphere reserves | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Piscová Veronika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to create a proposal for a sustainable institutional, financial and legislative model ofbiosphere reserves in the Slovak Republic and the fundamental framework of their strategic development based onanalysis of territorial potential in the context of meeting the objectives of Agenda 2030, resilience theory, foreignexperience and examples of good practice. The model will reflect the outputs of the analysis of all components ofthe potential of four Slovak biosphere reserves in the context of the resilience theory and goals of Agenda 2030. Itwill develop to the individual business model of each biosphere reserve. It will also include the methodology ofcreating development documents for biosphere reserves (development strategy, action plan and marketingcommunication strategy) all four biosphere reserves, taking into account the latest trends in spatial development,promoting the resilience of the areas studied and preserving their exceptional value on a global scale.The project will also include activities aimed at raising awareness among professionals and the general publicabout the issue, popularizing the project results and exchanging knowledge, ideas and experience with actors fromthe public, private and non-profit sectors in the form of workshops, conferences, public debates, lectures,conference papers and high quality research outputs. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2021 - 30.6.2025 |
| CALTER - Toky uhlíka v pôde hlavných typov lesných ekosystémov na výškovom gradiente Západných Karpát. | |
| Soil carbon fluxes in dominant forest ecosystems along elevation gradient in the Western Carpathians | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Forest stores more than 70% of global soil carbon (C) and plays a central role in soil surface-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases. Due to the amount of C stored in the soil, it is essential to recognize that even a small change within this pool could significantly feedback the earth system. Soil organic carbon occurs in diverse forms, which according to the stability, can be divided into an active (labile) fraction, whose persistence time varies from a few weeks to a few months, and a stable fraction, which can persist in the soil for many years or even centuries. Soil loses C by two main processes - respiration and leaching. Both of them show complex spatio-temporal biophysical controls that vary on different scales as a consequence of changes in biotic (plant or microbial community) and abiotic (e.g., soil temperature, soil moisture, soil texture) factors. Soil respiration (Rs) consists of the two main components - heterotrophic (Rh) and autotrophic respiration (Ra), which respond differently to changes in influencing factors. The elevation is a key driver of climate properties playing an essential role in soil carbon content and fluxes. The main aim of our project is to identify C loss by respiration and leaching and to identify their driving factors along an elevation gradient representing the main forest communities in the Western Carpathians. Study plots are located in sites dedicated to long-term ecological research (LTER Slovakia). Possible impact of elevated temperature on soil C fluxes will be studied in open-top greenhouses. For reliable estimation of naturally very variable soil C fluxes we will optimize sampling strategy for each studied ecosystem by spatial stratification and by adjustment of measuring frequency. |
| Project webpage: | n/a |
| Duration: | 1.7.2022 - 30.6.2025 |
| Diverzita lúčnych a pasienkových biotopov Slovenska po dvoch dekádach v Európskej únii | |
| Diversity of grassland habitats in Slovakia after two decades in the EU | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The landuse changes dynamicaly in time and these changes reflect in the vegetation composition and structure. The changes in the agricultural landscape are significantly influenced by the agricultural subsidiesreceived in Slovakia since 2004 when the country joined the European Union. The aim of the project is to asses the changes in the floristic composition and functional traits of the grassland habitats of European and national importance using the resampling of phytosociologicalrelevés. Based on the results we will asses the effectiveness and impact of agricultural subsidies on recent state of the studied habitats. At the same time, we will continue testing the influence of various management techniques in the permanent plots on composition of grassland vegetation. The results of our research may be used by the State Conservancy Agency and will serve as a basis for optimisation of management measures for maintaining the favourable condition of grassland habitats of European and national importance. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024 |
| Dlhodobé zmeny znečistenia ovzdušia a ich dopad na ekosystémy | |
| Long-term changes of atmospheric pollution and their impact to ecosystems | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project will assess long-term changes in air pollution and their impacts on selected ecosystems. The firstproject theme is study of changes in atmospheric deposition using bryophytes as pollutant accumulators. We willcontinue in former several decades lasting research using the ICP Vegetation methodology. We will developpollution maps for Slovakia and assess impacts on humans and ecosystems. At the Báb LTER site, we willcontinue the study of pollutants accumulation in bryophytes, tree leaves and soil of forest ecosystem. The secondtheme is an experimental study of impacts of elevated temperature and nitrogen and phosphorus deposition onthe ecosystem of alpine grasslands in the LTER sites Jalovecká dolina (since 2002; phosphorus and 3 nitrogenconcentrations; since 2009 also ecosystem regeneration) and Kráľova hoľa (since 2009; temperature rise,nitrogen deposition and their combination). We will repeat all previous measurements, assess changes andimpacts on the ecosystem structure and functioning. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024 |
| Krajinnoekologické aspekty zelenej a modrej infraštruktúry pri tvorbe optimálneho priestorového základu ekologicky stabilných plôch v urbanizovanej krajine | |
| Landscape-ecological aspects of green and blue infrastructure in creation of an optimal spatial basis for ecologically stable areas in urban landscape. | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Moyzeová Milena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Topical theme of the current research both in our country and in the world is the issue of green (G) and blue (B) infrastructures. Their task is to support and conserve landscape biodiversity and diversity, polyfunctional land use, protection of landscape elements and conservation of important landscape elements. The aim of the project is to prepare the assessment methodology of G and B infrastructures in a settled environment by interdisciplinary scientific research; to produce a specialized methodical tool applicable to planning practices on local level. Apart from the assessment of green and blue infrastructure the partial aim will be the assessment of grey infrastructure associated with the development of settlements and communications as part of comprehensive assessment for resulting proposals. Protection of natural and semi-natural and man-made ecosystems is compulsory for conservation of bio production, environmental and socio-economic functions and general life forms and conditions in urban landscape. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024 |
| Vývoj pôdnych vlastností a vegetácie na bývalej poľnohospodárskej pôde | |
| Evolution of soil properties and vegetation on the former agricultural land | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the evolution of soil properties and vegetation in the abandoned agricultural land |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024 |
| Ekologické vzťahy v systéme hostiteľ-parazitoid | |
| Ecological relationships in the system host-parasitoid | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdoš Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Study of the relationships between organisms is a basic prerequisite for understanding of evolution. Host-parasitoid interactions are an attractive area of research for evolutionary biologists. Only a small proportion of known parasitoid groups are associated with a dangerous host type. The exceptions are wasps from Polysphincta group (Hymenoptera). The project will evaluate ecological and behavioural data in both organism. The research will be studied under the conditions of forest ecotones, where the impact of ecological factors (altitude gradient, habitat type and woody species, exposure) on arachnid communities and their parasitoids will be evaluated. The impact of management (conventional vs organic farming) on arachnid communities and their parasitoids in orchards and viticultural landscape will be investigated. The host spectrum and parasitoid manipulation will be tested experimentally. New knowledge about their biology and ecology is expected to allow a better understanding of the evolution of interactions between these highly interconnected organisms. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2020 - 31.12.2023 |
| ENVIRO PLUS - Podpora výskumno-vývojových aktivít jedinečného riešiteľského tímu | |
| Supporting the R&D activities of a unique research team | |
| Program: | Európsky fond regionálneho rozvoja (EFRR) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main objective of the project is to support research and development activities of the unique research team of non-business research organizations ILE SAS and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the company ESPRIT Ltd focused on the knowledge area of environmental engineering. The project topics are focused on product lines in the domain of Healthy Food and Environment:1) Systems for the protection of agricultural and forest soils against degradation2) Systems and technologies for preventing the negative impacts of climate change in agriculture and forestry. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.uke.sav.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/strukturalne-fondy-2/enviro-plus/ |
| Duration: | 27.9.2022 - 31.12.2023 |
| ECOTOUR - Integrácia poskytovania vybraných služieb ekosystémov pre spoločenský dopyt z hľadiska rozvoja udržateľných foriem cestovného ruchu | |
| Integration of supply of selected ecosystem services for societal demand in terms of developing sustainable forms of tourism | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Krnáčová Zdena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The scientific aim of the project is the development and creation of new methods of evaluation of cultural, selected regulating and supporting services of ecosystems using quantification techniques, such as landscape supplies for demand in terms of development of sustainable forms of tourism. From a methodological point of view, we will use several methods, like the Spreadsheet-Type method (Burkhard et al., 2009, 2014, Mederly et al., 2019, Nuegarten et al., 2018, Maes, 2012b, 2013) as a basis and assess the degree of hemerobia and landscape-ecology importance of landscape cover according to authors Krnáčová, Barančok, Pavličková (2018), where we evaluate the biophysical characteristics of elements. This methodology allows to design a suitable and sensitive type of tourism. The project also includes a comparison of the historical use of the landscape with the current condition and the determination of the degree of changes in landscape diversity and biodiversity (Maes et al., 2015). |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 12.12.2023 |
| OP KŽP (Verzia 1 - Zmena Operačného programu Kvalita životného prostredia (verzia 15) : Správa o hodnotení strategického dokumentu s celoštátnym dosahom podľa zák. č. 24/2006 Z. z. o posudzovaní vplyvov na životné prostredie a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení n | |
| Change to the Operational Programme Quality of the Environment (version 15). Report on the evaluation of a strategic document with national impact pursuant to Act. No. 24/2006 Coll. on environmental impact assessment and on amendment and supplementation o | |
| Program: | Vedecko-technické projekty |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Miklósová Viktória, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Elaboration of the "Report on the evaluation of the strategic document with national impact Change of the Operational Programme Environmental Quality (version 15) - in terms of its expected environmental impacts in the scope according to the Annex of Act No. 24/2006 Coll." Provision of written supplementary information to the Strategic Document Assessment Report.Preparation of presentation/interpretation of the Strategic Document Assessment Report at the public hearing.Evaluation of the opinions and comments submitted on the Strategic Document Assessment Report.Preparation of the final version of the Strategic Document Assessment Report and its submission to the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.enviroportal.sk/sk/eia/detail/zmena-operacneho-programu-kvalita-zivotneho-prostredia-verzia-15- |
| Duration: | 26.4.2023 - 31.7.2023 |
| URANOS - Údajová a vedomostná podpora pre systémy rozhodovania a strategického plánovania v oblasti adaptácie poľnohospodárskej krajiny na klimatické zmeny a minimalizáciu degradácie poľnohospodárskych pôd | |
| Scientific support of climate change adaptation in agriculture and mitigation of soil degradation. | |
| Program: | EU Structural Funds Research & Development |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Duration: | 3.4.2020 - 30.6.2023 |
| Ekologické analýzy akulturácie krajiny Slovenska od mladšieho praveku dodnes | |
| Ecological Analyses of Landscape Acculturation in Slovakia since Early Prehistory until Today | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Piscová Veronika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Human impact on landscape of Slovakia is manifested more markedly since the Neolithic period (New StoneAge). Acculturation processes such as mutual adoption and merging different cultures and process of social andcultural changes accompany people throughout their history and reflect on the environment (Škvarna, 2007). Thehuman impact on the landscape may appear at first positive, but it may have a negative influence on the natureitself and finally on people as well (Erten, Van Deb Berg, Weissing 2007). For this reason, it is important toanalyze the impact of landscape changes on people and also on natural ecosystems. The aim of this project is toreconstruct the landscape in several periods of historical and archaeological past and to evaluate theconsequences of human activity in the model areas. An important role will be played by the confrontation of theevolution of settlement and vegetation changes in the territories in the same chronological sections. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2019 - 31.12.2022 |
| Ex-ante hodnotenie a SEA pre Strategický plán SPP 2021-2027 | |
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| Program: | Vedecko-technické projekty |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Miklósová Viktória, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2019 - 31.12.2022 |
| Demetra - Hodnotenie novodobých zmien a vývojových trendov poľnohospodárskej krajiny Slovenska (Demetra) | |
| Assessment of recent changes and trends in agricultural landscape of Slovakia (Demetra) | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project responds to insufficiently known consequences of the current rapid and extensive changes of agricultural landscape (AL). The aim is to evaluate the extent and distribution of the recent changes in the AL use in Slovakia after r. 1990, their trends and impacts on main functions and depending ecosystem services. The project is based on the DPSIR concept that evaluates environmental context of human activities in the form of a causal chain, following the causes, conditions and consequences. The main original features of the project is a comprehensive approach with the analysis and evaluation of natural and socio-economic factors, with emphasis of internationally established indicators use, analysis of trends and formulation of possible future scenarios, interconnection of multiple spatial levels, the combination of analytical procedures with empirical knowledge and stakeholder involvement.The project is planned for 48 months (07/2018-06/2022). It will develop special methods, procedures and indicators to be applied at national level and in local case studies in all major types of AL. In addition to scientific contribution, the project will also propose measures, tools and procedures for decision-making and planning of the sustainable use of AL. |
| Duration: | 1.8.2018 - 30.6.2022 |
| Historické a súčasné zmeny krajinnej diverzity a biodiverzity vplyvom pôsobenia prírodných a antropogénnych faktorov | |
| Historical and present changes in the landscape diversity and biodiversity caused by natural and anthropogenic factors | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | In the natural environment, there are constantly running processes that affect the character of the landscape or intensity of natural environmental factors and form the overall state of the environment. These processes naturally influence and change landscape diversity and biodiversity. Man intervenes into these natural procsses in a significant way and anthropogenic impacts on the landscape and biodiversity nowadays outweigh the impacts resulting from the natural development of the areas. The project focuses on the assessment of landscape and biodiversity changes in selected areas affected by the effects of natural and anthropogenic stress factors in a different time periods. Attention will be paid to the differentiation of landscape diversity and biodiversity changes that were caused by the natural development of the landscape, global factors impact and the influence of man in the country ? since the first settlement, through changes in the way and intensity of the landscape use. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2021 |
| Vypracovanie automatizovaného podporného systému na spracovanie dokumentácie MÚSES | |
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| Program: | Vedecko-technické projekty |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2021 |
| Výskum biokultúrnych hodnôt krajiny | |
| Research of biocultural values of landscape | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Recently is increasing interest in research that can define habitats and landscape created by human culture and can determine ways that society uses to shape up its natural environment and is also shaped up by it (UNESCO 2007). Also is increasing demand for ensuring diversity in every dimension of life and its inclusion to political agenda. This requires revision of current strategy of biodiversity protection, which often omits highly rated areas in manused landscape and mostly focuses on protection of natural landscape. New concept of “biocultural diversity”, which points to connection between biological and cultural dimension of landscape, their interactions, connections, common development, threats and correlation with social and economical development of society, allows this change. The goal of the pilot project is to bring new qualitative and quantitative findings during the evaluation of connection between biological and cultural diversity and to define new principles of its protection. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2021 |
| Hodnotenie transformácie prírodnej a sociálnokultúrnej diverzity kultúrnej krajiny Slovenska (na príklade vybraných území) | |
| Evaluation of the transformation of natural and socio-cultural diversity of the cultural landscape in Slovakia (on example of selected areas) | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Štefunková Dagmar, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The cultural landscape is a testimony to the contemporary way of life and, at the same time, to the materialization of long-term impact of our ancestors in landscape, in the form of the historical cultural landscape. In addition to the material dimension, the historical cultural landscape also has an intangible socio-cultural dimension, which creates the historical context of its origin and development, as well as the way of perceiving its values and functioning by its contemporaries. The analysis of terminological inconsistencies and the evaluation of the implementation of the issue of the historical cultural landscape into the legal order of the Slovak Republic will be the first of the objectives. The methodology of identification of the historical cultural landscape in the typologically different model territories of Slovakia will follow. The main aim will be the elaboration of a methodology for assessing the natural and socio-cultural diversity of the historical cultural landscape, its comparison with the contemporary cultural landscape, determining the degree of its transformation and sketching the possibilities of its protection. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2020 |
| Návrh algoritmov pre jednotlivé časti dokumentov MÚSES | |
| Proposals of the algorythm for the individual parts of the the documents of LTSES (Local Territorial System of Ecological Stability) | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Dr.h.c. Prof. RNDr. Miklós László, DrSc. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2020 - 31.12.2020 |
| RÚSES - Regionálny územný systém ekologickej stability okresov Bratislava, Trnava, Malacky, Pezinok, Gelnica | |
| Regional Territorial Systems of Ecological Stability - districts of Bratislava, Trnava, Malacky, Pezinok, Gelnica | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Regional Territorial Systems of Ecological Stability - ÚKE SAV in cooperation with the UK in Bratislava, UKF in Nitra, TU in Zvolen and with the company ESPRIT participates in the elaboration of regional territorial systems of ecological stability. ÚKE SAS participates in the elaboration of 5 regional territorial systems of ecological stability - the districts of Malacky, Pezinok, Trnava, Gelnica and Bratislava. This year, we focused on the processing of the current landscape structure, which will be the basis for the spatial specification of habitats, and subsequently the elements of the TSES framework, as well as the identification of stress factors. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2020 |
| Zmeny pôdnych vlastností a sekundárna sukcesia po zalesnení bývalých poľnohospodárskych pôd | |
| Changes in soil properties and secondary succession following afforestation of former agricultural land | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the ecology and soils of secondary forests established after land use changes in the various Slovak region differed by natural conditions and land use type. Studied areas will include especially Malé Karpaty Mts (afforested former vineyards and pastures, non-carbonate bedrock) and Považský Inovec Mts. (afforested pastures, carbonate bedrock). The project has an interdisciplinary character. Vegetation part will be focused on the detailed phytocoenological and floristic characteristics of the studied forests, which will serve as a database for other actívities, such as state, progress and direction of secondary succession, ecological and socio-economic evaluation of particular vegetation etc. Soil research will include basic and some special soil properties, which will serve to evaluate the impact of historical and current land use on the soil. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2018 - 31.12.2020 |
| Spracovanie miestneho územného systému ekologickej stability (MÚSES) Dolný Lopašov | |
| Elaboration of territorial system of ecological stability of Dolný Lopašov | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The territorial system of ecological stability (MUSES) was elaborated for the case study area of Dolný Lopašov. During the processing, a new methodological approach was applied (Miklós et al., 2020) using algorithms for automated processing of MÚSES projects at the municipal level. The output of the project is a final report of MÚSES for Dolný Lopašov. |
| Duration: | 1.2.2020 - 30.11.2020 |
| Hodnotenie zmien krajiny a ich dopadov na životné prostredie | |
| Assessment of landscape changes and their environmental impacts | |
| Program: | Štrukturálne fondy EÚ Výskum a inovácie |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Project webpage: | https://www.uke.sav.sk/veda-a-vyskum/projekty/strukturalne-fondy/ |
| Duration: | 31.12.2019 - 31.3.2020 |
| Metodika na automatizované generovanie dokumentov Miestneho územného systému ekologickej stability (MÚSES) | |
| Methodology for automated generation of documents of the Local Territorial System of Ecological Stability (LTSES) | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Dr.h.c. Prof. RNDr. Miklós László, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Creation of a methodology for automated creation of LTSES documents. The methodology for systematizing the cardinal steps of generating LTSES documents will include:• Analyzes of landscape structures in relation to LTSES • Integration of analytical data into synthetic spatial units• Purposeful interpretation of synthetic spatial units• Functional characteristics of spatial units for designs of spatial structure and content of LTSES elements. |
| Duration: | 7.1.2020 - 15.2.2020 |
| ECOMODELTUR - Hodnotenie kultúrnych ekosystémových služieb krajiny na báze krajinnoekologických výskumov pre ekologické modely rozvoja cestovného ruchu | |
| The evaluation of cultural ecosystem services countries on a basis of landscape research for the ecological model of tourism development | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Krnáčová Zdena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Scientific objective of the project is the creation and application of new quantitative methods for assessing ecosystem services of cultural landscapes. Starting from the evaluation of landscape ecological significance (LES) elements LAND COVER by biodiversity, ecosystems aesthetic value (EAV), cultural-historical significance of cultural heritage (CHAS). The basis is the mapping of the actual state and characteristics of the elements of the current landscape cover (LAND COVER) of the urban environment of Bratislava, which we processed under the legend CORINE Land Cover Technical Quide - Addendum 2000 (Bossard, Feranec, Oťahl, 2000) on 3rd, 4th, and 5th hierarchical level. The representation of the landscape cover classes is processed in vector form, resulting from the synthesis of the thematic and relevant layers contained in the ZB GIS, supplemented by a licensed current installation derived from orthophotomaps from aeronautical imaging. 2015 (EUROSENSE, s.r.o.2015). These were complemented by a terrain research in 2014-2017, 2018. This year we processed 8 cadastres within the model territory of Bratislava. The aim is the proposal of diversified ecological forms and species of tourism (ECOTUR), which take into account the ecosystems benefits and the social value of the original habitats and cultural-historical objects. Part of the ECOTUR models will be the elaboration of measures and regulatives with possibility implementation in strategy documents. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
| Nezávislé hodnotenie Programu rozvoja vidieka SR pre obdobie 2014-2020 | |
| Independent evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020 | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Processing of documents for evaluation report of the Rural Development Programme for 2014-2020, including answering the evaluation questions which provides an independent assessment of the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and achievements, impact and success and failure factors. |
| Duration: | 18.12.2015 - 31.12.2019 |
| Zmeny poľnohospodárskej krajiny Slovenska vplyvom politík Európskej Únie | |
| Changes in Slovak Landscape Driven by European Union Agricultural Policy | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Lieskovský Juraj, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on identification and evaluation of changes in agricultural landscape (AL), which were after 2004 affected by the EU legislation in fields of agriculture, water protection and nature conservation. It is based on analysis of the EU policies as drivers of changes in AL. It will study types and intensity of use of AL on regional and local levels. The project combines methods of remote sensing (RS) and field research. RS will be used for timely obtaining information on AL. Also will be developed and tested innovative approaches and methods with use of new satellite sensors. In local scale will be studied impact of changes in use in AL on biodiversity. For biodiversity study were selected indication groups of vegetation, invertebrates (spiders, dragonflies) and vertebrates (amphibians, birds). Studied will be sites from which exist data from previous research, wetlands and newly evolved biotopes in AL. The final phase will be synthesis of current state and changes in AL and biodiversity. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2016 - 31.12.2019 |
| Rýchlostná cesta R1 - Primerané posúdenie vplyvov na územia Natura 2000 | |
| Speed Route R1 - Appropriate Impact Assessment on the territories of the Natura 2000 | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is divided into three separate sections - sections of the speed route R1: 1. Slovenská Ľupča - Korytnica, border of the region, 2. Korytnica, border of the region - Ružomberok, south and 3. Ružomberok, south - Crossroad D1. The aim of the project is implementation of detailed research of flora, fauna and habitats in the affected area and to prepare documentation for an appropriate assessment of the impacts of the proposed activity on the territories of the Natura 2000 in terms of the Methodology for evaluation of the significance of the effects of plans and projects on the territories of the Natura 2000 in the Slovak Republic. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2017 - 30.6.2019 |
| Kanály - Nové možnosti využitia odvodňovacích kanálových sústav s ohľadom na ochranu a využívanie krajiny | |
| New possibilities of use of drainage canal systems with taking into account the protection and use of a landscape | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Drainage canal system, as artificial multifunctional anthropogenic elements in a landscape have other specificfunctions which were not paid attention yet. The reason of construction of those canal systems was theintensification of agricultural production and discharge of inland waters. Their construction characters areanalogical to a stream. These characters must be re-evaluated from the point of their functional use under realconditions of an area.Due to the change of agricultural policy, further construction and maintenance practically does not exist and thelifetime of connected technical segments is getting to the end. Secondary drainage canals are graduallyovergrown, wood vegetation develops and canals stop fulfilling their main function. Similar situation appears incase of main canals, moreover, their use is bound to capacity of pumping stations. Primary and secondarydrainage canals are important connective landscape elements and serve also as a refugium, or biocentre forseveral kinds of organisms. There appear significant successive processes in the canal network. Based on reevaluationof present state of drainage canals there will be elaborated a proposal of measures of their primaryfunctions and proposal of their multifunctional use. New possibilities of use of drainage canals are important fromthe point of view of protection and use of the landscape, namely the development and stability of biodiversity. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2015 - 28.6.2019 |
| Ekologická optimalizácia využívania zosuvných území vo vybraných častiach flyšového pásma, so zreteľom na ich tradičné obhospodarovanie | |
| Ecological optimization of the utilization of landslide areas in selected parts of the flysch zone in regard to the traditional farming | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančoková Mária, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The occurrence of landslides in the flysch zone of the Western Carpathians has conditioned the utilization of landscape from the beginning of the settlement. Places that have not been affected by the construction processeswere used according to the needs of the agricultural population. Each intervention had an impact on thedevelopment of coenosis thereby creating specific habitats with high variability. This was so not only because ofnatural specificities of individual localities, but also due to diversity of management habits and skills in dispersed settlements (called "kopanice"). Slope deformations represent geofactor, which significantly affects the quality of the environment.The project aims to develop a methodology of assessment of landslide areas in flysch environment and their use in traditional farming, the application of this methodology in selected areas and suggestions for ecological optimization of utilization. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2018 |
| Zelená infraštruktúra Slovenska | |
| Green Infrastructure of Slovakia | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Moyzeová Milena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The concept of green infrastructure, the same as the territorial systems of ecological stability, is aimed at the progressive transition from the black-and-white division of the country to the protected and unprotected parts, to an all-area differentiated system preserving ecologically convenient landscape structure with different ways of use. Hence, the aim of the proposed Green Infrastructure and mitigation of the negative effects of its barriers is conservation and support to biodiversity and diversity of Slovakia’s landscape and provision for their beneficial effects on the surrounding ecologically less stable parts of the country, support to variants of multifunctional land use with the aim to protect individual components of the environment, conservation of important landscape |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2018 |
| Analýza časovo-priestorovej dynamiky vybraných štruktúr kultúrnej krajiny Slovenska, ich ochrana a udržateľné využívanie | |
| Analysis of temporal-spatial dynamics of the selected cultural landscape structures in Slovakia, their protection and sustainable use | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Štefunková Dagmar, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Content and interpretation of the cultural landscape concept are ambiguous. This fact has negative impact on practical landscape management and protection, territorial planning, legal order and public dministration. An overview of the state-of-the-art of cultural landscape studies in literature, specification of theoretical and themethodological basis for the needs of the project is the first objective. The following step is the assessment of the processes, which cause changes in structures of cultural landscape on various hierarchic levels: local,microregional and regional. Studies of structure of cultural landscape and its changes (natural, socio-economic, cultural and historical characteristics) specific methodological procedures are applied on each level. Then the trends of changes are assessed, framework principles and rules of protection and sustainable management of cultural landscape taking into account the concept of sustainability are established. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017 |
| Diverzita poľnohospodárskej krajiny a jej ekosystémové služby | |
| Diversity of agricultural landscape and its ecosystem services | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project was focused on the evaluation of diversity of agricultural landscape and its ecosystem services in different types of representative landscapes of Slovakia. Attention was paid to extensively cultivated farmland and traditional agricultural landscapes, which are characterized by higher diversity of landscape pattern and by the presence of semi natural habitats that significantly contribute to the provision of ecological functions in thelandscape and provide multifunctional ecosystem services to society. The most important results of the project are contained in two publication: the article of Lieskovsky et al. (2015) devoted to changes in landscape diversity and abandonment, and a monograph dedicated to the traditional agricultural landscape (TAL) (Špulerová et al., 2017). The monograph present diversity of TAL in Slovakia as a type of agricultural landscape with high landscape diversity. The second part of the monograph points to the importance of the ecosystem services assessment and benefits of these diversified landscape structures that provide to society. Result shows, that TAL provide more ecosystem services by their diversified patterns. The study of Lieskovský et al. is highly cited (22 WOS citation) and was aimed to analyse the driving forces behind the accelerated abandonment of traditional agricultural landscapes. The study showed that abandonment occurs most intensively on steep slopes and on less fertile soils. The distance from settlements and the financial profit are the other drivers of abandonment.References:LIESKOVSKÝ, Juraj - BEZÁK, Peter - ŠPULEROVÁ, Jana - LIESKOVSKÝ, Tibor - KOLEDA, Peter - DOBROVODSKÁ, Marta - BÜRGI, Matthias - GIMMI, Urs. The abandonment of traditional agricultural landscape in Slovakia - analysis of extent and driving forces. In Journal of Rural Studies, 2015, vol. 37, p. 75-84. ŠPULEROVÁ, Jana - ŠTEFUNKOVÁ, Dagmar - DOBROVODSKÁ, Marta - IZAKOVIČOVÁ, Zita - KENDERESSY, Pavol - VLACHOVIČOVÁ, Miriam - LIESKOVSKÝ, Juraj - PISCOVÁ, Veronika - PETROVIČ, František - KANKA, Róbert - BAČA, Andrej - BARANČOKOVÁ, Mária - BEZÁK, Peter - BEZÁKOVÁ, Magdaléna - BOLTIŽIAR, Martin - MOJSES, Matej - DUBCOVÁ, Magdaléna - GAJDOŠ, Peter - GERHÁTOVÁ, Katarína - IZSÓFF, Martin - KALIVODA, Henrik - MIKLÓSOVÁ, Viktória - DRÁBOVÁ, Monika - ŠATALOVÁ, Barbora - KRIŠTÍN, Anton - DANKANINOVÁ, Lenka - KALIVODOVÁ, Eva - MAJZLAN, Oto - MIHÁL, Ivan - STAŠIOV, Slavomír - ŠOLOMEKOVÁ, Tatiana - AMBROS, Michal - BALÁŽ, Ivan - HALABUK, Andrej. Historické štruktúry poľnohospodárskej krajiny Slovenska : monografia získala ocenenie Zlatý Kosák od ministerky pôdohospodárstva a rozvoja vidieka p. Gabriely Matečnej na Agrokomplexe 2017 v Nitre [Historical structures of agricultural landscape of Slovakia. Bratislava: Veda, 2017. 144 s. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2017 |
| Dlhodobé zmeny vybraných parametrov pôd a ich ekosystémových služieb v závislosti od rôznych foriem využitia krajiny. | |
| Long-term changes of selected soil properties and their ecosystem services depending on the different forms and intensity of agricultural land cultivation. | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kenderessy Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project aims to assess the changes of selected soil properties depending on the different forms and intensity of agricultural land cultivation. The research will take place in localities with the character of traditional agricultural landscapes (the assumption of extensive farming) and for comparison in places with the same conditions but with a different, conventionally farmed land (intensive management after the collectivization). Changes in soil properties will be evaluated based on comparison of results of filed survey and analysis of historical data from the database of the Complex Soil Survey (VÚPOP). The results will be interpreted in relation to selected soil functions. These functions will be defined in terms of their abilities to provide selected ecosystem services based on CICES classification (The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services). |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017 |
| Lesná vegetácia a zmena pôdnych vlastností na bývalej poľnohospodárskej pôde | |
| Forest vegetation and changes in soil properties on the former agricultural land | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the forest stands, which have formed as a result of land use changes in the chosen regions of Slovakia differed by natural conditions and way of former land use: in the Small Carpathians (after viniculture recession), in the Považský Inovec Mts. (by afforestation of pastures) and the region of Kysuce (by abandonment of arable land). Research has an interdisciplinary character. In phytocoenological-floristic part there will be given a detailed phytocoenological and floristic characteristics of the observed forests, which will serve as a data base for further work. An attention will be paid to the ecological and socio-economic evaluation of particular forest vegetation and the process of succession, which determine essentially state and future of individual stands. Soil part will be devoted to basic and some special soil characteristics, which will serve to evaluate impact of historical land use on the soil. Microbiological part is oriented to the characteristics of soil micromycetes. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2015 - 31.12.2017 |
| Priestorové a časové trendy akumulácie ťažkých kovov a dusíka v machoch na Slovensku za 25 rokov | |
| Spatial and Time Trends of Accumulation of Heavy Metals and Nitrogen in Mosses in Slovakia in 25 years | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Maňkovská Blanka, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Objective of the proposed project is to continue in a survey of heavy metals and nitrogen loads in Slovakia using mosses as biomonitors and to keep on surveys that were realised within the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation) and VEGA (2010-2012) projects. The main objective of the project is to realize comparative analyses and to evaluate changes in loads in Slovakia after 25 years. Partial objectives are following: to evaluate actual spread of traced elements in mosses in Slovakia, time and spatial changes 1990-2015, correlation of contents of elements and factorial analyses, influence of factors of landscape (altitude), evaluation from point of hot spots, their cause and epidemiology importance of detection in Slovakia, long-term trends, comparing with neighbouring countries and construction of elements maps and time horizons. The project should bring new knowledge in all scientific disciplines represented in single thematic areas. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2017 |
| EcoServ CL - Hodnotenie funkcií a služieb ekosystémov kultúrnej krajiny | |
| Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services of the cultural landscape | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main objective of the project is a comprehensive assessment of ecosystem services on the base of selected REPGES units and its detailed research and testing of appropriate ondicators in selected model areas for various types of cultural landscapes based on the current methodology (Haines-Young, R., Potschin, M. 2012).Sub-objectives are:1. Compile a comprehensive overview of ecosystem services in selected representative ecosystems / cultural landscape types of Slovakia and define the potential capacity of the existing ecosystem services2. Identify the most relevant services in selected representative ecosystems of the cultural landscape of Slovakia in terms of their usefulness for evaluation purposes and to test the importance of these services to the local community3. Design and test indicators of ecosystem services in selected representative geoecosystems / cultural landscape types of Slovakia4. To design an effective system for evaluating ecosystem services that explicitly highlights the value and visibility of natural resources and the need for sustainable useThe project will deal with the current problems, which were summarized in a pan-European mapping and evaluation of ecosystem services (Maes et al., 2011) |
| Duration: | 1.10.2013 - 30.9.2017 |
| Aktuálne využívanie vysokohorskej krajiny, jeho dôsledky na zmenu prostredia a hodnotenie únosnosti vybraných národných parkov Slovenska | |
| Current utilization of high mountain landscape, its impacts on change of environment and assessment of carrying capacity of selected national parks of Slovakia | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Piscová Veronika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | High mountain landscape create favourable conditions for conservation of specific ecosystems with substantialinsular effect, glacial relicts, endemic species, threatened and protected taxa of flora and fauna. Ecosystems arecharacterized by the high ecological, socio-cultural and economic value. Excessive loading of landscape by manas well as a lack of scientific knowledge documenting consequences of this loading contributes to degradation ofthe high mountain landscape, ecosystems, to reduction of native populations to species loss, respectively torooting of synanthropic species and communities. The main aim of project is to evaluate consequences andeffects of actual utilization of the high mountain landscape by man on selected sites and to assess carryingcapacity of selected area for given activities. Results of experimental research, mapping of landscape changes,various interpretations and proposals can reflect to monitoring of real state of nature in National parks, itsprotection and legislation. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2016 |
| EKOMODEL - Ekologický model rozvoja cestovného ruchu na základe hodnotenia lokalizačných a realizačných predpokladov krajiny s využitím nástrojov GIS a kvantifikačných metód. | |
| The ecological model of tourism development based on assessment of localization and realization assumptions of landscape with use of GIS tolls and quantitation methods | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Krnáčová Zdena, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Tourism development is determined by many factors. Localizational assumptions of natural and anthropogenic sphere, i.e. cultural-historical assumptions, are the most significant factors which are an object of this project. Realization factors, which include tourism infrastructure, represent indispensable development factors. Together, they compose spatial functional-chorological landscape units which are usually related to microregion or region. Functional-chorological approach to assessment of tourism assumptions enables more apposite arrangement of territorial model of tourism. Thus, it creates complex view on system of relations between tourism and landscape, and is methodical base for creation of ecological models of tourism development. Ecological approach consists inselection and application of procedures aimed at assessment of assumptions for development but also in proposal of suitable forms and activities of tourism for selected naturally, culturally and historically valuablelandscape segments. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.12.2016 |
| Ex post - Ex-post hodnotenie Programu rozvoja vidieka SR pre obdobie 2007-2013 | |
| Ex post evaluation of Rural Development Program for the period 2007-2013 | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Elaboration of evaluation report for "Ex-post evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013", including answering the evaluation questions which provides an independent assessment of the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and achievements, impact and success and failure factors. |
| Duration: | 18.12.2015 - 31.12.2016 |
| Hodnotenie stavu a dynamiky biotopov s využitím modelovania a diaľkového prieskumu Zeme | |
| Assessment of status and dynamics of habitats using combination of modelling and remote sensing | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The main objective of the project is to develop consistent approaches and methods for assessment of status and dynamics of habitats using combination of gradient analysis of ecological data and remote sensing. Proposed methods will be thoroughly tested through case studies at different scales in order to demonstrate their possibilities in habitat mapping, detection of changes, identification of trends and assessment of the response of habitats to land use change and climate anomalies. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2016 |
| Synekologické špecifiká v diverzite a dynamike entomofauny borovicových porastov (Pinus sylvestris) na Borskej nížine. | |
| Synecological specifics in diversity and dynamics of pine plantations (Pinus sylvestris) entomofauna on the Borská nížina lowland. | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The study of the structure, dynamics, biodiversity, spatial distribution, and selected groups of insects (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Symphyta – Thysanoptera) on the basis of larval and imago stages in terms of the pine forest (Pinus sylvestris) on aeolian sands of Záhorie and the vicinity. Monitoring the population dynamics of philophagous pine pests. The influence of the structure of pine forest on the ecology and bionomy of butterflies (Lepidoptera). The study of trophic interactions between thrips and mycelium and also spores of fungi on the trunks of pine trees. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2016 |
| pôda a krajina - Analýza vlastností pôdy a vývoja krajiny v nepravidelne zaplavovaných územiach | |
| Analyses of soil properties and landscape development for non-regularly overflowed areas | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. PaedDr. PhDr. RNDr. Boltižiar Martin, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In relation to global climate change, there have been floods, wchih not only changed the character of the country, but the pronciple effected to soil use. The occurence flooding and permanent, althoutht no-regular waterlogged soil, causes changes in physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and affect the supply of water in the soilprofile. It changes the character of the land and agro-ecosystems of the territory. Project solution resulted from necessary of study and analysis of soil properties and landscape structure and agro-ecosystems structure after re-overflowed polder beša area. The project connects on primary analyses area, soilproperties and quantification agro-ecosystem and landscape structure from 2007-2009. project solution is pointed to examination of changes of soil properties, soilwater storage, grass systems and changes of landscape structure after area overflowing in year 2010. Obtained data from terrain measurements and laboratory analyses of soil samples will be compared with results from year 2009. Result of study will be analysis of soil and landscape changes. Possible scenarios of development will be simulated in mathematical models and leads to the proposal for land use management. The final analysis of the obtain results can be model for similar areas in Slovakia. |
| Duration: | 1.7.2012 - 31.12.2015 |
| Archetypy Sloven - Atlas archetypov poľnohospodárskej krajiny SR | |
| Atlas of the Archetypes of the agricultural landscape of Slovakia | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Project is aimed on terrilorial analysis of landseape archetypes in Slovakia and creating their database as catalog. Landscapearchetypes represent historical and long forming landscape structures which are result of historical changes, socio-economicconditions and natural environmental factors. They are specific composition of elements in landscape mosaic determined byhuman activities in tlie context of landscape potential of types. The each archetype will be identified and analyzed bytechnology of remote sensmg and G1S from lowland to alpine landscape. The results of project will involve theoretical -methodical part and applied as well within landscape ecological research and planning. The projecťs intention is to ereate thepublication oriented on identification and classification of archetypes which will be completed by maps and photographscatalog oflandscape archetypes in Slovakia. |
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| Duration: | 1.7.2012 - 31.12.2015 |
| Vybudovanie „Centra pre aplikovaný diaľkový prieskum Zeme | |
| Construction of "Center for Applied Remote Sensing of the Earth" | |
| Program: | EU Structural Funds Research & Development |
| Project leader: | Ing. Mojses Matej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Main research activities Research activity 1: Development of the predictive crop yield estimation model based DPZ (RS – remote sensing).Research activity 2: Development of novel RS algorithms for early detection of vegetation stress and status at different scales.Research topic 3: Applied remote sensing for the hydrological modelling and water quality assessment.Research topic 4: Spatial distribution modelling of radioactive substances in the environment.Research Activity 5: Long-term changes in the structure and production of alpine and forest ecosystems under the influence of climate change and air pollution |
| Duration: | 1.11.2015 - 31.12.2015 |
| Intenzifikácia a modernizácia ÚČOV Vrakuňa - Ornitologický prieskum na stavbe ÚČOV Vrakuňa | |
| Intensification and modernization of WWTP Vrakuňa - ornithological survey of the WWTP Vrakuňa | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to demonstrate the impact and implications of ongoing renovations of the WWTP Vrakuňa to the birds communities and their potential conflicts with the operation of the airport of M. R. Štefánik airport in Bratislava. |
| Duration: | 12.5.2014 - 30.11.2015 |
| Obnova a budovanie technickej infraštruktúry výskumu a vývoja Ústavu krajinnej ekológie Slovenskej akadémie vied | |
| Renovation and construction of technical infrastructure for research and development of the Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | |
| Program: | EU Structural Funds Research & Development |
| Project leader: | Ing. Mojses Matej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project aims to modernize and complete technical infrastructure of the Institute of Landscape Ecology - the branch in Nitra for research in the landscape ecology, landscape planning, landscape management and the long-term ecological research of ecosystems. The project has two major themes: 1) building and upgrading of local infrastructure supporting research and development in information technologies based on GIS technology to support research activities in the field of landscape ecology, through the server and mobile GIS application equipment and a comprehensive information system for the purpose of environmental planning and landscape management, 2) building and upgrade of the infrastructure for ecosystem research. Objectives of the project:1) Development of a system, consisting of technical infrastructure, standard and specialized software and spatial database, enabling a new quality of the landscape research for needs of the landscape planning and land management2) Addition of the equipment of institute in such way that will support and expand the possibilities of the ecosystem research focusing on the ecosystems of mountain meadows and forest ecosystems, including the impact of global change. |
| Duration: | 1.11.2012 - 31.5.2015 |
| Správa o hodnotení strategického dokumentu: Program rozvoja vidieka SR na programovacie obdobie 2014 – 2020 | |
| Strategic environmental assessment of document: The Rural Development the programming period 2014 - 2020 | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2014 - 31.1.2015 |
| Fytoindikácia pôdnych vlastností lesných ekosystémov Západných Karpát a modelovanie indikačných hodnôt rastlín | |
| Phytoindication of soil properties of Western Carpathian forest ecosystems and modelling of plant indication values | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the soil property phytoindication for the West Carpathian forests and revision of existing systems of indication. On the base of modeling of likelihood functions of plant occurrence along chosen soil gradients, system of indicators will be elaborated for given species (i.e. their ecological optimums and amplitudes). There will be studied main components of soil-ecological gradient – soil reaction/nutrients and soil moisture. Such system will be based on analyzing of huge amount of original vegetation and soil data. Attention will be paid also to related methodic particularities (stratified and regular sampling, modeling on short and long gradient etc.). Analyzing of methodic particularities will enable to express uncertainties in the system of indication values. Results will allow designing calibrated and verified system of estimation of the soil parameter changes on the base of vegetation composition changes offering wide possibilities for monitoring, historical evaluation etc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Hodnotenie kvality životného prostredia vidieckych sídiel | |
| Evaluation of environmental quality of rural settlements | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Moyzeová Milena, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2012 - 31.12.2014 |
| Socio-ekologický výskum zmien krajiny a biodiverzity v horskom území NP Poloniny v kontexte globálnych zmien | |
| Socio-ecological research of landscape and biodiversity change in mountain area of the NP Poloniny in context of global changes | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bezák Peter, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2014 |
| Štúdium kontaminácie baníckej krajiny toxickými prvkami na vybraných Cu-ložiskách a možnosti jej remediácie | |
| Contamination of mining country by toxic elements at selected Cu- deposits and possibilities of its remediation. | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Maňkovská Blanka, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Results of mineralogical, pedological, hydrogeological and geochemical investigation will enable to prepare an objective scientific information on the spatial distribution of heavy metals, about the kinetics and direction of their migration in the area. The results from 3 studied localities will be compared the situation in Ľubietová, Špania Dolina and Staré Hory. The proposal for the optimal solutions of balanced sanitation (remediation) of investigated mining territory will be based on knowledge of technogenous sediments of the dump- fields, soil, water and plants of contamined territory and this will be presented as a result of the research. The recommended remediation will be realized with respect to the typical features of mining country so that it will consider the environment of the mining-historical and economic aspects.Key words:Heavy metals, mining industry, contamination, remediation |
| Duration: | 1.5.2011 - 31.10.2014 |
| Štúdia komplexného vplyvu prípravy a realizovania sút\'aží v rámci ZOH Krakov 2022 v stredisku Jasná - Nízke Tatry na životné prostredie v dotknutom území | |
| A comprehensive study of the impact of the preparation and realisation of competitions in the WINTER OLYMPICS 2022 in Krakow Jasná Centre – Nízke Tatry Mts. on the environment in the affected territory | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project was the development of a comprehensive study of the impact of the preparation and realisation of competitions in the framework of the WINTER OLYMPICS 2022 in Krakow Jasná Centre – Nízke Tatry Mts. on environment in the territory. |
| Duration: | 28.3.2014 - 15.6.2014 |
| Výskum, vývoj a aplikácia pokročilých metód geoinformatiky, diaľkového prieskumu Zeme (DPZ) a metód paralelného počítačového modelovania s využitím pokročilých hardvérových a softvérových nástrojov | |
| Research, development and application of advanced methods of geoinformatics, remote sensing and methods of parallel computation based on advanced hardware and software instruments, which enable parallel processing. Application of advanced sophisticated m | |
| Program: | EU Structural Funds Research & Development |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Strategic aims of the Project:· support of research and development in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)· support of advanced applied research with outputs competitive in international level· support of cooperation between enterprises (SMEs) and academy and university research· development of innovative (high-tech ABmerit) small enterprise (=fulfilled global priority axes of Operational Programme Research and Development)· upraising of prestige of the research due to excellent financial and social appreciation of excellently performed work, increasing of the interest of talented young workers in research and development (=fulfilled global priority axes of Operational Programme Research and Development) Specific aims of the Project: · establishing of new higher level of innovative ability of the SME (ABmerit) in the field of high-tech, namely in the field of development and application of advanced methods of geoinformatics (remote sensing) and methods of parallel computational modeling. |
| Duration: | 1.6.2010 - 30.5.2014 |
| Metodika hodnotenia vybraných suchozemských ekosystémov závislých od útvarov podzemných vôd | |
| Methodology for assessment of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project was to develop a methodology for the evaluation of selected Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE). The methodology reflects the requirements of the Water Framework Directive as defined in Annex II, in particular:● determine the groundwater bodies, which bind GWDTE● inventory of significant associates GWDTE with which the groundwater body is dynamically linked.● assessment of significant damage GWDTE in the context of poor chemical and quantitative status of associate bodies of groundwater. |
| Duration: | 21.1.2014 - 31.3.2014 |
| Určenie spoločenskej hodnoty ohrozených karpatských biotopov Slovenska | |
| Assessment of social value of the Slovak Carpathian habitats | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kanka Róbert, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.9.2013 - 31.3.2014 |
| Ex-ante hodnotenia Programu rozvoja vidieka SR na obdobie 2014-2020 | |
| Ex-ante assessment of the Rural Development Programme for the years 2014-2020 | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 5.8.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| Ekosystémy - Suchozemské ekosystémy závislé od útvarov podzemných vôd | |
| Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The study "Updating the list of sites of Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems in accordance with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD)" was elaborated within the project. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2012 - 31.12.2013 |
| Významnosť a úžitky ekosystémov v historických štruktúrach poľnohospodárskej krajiny | |
| Significance and ecosystem services of historical structures of agricultural landscapes | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Significance of natural, semi-natural and cultural ecosystems in agricultural landscape for biodiversity protection is multiplex. The unique islands of species-rich plant and animal communities are represented by historicalstructures of agricultural landscape (HSAL), that play an important role in water retention and the prevention of soil erosion – both important with respect to climatic changes. Many ecosystem services and function are provided by these ecosystems, which bring benefits for society. They have irreplaceable ecological, cultural andhistorical value.Due to deficient ecosystem valuation as well as scarce scientific data documenting significance and services of these habitats in agrarian landscape, decline or even irreversible loss of biodiversity linked to such specificbiotopes will be the result. The project is aimed to bring new quantitative and qualitative scientific knowledge, which can be applied in decision processes or for implementation of international convention |
| Duration: | 1.1.2011 - 31.12.2013 |
| Žiadosť o poskytnutie podpory na vydávanie časopisu Životné prostredie | |
| Aid application for the issue of the journal Životné prostredie | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Support the issue of the journal Životné prostredie from the Environmental Fund |
| Duration: | 1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013 |
| ESPRIT - RÚSES Turčianske Teplice, Spišská Nová Ves a Žiar nad Hronom | |
| Territorial system of ecological stability of the regions: Turčianské Teplice, Spišská Nová Ves a Žiar nad Hronom | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The basic aim of the project was the elaboration of the selected landscape-ecological properties of the regions for the creation territorial system of ecological stabilty, namely: analysis and evaluation of the biotic conditions, analysis and evaluation land use, analysis and territorial synthesis of stress factors, the analysis and territorial synthesis of positive socio-economic phenomena, proposal of the skelet of the territorial system of ecological stability and a proposals of eco-stabilizing measures |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.7.2012 - 30.3.2013 |
| Fungovanie nížinného lesného ekosystému pod tlakom globálnych environmentálnych zmien | |
| Functioning of lowland forest ecosystem under pressure of global environmental changes - the Báb Research Site | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdoš Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Recent assumptions of potential consequences of climate change and other environmental changes stimulated numerous research activities studying its impact on ecosystems. From this point of view, a renewed interest in detailed knowledge of ecosystem functioning in new environmental conditions arose. Detailed spatio-temporalanalyses of selected forest ecosystem components may significantly contribute to understanding of the forest ecosystem dynamics and shaping of its structure and to evaluation of its response to potential shifts in climate and in other environmental pressures. Forest management represents one of the basic factors that conditions the actual status and the development of a forest ecosystem therefore it must be taken into account within the long-term ecosystem research. In the proposed project we aim to contribute to the knowledge on spatio-temporal dynamics of selected components of the forest ecosystem in the conditions of the Báb forest, taking into accountthe actual forest management. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2010 - 31.12.2012 |
| Priestorové a časové trendy akumulácie ťažkých kovov v machoch na Slovensku za 25 rokov | |
| Spatial and temporal trends in the 25-year accumulation of heavy metals in mosses in Slovakia | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Maňkovská Blanka, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the proposed project is to continue in detection of pollution by heavy metals, arsenic, sulphur and nitrogen in the territory of Slovakia using mosses and the follow up in the ICP Vegetation research (1990-2005). The principal objective is to carry out the compative analyses and to assess changes in the amount of pollution in Slovakia after 25 years. Partial aims include: assessment of the present distribution of the monitored elements in mosses in Slovakia; temporal and spatial changes for the years 1990-2010; correlation of element contents and factor analysis; effects of landscape factors (sea level altitude); the hot spot effect evaluation, causes and epidemiological gravity for Slovakia, long-term trends, comparison with neighbouring countries and preparation of element maps and those of temporal horizons. The project should bring new pieces of knowledge in all sciences represented in individual themes. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2010 - 31.12.2012 |
| Stanovenie účelových vlastností krajiny ako podklad pre krajinnoekologický výskum | |
| Identification of purposive landscape features as the basis of landscape ecological research | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to elaborate the existing and new methodological procedures of selected appropriate/functional landscape features on the basis of interpretation of abiotic, biotic and socio-economic indices. Purposeful landscape features give information about he conditions and mood of land use, possible reactions of the landscape on external impulses or sensitivity of the landscape on the changes caused by human activities etc. Some areas react to environmental changes more sensitively while primary landscape features gain different character. A component of the project is the verification of interpretational procedure of creation of purposeful landscape features in selected model areas in agricultural, urbanized and forest/recreational landscape or in the whole area of Slovakia. Appropriate features can express the measure of functioning of natural processes in the landscape, degree of landscape changes etc. The process of landscape-ecological interpretation is a significant criterion in the decision-making processes applied in the proposal of ecological landscape use. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2010 - 31.12.2012 |
| Vplyv experimentálne zvýšenej teploty a zvýšenej depozície dusíka na zraniteľné ekosystémy alpínskych lúk | |
| Effect of experimental warming and nitrogen deposition on sensitive alpine meadow ecosystem | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Halabuk Andrej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In the proposed project, we focus on the effect of warming and nitrogen (N) deposition on carbon (C)sequestration, vegetation and N leaching in the model ecosystem of alpine meadows that are very sensitive tomentioned global change. Warming can exert a complex effect on microbial activity, nutrient availability and netecosystem production (NEP). Increased N deposition can further contribute to a complex interaction amongecosystem processes leading to many discrepancies in ecosystem responses and uncertain contribution to Csequestration. We would like to enrich the knowledge of warming and N deposition effects on key components ofNEP including net primary production, litter decomposition rates, soil respiration, N mineralization, N availability,plant N uptake as well as individual plant species response and impact on vegetation structure. The studiedeffects will be simulated using open top chambers and N fertilization in the field conditions. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2012 |
| Fytocenologická a ekologická charakteristika prirodzených a človekom ovplyvnených lesných a nelesných biotopov vo vybraných územiach vysokých pohorí Západných Karpát | |
| Phytocoenological and ecological characteristic of natural and man-affected forest and non-forest biotopes at the chosen parts of Western Carpathians high mountains | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on phytocoenological and ecological evaluation of natural forest and non-forest plant coenoses of montane, subalpine and alpine vegetation at the chosen sites of the Vysoké Tatry Mts., Západné Tatry Mts., Belianske Tatry Mts., Nízke Tatry Mts. and Veľká Fatra Mts. and man impact evaluation on those ecosystems in the areas touched by human activities linked to recreation, sport and tourism development. Nowadays, need for such a study is highlighted by the fact, that above mentioned areas are involved in the NATURA 2000 network and there are occurred species of European and national significance. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2011 |
| Krajinno-ekologický potenciál pre rozvoj vidieka na Slovensku so zameraním na cestovný ruch. | |
| Landscape-ecological potential for development countryside in the Slovakia with regard to tourist traffic. | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Štefunková Dagmar, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In sense of the European strategy of sustainable development (2001) the development of rural areas means theinterconnection of the principles of economic growth, environmental protection and social inclusion. According tothe Charter of European Regional Planning (1983) rural regions have mainly agricultural and ecostabilizingfunction. The support of the development directs to the development of productive functions with a balancedproportion of non-productive (landscape forming) functions. The aim of this project is to elaborate newtheoretical-methodological procedures of the integrated development of rural areas with the concentration onecotourism in selected representative model areas of Slovakia. So the new methodological procedures ofintegrated development of rural areas will be the basis of creation of simplified ecological models ofdevelopment that will be possible to implement to the development planning documents of the Slovak Republic. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 31.12.2011 |
| KraBio - Centrum excelentnosti pre ochranu a využívanie krajiny a biodiverzitu | |
| Center of excellence for protection and use of lanscape and for biodiversity | |
| Program: | EU Structural Funds Research & Development |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Project webpage: | http://www.uke.sav.sk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&lang=sk |
| Duration: | 1.5.2009 - 30.11.2011 |
| Spaľovňa priemyselných odpadov CHEMOLAK a.s. Smolenice - návrh monitoringu pôd a bioty | |
| The incinerator of industrial wastes CHEMOLAK SpA Smolenice - Proposal of monitoring soil and biota | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.12.2010 - 30.4.2011 |
| RÚSES okresu Banská Štiavnica | |
| Regional territorial system of ecological stability of Banská Štiavnica district | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 22.2.2011 - 25.3.2011 |
| Biodiverzita a ekológia vybraných skupín hmyzu na biotopoch s prítomnosťou borovice (Pinus L.) s dôrazom na dubový a kosodrevinový vegetačný stupeň . | |
| Biodiversity and ecology of selected insects in pine (Pinus L.) habitats with a special emphasis on oak and subalpine vegetation zone. | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Study on biodiversity, structure, dynamics and spatial distribution of selected insects (phytophagous and saprophagous species, predators) in Pinus sylvestris stand habitats on blown sands in Záhorská nížina lowland. Analysis on population dynamics of phyllophagous pests on Pinus sylvestris. Searching for role and function of Pinus sylvestris habitats in Záhorská nížina lowland for diurnal butterflies. Forming database of butterflies developing on Pinus mugo and Pinus cembra and study on their biology. Evaluation of arboricolous Thysanoptera diversity on Pinus species, particularly Oxythrips tatricus inhabiting pines in subalpine vegetation zone. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| Ekologická charakteristika lesnych ekosystemov nizin a pohori zapadneho Slovenska | |
| Ecological characteristic of the western Slovakia lowland and mountains forest ecosystems | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kollár Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on ecological evaluation, determination and quantification of human impact on the forest ecosystems of the selected western Slovakia regions. It comprises especially Považský Inovec Mts., Myjavská and Chvojnická uplands, Malé Karpaty Mts., Borská nížina Lowland, southern part of the Biele Karpaty Mts. and partly some other geomorphological western Slovakia units. A major aim lie in ecological carrying capacity evaluation and related analytical data gathering based on methods of various scientific branches (production ecology, landscape ecology, geobotany, forestry typology, soil sciences, microbiology, phytopatology, mycology and some others). |
| Project webpage: | |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| Hodnotenie funkčnosti a kvality biokoridorov v kontaktnej zóne Malých Karpát a Trnavskej pahorkatiny | |
| Evaluation of functionality and quality of biokorridors between Malé Karpaty Mts. and Trnavská pahorkatina hills | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kalivodová Eva, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| Model reprezentatívnych geoekosystémov na regionálnej úrovni | |
| Model of the representative geoecosystems on the regional level | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The basic goal ot he project is elaboration of the methodical procedure for evaluation of the representative geoecosystem of Slovakia on the regional level for elaboration of effective strategy of the nature protection, biodiversity protection and landscape stability. |
| Project webpage: | www.ukesav.sk |
| Duration: | 1.6.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| Revitalizácia krajiny v nových socio-ekonomických podmienkach | |
| Revitalisation of the landscape in the new socio-economic conditions | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The basic goal of the project is to elaborate the methodology of the landscape revitalisation based on the representative geoecosystems of the Slovak republic. |
| Project webpage: | www.ukesav.sk |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| Štruktúra, funkcia a dynamika fragmentov prírodných ekosystémov v poľnohospodárskej krajine Podunajskej nížina ako refúgií bioty | |
| Structure, function and dynamics of natural ecosystem fragments in the agricultural landscape | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kalivodová Eva, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| - - Zhodnotenie prínosu agro-environmentálnych programov k ochrane a udržaniu diverzity polnohospodárskej krajiny | |
| Assessment of the agro-environment programs contribution to conservation and maintenance of rural landscape | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The assessment of the (AEP) influence on biodiversity, selected natural resources and character of the agricultural landscape represents the main focus of the project. The consequences of AE measures will be interpreted and quantified for respective species and habitats. In the case studies, the field research, preparation and realisation of the first phase of AEP monitoring represent the crucial issues. The sociological research will beperformed both in level of country and case studies The map of ecologically important agricultural regions of Slovakia will be prepared.The methodology for monitoring of AEP impact will be developed and tested; the methodology will be further developed into monitoring program of AEP for Slovakia. The project should result in proposal of measures and changes of the AEP and the Rural Development Programme and in development of the prognosis of futurebiodiversity of the study areas as well as prognosis for selected species and habitats in Slovakia. |
| Project webpage: | - |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2010 |
| ETC BD - 09 - Európske tématické centrum pre biologickú diverzitu - 09 | |
| European Topic Centre for Biological Diversity-09 | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The assessment of national reports on favourable conservation status of habitats and species represented the most important task in 2008. The EU member countries submitted these reports on the basis of Article 17 of the Habitat Directive, we prepared assessments for individual biogeographical regions. The final report was delivered to the DG Environment. We participated in the EEA task „EURECA – European Ecosystem Assessment“, the main output was the background document on ecosystem assessment of high mountains, presented in the EEA workshop in Copenhagen. In the framework of the Natura 2000 network assessment was prepared the manuscript of paper on habitats of the European importance, requiring agricultural management for their existence. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2008 - 31.12.2009 |
| Festival krajiny | |
| Festival of the Landscape | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The goal of the project is to elucidate the sustainable developement as the conception of development on the treshold of the 3rd millenium and to improve the environmental awareness of the public and increase of the participation of the public in the nature protection. |
| Project webpage: | www.ukesav.sk |
| Duration: | 1.10.2006 - 31.12.2009 |
| Zmeny krajiny Biosférickej rezervácie Tatry za posledných 200 rokov v kontexte vývoja spoločensko-ekonomických a prírodných podmienok | |
| Landscape changes of the Biosphere Reserve Tatra in recent 200 years in relation to changing natural and socio-economical conditions | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project deals with problems on changes in landscape utilisation in the area of the Biosphere reserve Tatra within the last 200 years. On the purpose of change evaluations a set of historical maps and aerial photographs from 1769, 1822, 1900, 956, 1988, 2002 and 2006 will be used. Digital thematic maps of land cover/use changes and spatial-statistical information on types of changes will be derived. Main social-economical and environmental drives of these changes will be defined. Special respect will be put on the occurence of windstorm disasters and their effect on land utilisation within the study area. Changes in large-scale were evaluated in two model areas (Belianske Tatry Mts., Spálenisko pod Slavkovským štítom) in time horizon 1949-2003 by use of methodological tool of large-scale multi-temporal analyses based on obtaining information about landscape object changes by application of aerial orthophotographs. Dynamic of changes in landscape pattern will be analysed using landscape-ecological indices. Prognoses and models potential development based on different scenarios will be developed by means of geostatistical methods. A separate part of the research is an analysis of influence of natural phenomena on landscape structure changes in high-mountain conditions of Tatra Mts. Among them are those of short but strong morpho-dynamic disturbances, e.g.: snow avalanches and debris flows. In this project, we also interpret results of an observation considering the relationship between vegetation of land mantlerocks and intensity of morphodynamic processes from permanent plot in the territory of Belianske Tatry Mts. In 2009 the results have been published in scientific journals, education books and 2 monographs. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2006 - 31.12.2009 |
| BEŠA - Kvantifikácia mimoprodukčných funkcií pôdy a krajiny v suchom poldri Beša | |
| Quantification of selected no-production functions of soil in polder Beša | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. PaedDr. PhDr. RNDr. Boltižiar Martin, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In accordance with substantive, methodological and time focus of the project, terrain research was carried out in 2009. The research was focusing on mapping the historic and present state of landscape use, i.e. its structure including identifications of vegetation formations and floristic composition e.g. with using of interpretation historical military maps and aerial photos Next part of the work includes arrangements and purchase, and scanning present as well as historical aerial photographs and maps which were be used for the analysis and assessments of landscape use changes in period 1770-2008. Thematic map of the land use development was identified by interpretation historical maps from 1770, 1827, aerial ortophotographs from 1949, 1988, 2003 in the geographic information systems (GIS) background. The most important result is large-scale maps of study area with detailed analysis of its landscape elements in period 1770-2008 and their trends in the context of socio-historical conditions. The results have been published as 1 scientific studies and 1 education book with methodology and presentation via large-scale thematic maps of landscape structure and its detailed statistical and spatial analysis. |
| Duration: | 1.4.2007 - 30.12.2009 |
| Dôsledky ťažby Nováckeho uhoľného ložiska na krajinnú štruktúru, sociálno-ekonomický rozvoj obce Koš a biodiverzitu | |
| Brown coal mining in Novaky coal field and influence on landscape structure, socio-economic development of Koš village and biodiversity of Koš wetlands | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Doc. PaedDr. David Stanislav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Nováky coal field mining is realised by Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza a. s., with mining prognosis up to 2020. Mining consequences are demonstrated by undermined area dropping, therefore it was included to Hornonitrianska endangered area. Majority of Koš village inhabitants was evicted. A new landscape phenomena are flooded depressions (the largest with the area 6 – 8 ha) with macrophytic vegetation – so-called Koš wetlands. Depressions are important for the surrounding agricultural landscape biodiversity. This is confirmed by preliminary results of vegetation, dragonfly and ornitofauna research. There will be landcape ecological and socio-economical aspects of Koš cadastre solved in suggested project. Importance of flooded depressions as a creating biodiversity centres in agricultural landscape will be evaluated by abiotic components field work (geology, soil, relief changes, hydrologic conditions and above-ground water quality) and by chosen biotic components (vegetation, dragonflies, amphibians, birds, small ground mammals). Historical and present landscape structure analysis and socio-economical potential analysis will be used for limits defining and for optimal use of Koš cadastre proposition. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2007 - 1.12.2009 |
| Hodnotenie zmien diverzity krajiny | |
| Evaluation of landscape diversity changes | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2007 - 1.12.2009 |
| Zmena biodiverzity a štruktúry lesného ekosystému za 30 rokov: výskumná plocha Báb | |
| Changes in the biodiversity asnd the structure of the forest ecosystem after 30 years: The research site of BAB | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdoš Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The restoration of the ecosystem research in research site Báb represents the theme of the proposed project, aiming in resumption of research that was performed in this site in the framework of Interantional Biological Programme (IBP, 1967-1974) and Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB). Identification and evaluation of biodiversity, structure and ecological processes changes after more than 30 years is the main objective of the project. To the partial target belong: revitalisation of the research site and ecosystem research; re-establishment of research teams; detection of changes in selected parameters during more than 30 years; preparation of partial syntheses; and development of concept of complex long-term ecological research in this ILTER site. The research will be based on the functional ecology with accent to structure-functional and quantitatiev-ecological approach. Following fields will be studied primary production; animals and the secondary production; distribution of elements and substances in the ecosystem; soil complex and microbes; structure and dynamics of plant populations; landscape structure. The project should bring a new knowledge in all scientific disciplines included in the thematic fields. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2007 - 1.12.2009 |
| AGROHAB - Ochrana a manažment nelesných biotopov v poľnohospodárskej krajine | |
| Conservation and management of non-forest habitats in the agrarian landscape | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Declining of landscape diversity and biological diversity is a significant issue of cultural landscapes. In present time, the big attention is being paid to biodiversity conservation on international, regional and local level. The project is aimed toward qualitative improvement of knowledge about non-forest habitats in intensively or extensively utilized agricultural landscape, especially following the factors, which affects biodiversity changes and follow the management of the landscape due management plans or agro-environmental scheme. Mapping of invasive species will be one of the parts of field research, because they are widely recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function on a wide variety of scales. Research will be realized in pilot area of mountain and sub mountain landscape of Biela Orava catchments area and compare with other region of Slovakia. Creating methodology approaches, attention will be paid to developing criterion for assessment of vegetation and habitats in the landscape ecological planning, which prepares the bases for optimum organization and creates the unavoidable database on landscape for different spatial planning procedures. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2006 - 30.11.2009 |
| EUCALAND - Európska kultúra vyjadrená v poľnohospodárskych krajinách | |
| European culture expressed in agricultural landscapes | |
| Program: | Podpora MVTS z prostriedkov SAV |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Duration: | 15.11.2007 - 14.11.2009 |
| BIOSTRAT - Príprava a tvorba stratégie EÚ o ochrane biodiverzity | |
| Developing the EU Biodiversity Strategy | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | In the frame of the project, the scientists from ILE SAS took part in the e-conferences on FP7 calls (those to be in near future). In the EU presidency countries (Brdo, Slovenia and Paris/France) they have participated in the conferences where they have presented the work, problems and perspectives of the Slovak platform for biodiversity and the way of communication with the sicentific community , basic information on Landscape biodiversity and Biodiversity and biofuel, evaluated and described in a non-published study. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2006 - 31.10.2009 |
| NATURA PARTNER - NATURA PARTNER | |
| NATURA PARTNER | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | On the basis of national reports, which analyzed preparatory actions for designation and management of Natura 2000 sites from all EU Member States, the summary report was done by project coordinator. The summary report was sent to DG Environment, and has been discussed with them and they have informal approved them. The summary report should help European Commission to establish a new communication tool in order to promote the pro-active involvement of socio-economic stakeholders in the management of Natura 2000 sites. |
| Duration: | 1.9.2008 - 31.7.2009 |
| ASTRALE A - Administratívna a technická podpora pri úlohách súvisiacich s implementáciou projektov v rámci programov LIFE III a LIFE+ | |
| ASTRALE A - Technical and administrative assistance for tasks related to implementation of projects under the LIFE+ and under the LIFE III programme | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The contract was focused on monitoring of quality and professional correctness of the EU co-funded projects of the LIFE programme in categories NAT, ENV and TCY. These projects support the development of Natura 2000 network through concrete conservation actions or deal with various environmental issues. The contracted personnel regularly checked whether the administration and field actions of the projects follow the approved project proposals and the rules of sound professional and financial management. Experts of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS monitored the LIFE NAT projects (nature conservation category) in Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania |
| Project webpage: | www.astrale.org |
| Duration: | 1.1.2009 - 30.6.2009 |
| Regionálna rozvojová štúdia mesta Bratislava | |
| Regional development study of Bratislava city | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Duration: | 15.1.2009 - 30.6.2009 |
| SENSOR - Hodnotenie trvalo udržateľných vplyvov: Nástroje pre environmentálne, sociálne a ekonomické vplyvy multifunkčného využitia krajiny v Európskych regiónoch | |
| Sustainability Impact Assessment: Tools for Environmetal,Social and Economic Effects of Multifunctional Land Use in European Regions | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Institute of landscape ecology SAS has participated on 3 modules, M 3.2., M 6.1. and M 6.2. Within the module M 3.2., ILE SAS participated on definition of criteria for selection of key sustainability indicators, their importance and relevance for assessing the sustainability on regional level and definition of links between key indicators and land-use functions. These indicators were then assessed using sustainability thresholds/limits approach. This approach was based on definition of qualitative/quantitative threshold values for selected environmental indicators. Within the module 6.1., activities included elaboration of sustainability assessment plan for SIAT (Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool) testing region of High Tatras. The results were summed up into a data form containing definition of main sustainability problems, stakeholders and data resources. The M 6.2. activities included collection, standardisation and harmonisation of various social, economical and environmental statistical data for the High Tatras testing region. Data were collected according to M6 Data management framework and uploaded to common georeferenced database system. |
| Project webpage: | www.sensor-ip.org |
| Duration: | 1.12.2004 - 31.5.2009 |
| ALTER-Net - Výskumná sieť pre dlhodobý výskum biodiverzity, ekosystému a vedomia | |
| A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awarness Research Network | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Institute of Landscape Ecology Slovak Academy of Sciences participated in collaboration with other 23 partners from 16 European countries on the work of all 14 workpackages. In the year 2008, staff of ILE SAS has been worked on broad spectrum of tasks of the project ALTER-Net and attended actively all important workshops. Work was focused on 4th and 5th Reporting Period of the project. The most important results and outcomes: establishing of the Slovak LTER Committee, implementation of Slovak LTER sites, preparation of publication „LTER European book“, completing of InfoBase database, reinvestigation of task “Multi-site experiment”, preparation of database 2008 and analysis of data; preparation of Slovak LTSER platform. |
| Project webpage: | www.alter-net.info |
| Duration: | 1.4.2004 - 31.3.2009 |
| Fruits and Veget - Producentské organizácie sektoru ovocia a zeleniny v Európe | |
| Producers Organisation Fruits and Vegetable Sector in Europe | |
| Program: | Podpora MVTS z prostriedkov SAV |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project has been focused on the landscape ecological evaluation of different types of a large-scale fruits and vegetables production in SK and CZ. Estimated the intensity of inventions of managers in the production process and their consequences in the environmental indicators, such as air pollution, pollution of soil and underground water. |
| Duration: | 1.12.2007 - 28.2.2009 |
| Dlhodobý ekologický výskum v dunajských lužných lesoch ovplyvnených zmenou hladiny podzemnej vody - 2.etapa | |
| Long-term ecological research in danube floodplain forests influenced by underground water level changes - part 2 | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The unique occassion, which occured in the study area after the changes in hydropedological conditions after the Gabčíkovo power plant has been put into operation enabled the establishment of long term ecological research at 6 chosen research sites. These sites are included into the world-wide network of ILTER sites. The priority activity is the measurement and evaluation of production-ecological paramerters in the possibly long-time series, evaluation of changes and trends and thus provide scientific arguments and scientific informations on influence of Man-caused changes on forest ecosystems. After the periond 1987-1996, when numerous measurements at the sites have been performed with the aim to evaluate the state-of-art before and after the hydropower plant has been put into operation. In 2003 – 2005, thanks to VEGA grant project 2/3078/24 the measurements have been renewed and another time series of data could be added to the data from previous years. To obtain the uninterrupted time series, the research and measurements must continue to enable to evaluate the changes in production-ecological situtation in the studied forest ecosystems and to establish and comment the tendencies and trends of their development after 15 years. In the world- network of long-term study plots the results from the Danube innundation sites will be of unique value and they will give scientifically based answer to the questions following from the construction of the waterworks in longer period. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2006 - 31.12.2008 |
| Fytocenologická a ekologická charakteristika lesov hornej hranice vo vysokých pohoriach Západných Karpát - limbovo - smrekové lesy | |
| Phytocoenological and ecological characteristic of the timberline forest of the Western Carpathians high mountains - ceder pine - spruce forests | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2006 - 31.12.2008 |
| Prírodné podmienky dotknutého územia Vysokých Tatier - ÚPN mesta Vysoké Tatry | |
| Natural conditions of select part territory of the Vysoké Tatry Mts. - ÚPN of the Vysoké Tatry city | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Duration: | 5.3.2007 - 31.12.2008 |
| POINT - Vplyv indikátorov na environmentálnu politiku | |
| Policy influence indicators | |
| Program: | Podpora MVTS z prostriedkov SAV |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.4.2008 - 30.12.2008 |
| Mapovanie nelesných biotopov na území Nízkych Tatier | |
| Nonforest biotopes maping of territory of the Nízke Tatry Mts. | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Barančok Peter, CSc. |
| Duration: | 16.4.2007 - 31.10.2008 |
| Podprojekt na prípravu projektu | |
| Subproject for project development | |
| Program: | Mechanizmus EHP |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dobrovodská Marta, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Subproject purpose was development of individual project within priority sector "Academic research" named "Research and maintaining of biodiversity in historical structures of agricultural landscape of Slovakia". The main goal of subproject was elaboration of Application for individual project, elaboration of Feasibility study and contracting partnership with research institution in Norway, eventually in other contries in EU. |
| Duration: | 29.1.2008 - 31.5.2008 |
| Miestny územný systém ekologickej stability k.ú. Šalov pre potreby pozemkových úprav | |
| Local territorial system of ecological stability of the Šalov cadastre for land arrangement project | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Moyzeová Milena, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.3.2007 - 22.5.2008 |
| Stanovenie spoločenskej hodnoty biotopov národného a európskeho významu – VD Sereď - Hlohovec | |
| Value Assessment of habitats of National and European importance – Water dam Sereď - Hlohovec | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Špulerová Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Project was aimed at the preliminary mapping of habitats of national or European importance in the area, which will be targeted by intended building of water dam Sered - Hlohovec. The project output is the report, assessing the impact of proposed activity, expressed by Value of damaged or destroyed habitats of European or national importance. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2007 - 30.1.2008 |
| Miestny územný systém ekologickej stability k.ú. Klasov pre potreby pozemkových úprav | |
| Local territorial system of ecological stability of the Klasov cadastre for land arrangement project | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Moyzeová Milena, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.3.2007 - 10.1.2008 |
| Integrovaný manažment krajiny | |
| Integrated Landscape Management | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2002 - 31.12.2007 |
| Inventarizácia suchozemských ekosystémov závislých od útvarov podzemných vôd v hornom povodí Hrona. | |
| Inventory of terrestrial ecosystems dependent on underground water bodies in the upper Hron valley | |
| Program: | Other projects |
| Project leader: | Ing. Oszlányi Július, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2005 - 31.12.2007 |
| Tvorba environmentálnych limitov pre udržateľný rozvoj územia (na príklade modelových území) | |
| Creation of environmental limits for sustainable regional development (on the example of the model areas) | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Hrnčiarová Tatiana, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.10.2002 - 31.12.2007 |
| Biodiverzita a ekológia vybraných skupín hmyzu travinnobylinnej.vegetácie a krovinových spoločenstiev Záhorskej nížiny.. | |
| Biodiversity and ecology of selected groups of insects in grasslands and shrublands of Záhorská nížina lowland. | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Kalivoda Henrik, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2005 - 1.12.2007 |
| Ekologické hodnotenie lesných ekosystémov vo vybraných regiónoch západného Slovenska | |
| Ecological evaluation of forest ecosystems on the selected regions of the west Slovakia | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kubíček Ferdinand, DrSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2005 - 1.12.2007 |
| Hodnotenie poľnohospodárskej krajiny v tranzitívnej ekonomike | |
| Evaluation of rural agricultural landscape in the transitive economics | |
| Program: | SRDA |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Izakovičová Zita, PhD. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2005 - 1.12.2007 |
| Vidiecka poľnohospodárska krajina a jej biodiverzita v meniacich sa socio-ekonomických podmienkach | |
| The rural agricultural landscape and its biodiversity in transforming socio-economic environment | |
| Program: | VEGA |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Halada Ľuboš, CSc. |
| Duration: | 1.1.2005 - 1.12.2007 |