Restoration of terrestrial habitats is one of the most important concrete conservation activities of the LIFE AMPHICON project, alongside the establishment of new ponds. Amphibians spend most of the year on land. Hidden corners in hedgerows, meadows, or the forest provide them with summer hiding...
This winter, we will create 40 new water habitats for amphibians on Radensko polje. Before preparing the documentation for digging the ponds, we checked the suitability of the field....
At the end of October, excavation of ponds began in Ljubljansko barje at land plots, recently purchased by Krajinski park Ljubljansko barje Public Institute for nature conservation purposes. The ponds will form a network (»pond scape«) of water habitats, improving amphibian breeding sites....
The first year of population reinforcement for Triturus carnifex with supportive breeding was a great success. With the help and knowledge of project partners from Denmark and Germany, we bred 166 larvae, which we later released as young individuals in project area Natura 2000 Dobrava...
In 2022, the A.1 action was successfully completed....
Between the 18th and 20th of May 2022, The Institute for Tourism and Promotion “Grosuplje Tourism” together with the Municipality of Grosuplje organized the 1st LIFE AMPHICON International Conference.- Amphibian Conservation and Habitat Restoration....
Population reinforcement with supportive breeding in breeding stations is already a well established technique in Denmark and Germany. Their knowledge and experience will be transferred to Slovenia, where we are establishing the first breeding station in our country....
The LIFE AMPHICON project team conducted an extensive two year (2020 and 2021) survey of amphibians in the Jovsi project site in Natura 2000 area Dobrava–Jovsi. The main purpose was to provide baseline information on the population of target species Bombina bombina in order to design the...
Springtime brings warmer temperatures and longer days as nature reawakens after a long winter nap....
In the last few days we establish the 'Fish-free Zone' in the pond Trebče at Kozjansko park. The pond is allready filled with water, the protective fence is set up, and now we are patiently waiting for higher temperatures and the beginning of spring migration...