Projects

International

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

National

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Project webpage: -
Duration: 1.7.2012 - 31.12.2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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