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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |