When applying for the LIFE AMPHICON project, the Municipality of Zagorje ob Savi demonstrated its commitment to biodiversity and wetlands by signing a declaration of support. In addition, it committed to transferring certain project activities to the local environment, which is also experiencing increased amphibian...
Last Thursday, 18 July 2024, the breeding station of the LIFE AMPHICON project in Kozjanski Park opened its doors. Visitors could see the larvae and participate in their feeding....
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Last Friday, a new educational trail called the Path to »Mah« (old name for Ljubljansko barje) was ceremoniously opened at the Ljubljansko barje. This is the first of three trails planned as part of the LIFE AMPHICON project. Visitors will be able to explore the...
On Thursday, May 30, 2024, the opening of the exhibition Sedem mrestov took place in the hall of the City Library Grosuplje....
On Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19 2024, the 5th monitoring visit of the LIFE AMPHICON project took place. The visit was attended by an external project supervisor from the ELMEN EEIG organization, a representative of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency...
Last April, the LIFE AMPHICON project team visited collegues from Landschaftserhaltungsverbände (LEV) near Ravensburg in the southern part of Germany. They showed us around their breeding station for the moor frog and shared experience on the measures to protect amphibians. At the beginning of...
This year, for the 17th time in a row, Radensko polje Landscape Park has successfully organized the Frog Patrol Initiative on the road along the Radensko polje, connecting Veliko Mlačevo and Velika Račna. This action is a vital component of the LIFE AMPHICON project....
It turned out that one of the newts, which we caught in Ortmann's funnel trap on May 19, 2023, hatched, developed, and metamorphosed in the breeding station in Podsreda....
Archaeologists carried out wood sampling and sent 6 samples for further analysis. They found the remains to be of black alder, beech, oak and ash. Radiocarbon analysis of one of the samples showed that the wood probably dates to between 3526 and 3365 BC. The...