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