We carried out a volunteer action to remove invasive alien plant species at Rakova jelša in Ljubljana, with the help of second-year students from the Nature Conservation Technician programme at BIC Ljubljana....
05 June, 2026 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
As part of the LIFE AMPHICON project, and in collaboration with numerous organizations, associations, volunteers, and individuals, we have prepared the sixth overview of activities dedicated to the conservation of amphibians and their habitats....
04 June, 2026 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
Students from the University of Copenhagen’s Forest and Landscape College visit a wide range of nature management cases across Denmark as part of their education....
01 June, 2026 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
On Friday, May 22—World Biodiversity Day—the Raznoživo festival once again brought together nature conservation organisations from across Slovenia....
28 May, 2026 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
From 11 to 13 February 2026, the Final LIFE AMPHICON International Conference, Amphibian Conservation and Habitat Restoration took place in Grosuplje....
28 May, 2026 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
As part of the LIFE AMPHICON project and in collaboration with various organisations, associations, volunteers and individuals, we have compiled the fifth overview of activities in amphibian conservation and habitat protection for the 2024 edition of the Regljač newsletter. ...
19 December, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
At the beginning of autumn, after obtaining all the necessary permits and approvals, we began excavating ponds for the moor frog (Rana arvalis) in the Ljubljansko barje. The ponds were carefully designed to meet the ecological needs of this rare amphibian....
06 November, 2025 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
This year, Danish project partners received external assistance with monitoring their project area, Taarup Strand....
24 October, 2025 D.1 Monitoring of the Success of Project Actions News
The LIFE AMPHICON project is slowly approaching the finish line, and to mark this occasion, we are organizing the FINAL INTERNATIONAL LIFE AMPHICON CONFERENCE, which will take place from 11 to 13 February at the Grosuplje, Slovenia....
17 October, 2025 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
Between 8th and 12th September, part of the LIFE AMPHICON project team attended the 23rd European Congress of Herpetology (SEH 2025), organized by the European Herpetological Society (Societas Europaea HErpetologica, SEH)....
02 October, 2025 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
At the end of August, LIFE AMPHICON project partners from Kozjanski Park completed the monitoring of amphibian habitats for 2025, which took place as part of action D.1 – Monitoring of the success of project actions....
29 September, 2025 D.1 Monitoring of the Success of Project Actions News
Volunteers from across Slovenia had the chance to share experiences and explore the implemented amphibian conservation measures at Žabja domačija information centre in Trebče and Jovsi project site....
22 September, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
As part of the LIFE AMPHICON project, a successful training seminar for school teachers took place in Ljubljansko barje, focusing on the role of outdoor education and knowledge transfer in amphibian conservation....
03 September, 2025 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
The team of the Radensko polje Landscape Park successfully excavated six new ponds in the Bičje Nature Reserve last week....
21 August, 2025 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
The contractor VOC Celje d.o.o. has completed the construction of permanent measures for amphibians on the state road R2-423/1283 Podsreda–Bistrica, in the Kozjanski Park project road section in the immediate vicinity of the Frog Homestead in Trebče in the Kozjanski Park....
29 July, 2025 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
At the end of June, the contractor Komunalna gradnja d.o.o. obtained an approval for complete closure of the R3-647/1368 Mlačevo-Rašica road on the Radensko polje project section and has accelerated the construction of amphibian underpasses....
24 July, 2025 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
As part of the LIFE AMPHICON project, in cooperation with numerous organizations, associations, volunteers, and individuals, we have—albeit with some delay—prepared the fourth review of activities in amphibian conservation and habitat protection in the Regljač newsletter for 2023....
09 July, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
The Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia invites you to the second national meeting of Frog Patrollers, which is organized in the LIFE AMPHICON project....
02 July, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
In recent years, over 130 new ponds have been created across Slovenia, providing breeding habitats for different amphibian species. Since each of the species has its own requirements, ponds must be designed to meet the needs of specific target species....
17 June, 2025 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
As a third-year student specializing in nature conservation, I took part in a three-week school internship within the LIFE AMPHICON project in the Radensko polje area. This region is known for its wet meadows and important habitats for many amphibian species. On the very first day, I joined the project staff for a field visit ......
12 June, 2025 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
We are pleased to announce that the second - the shortest LIFE AMPHICON road section Pako-Goričica in the Ljubljana Barje - has been successfully completed. ...
05 June, 2025 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
On Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the invitation of the association Ohranimo naravo čisto Duplek, the organizers of the Toad Patrol in Vurberk, we presented the activities of the LIFE AMPHICON project at Vurberk Castle, located in the municipality of Spodnji Duplek in Štajerska....
03 June, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
At the Raznoživo Festival on Thursday, May 22, nature conservation organizations from all over Slovenia gathered in Ljubljana. Among them were also the partners of the LIFE AMPHICON project, who presented our most important achievements to the visitors. ...
30 May, 2025 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
Nearly a year after the opening of the Pot na Mah educational trail—set in the heart of the Ljubljansko Barje (Ljubljana Marshes)—we’re excited to welcome pupils from nearby schools to experience its unique natural environment and discover the rare and endangered species that live here....
19 May, 2025 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
At the Danish LIFE AMPHICON project site the population of Fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) was in critical condition before project start. Only two calling males were heard during the baseline monitoring in 2020....
14 May, 2025 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
On 26 April 2025, the Beličnik Association, an active environmental group in the municipality of Križevci near Ljutomer, known for its long-standing involvement in amphibian rescue efforts in Boreci, organised a local educational event at Gajševci Lake....
08 May, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
The construction of underpasses and permanent protective fences for amphibians on the road section near Trebče Fish-pond in Kozjansko Park is already in full swing! ...
07 March, 2025 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
On the road along Radensko Polje, connecting Veliko Mlačevo and Veliko Račno, we have installed an amphibian temporary fence for the eighteenth consecutive year as part of our project. ...
05 March, 2025 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
The safety of amphibians during the breeding season in many areas depends heavily on the work of volunteers to ensure their safe passage across problematic stretches of road where underpasses and permanent fencing have not been installed....
25 February, 2025 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
With the rain and warmer temperatures, the amphibians of the Ljubljansko barje are about to start migrating to their breeding sites. In addition to ponds and ditches, which they use for reproduction, terrestrial habitats are just as important. ...
20 February, 2025 C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
The Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI) has announced the provision of complementary road signs for Frog patrols on all sections of national roads, including main and regional routes, to ensure the safety of Frog patrol participants....
07 February, 2025 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
In January 2025 the project partner, Slovenian Infrastructure Agency, also started the construction of permanent amphibian road mitigation measures on the national road R2-423/1283 Podsreda-Bistrica....
04 February, 2025 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
In early January 2025, construction of permanent amphibian road mitigation measures started on the Radensko polje project section....
29 January, 2025 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
On Friday, 6 December 2024, a presentation on the implementation of the measures and reconstruction of the R3-647/1368 Mlačevo-Rašica road from km 1.080 to 4.135 was held for the local population at Družbeni dom Račna in the municipality of Grosuplje....
10 December, 2024 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
On Friday, 15 November 2024, the two-day 2nd International Conference of the LIFE AMPHICON Project - Amphibian Conservation and Habitat Restoration concluded at Podsreda Castle in Kozjansko Regional Park....
18 November, 2024 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
We are now only a couple days away from the 2nd LIFE AMPHICON International Conference, which will take place November 14 and 15 at Podsreda Castle in Kozjansko Park....
13 November, 2024 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
Slovenian Tourist Assocciation has announced the results of the online voting for the traditional competition 'Moja dežela' (My Country). We are proud that our new educational trail received the most votes in the Themed Trails category, earning the prestigious recognition, the People's Choice Hospitality Award. ...
24 October, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
This year, alongside the 25th anniversary of the Kozjansko Apple Festival, we have added a new chapter to the Kolar Homestead in Trebče. In the wooden house by the pond, we have opened the doors to the new amphibian info center – Žabja domačija (Frog Homestead)....
22 October, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
Pot na Mah (Mah Trail, where "Mah" refers to the local name for the marshland), which opened in Ljubljansko barje Landscape Park at the end of May 2024, is one of the finalists for the Best Themed Trail 2024....
03 October, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
Initial monitoring of the amphibian migration has yielded promising results. Inspections of the tunnels and fencing have documented a significant number of amphibians from various species utilizing the crossings, with minimal roadkill observed....
01 October, 2024 D.1 Monitoring of the Success of Project Actions News
Following the example and success of the first international LIFE AMPHICON conference, which was held in 2022, Kozjansko Park is organizing the second international LIFE AMPHICON conference, which will take place on November 14th and 15th at Podsreda Castle....
19 September, 2024 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
As part of ongoing amphibian monitoring in newly excavated ponds in Ljubljansko barje, we discovered an unwelcome resident – the invasive pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). These ponds were created to serve as habitats for amphibians, but the presence of fish, particularly invasive species, can significantly disrupt this delicate ecosystem....
16 September, 2024 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
As part of the LIFE AMPHICON project, we have excavated or restored 163 ponds. During the project, we are also monitoring their success. Monitoring of amphibians is conducted in all ponds and follows four stages. ...
02 August, 2024 D.1 Monitoring of the Success of Project Actions News
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 traffic on the roads....
24 July, 2024 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
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....
22 July, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
Between May 22nd and May 24th, the LIFE Platform Meeting: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (ARC) conference took place in Santander, Spain. The conference brought together the latest methods and techniques for improving the conservation status of amphibians and reptiles and their habitats and was dedicated to exploring EU-funded projects focused on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles. ...
05 June, 2024 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
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 natural wonders of this exceptional area along the trail. Special attention is given to amphibians....
03 June, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
On Thursday, May 30, 2024, the opening of the exhibition Sedem mrestov took place in the hall of the City Library Grosuplje....
31 May, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
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 (CINEA), and a representative of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning....
22 April, 2024 F.1 Project Management News
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 March, they kindly accepted our invitation to visit Slovenia and get to know more about the protected areas included in the LIFE AMPHICON project....
21 March, 2024 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
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....
19 March, 2024 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
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....
05 March, 2024 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
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 tree is thought to have been cut down after 3425 BC....
26 February, 2024 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
In the Ljubljansko barje, we have purchased nearly 16 ha of land for amphibian conservation. We have dug 50 new ponds, with most of the land being used to improve the condition of wet meadows. We recently held a gathering to thank the custodians for their efforts so far, to review our collective achievements and to discuss the challenges we are facing. We used the opportunity to strengthen our partnership and look for ways to work well together in the future....
23 February, 2024 C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
The Directorate of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia (DRSI) has announced the provision of complementary road signs for Frog patrols on all sections of national roads....
12 February, 2024 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
On Monday, December 11, 2023, a meeting with landowners from the Radensko polje area was held in Žabja hiša....
13 December, 2023 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
In the past week, we began excavating 30 ponds for Bombina variegata in the Natura 2000 project site of Bohor (SI3000274) at Kozjanski Park....
01 December, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
A new educational trail will soon come to life near the natural values of Goriški mah and Goričica on the Ljubljana Marshes!...
16 November, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
After a very successful first season of supportive breeding for Triturus carnifex at the breeding station in Podsreda, we tried to continue with the success this year. From the collected eggs, 141 larvae hatched and were released into newly excavated ponds in Jovsi in August and September....
06 November, 2023 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
Radensko polje is a karst field that fills with water during heavy rainfall. Water slowly drains away for several days afterwards. For excavation of ponds we needed heavier machinery. We had to choose the time when the field was frozen or dry. The result of rainfall is the inaccessibility of the area for mechanization and excessive wetness of the terrain for excavation....
03 November, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
The Moor Frog (Rana arvalis) is a highly charismatic amphibian species. They become particularly fascinating during their breeding season when the males change the color of their body into vivid blue, and the breeding takes place in groups for just a few days. The sight of plenty of blue frogs in group is something special, attracting numerous nature enthusiasts and wildlife photographers, although this can also have negative impacts on them....
30 October, 2023 C.5 Replication and Transfer of Project Solutions and Results News
One week ago, we provided an update on the highly successful First National Frog Patrol Summit. During this event, we had the privilege of meeting our dedicated volunteers in person. In an effort to gain deeper insights into their behavior and motivations, we distributed a concise survey, the results of which we now share in this article....
26 October, 2023 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
In October 2023, the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI) and the contractor Trgograd d.o.o. started with the construction of the first underpasses for amphibians in the Podkraj project road section....
24 October, 2023 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
The Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia (Centre for Fauna and Flora Cartography) organised the FIRST NATIONAL FROG PATROLS SUMMIT. The event was primarily intended for meeting and connecting coordinators and participants of actions that take place every year in the springtime at various locations in Slovenia....
20 October, 2023 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
In Kozjanski Park, we successfully held seven five-day summer camps, which were planned as part of the LIFE Amphicon project. In 2021, despite the covid-19, which put us all in a state of uncertainty, we successfully held 2 summer camps. In 2022, we held 3 camps, and this year we held the last two camps....
26 September, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
The Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia invites you to the first national meeting of Frog Patrollers, which is organized in the LIFE AMPHICON project. The meeting will take place on Saturday, 14 October 2023, at 15:00 at the Eko Turizem Pri Starem Mlinu Tourist Farm (Šentjanž nad Štorami 1, Štore)....
20 September, 2023 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
On Sunday, September 17, as a part of the festival »Grosuplje v jeseni«. we held an event dedicated to the protection of nature called Frog House Day. On that day, families and individuals learned about amphibians and the measures that we implement within the LIFE AMPHICON project to protect amphibians and preserve their habitats....
18 September, 2023 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
In Ljubljansko barje, we have recently carried out the transfer of patches of grass sward, which will provide a valuable seed bank of characteristic wet meadow plants. ...
14 September, 2023 C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
This season of supportive breeding in the breeding station in Kozjanski Park was successful again. More than 100 larvae of the Triturus carnifex were raised this year. On Wednesday, September 6, we accompanied 92 young ones to their new life in Jovsi. The rest of them will be at the breeding station for a few more days until the transformation is completed, after that they will be returned to the new ponds in Jovsi....
08 September, 2023 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, we will gather at 11 a.m. in front of the Information Room in Kapele. After a short presentation of the project activities, we will accompany the young individuals to their new life in Jovsi....
29 August, 2023 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
In the Radensko polje Landscape Park, we are continuing with the digging of new ponds for amphibians. So far, we have excavated 25 ponds out of a total of 40 planned in the Radensko polje area....
21 August, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
In addition to ponds which enable them to reproduce successfully, amphibians also need suitable terrestrial habitats, where many of them spend the majority of the year....
05 July, 2023 C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
In the final days of June, we were invited to participate in a traditional event, organised by the Barje Tourist Society (Turistično društvo barje), »Otroške barjanske žabarije«....
27 June, 2023 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
At the end of May 2023, the LIFE AMPHICON project team traveled to Denmark, where we were met by project partners from the AMPHI organization and the municipality of Nyborg....
21 June, 2023 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
On the occasion of the International Day of Biological Diversity, which took place on 22 May, the Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora (CKFF) took part in the first-ever festival called Raznoživo in the centre of Ljubljana....
16 June, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
These days, the monitoring of the Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) is being carried out in the Radensko Polje Landscape Park....
14 June, 2023 D.1 Monitoring of the Success of Project Actions News
On 31 May 2023, we have successfully completed the fifth LIFE AMPHICON Steering Committee Meeting that took place in Nyborg Municipality in Denmark and online....
06 June, 2023 F.1 Project Management News
In 2021, we transferred more than 18,000 amphibians over the road, in 2022 over 16,000, and this year we transferred as many as 20.500 amphibians in a total of twenty-three nights....
28 April, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
In early April, we visited the area of Ravensburg near Lake Constance, where we were welcomed by colleagues from Landschaftserhaltungsverbände (LEV), a non governmental organization that provides guidance to farmers on how to implement nature conservation measures....
13 April, 2023 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
On Monday, 27th of March 2023, the external monitor Mitja Kaligarič, Ph.D. from NEEMO organization visited the LIFE AMPHICON project, this time in Kozjanski Park....
30 March, 2023 F.1 Project Management News
In the past two months we finished the establishment of ten planned ponds in Jovsi. As the temperatures rise, they could soon host the first spawning amphibians. Further work on the project site was focused on improvement of terrestrial habitats....
07 March, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
During the visit, the Head of the Nature Conservation Division, Katarina Groznik Zeiler, PhD stressed the importance of the LIFE AMPHICON project in the conservation of amphibians and their habitats and visited some of the newly established water habitats in the area....
06 March, 2023 E.1 Communication and Dissemination of the Project and its Results News
Between February 28 and March 1, 2023, a two-day professional field visit of Salzburg and its surroundings took place. The purpose was to network and share experiences on amphibian conservation and best practices for implementing measures for amphibians on roads....
03 March, 2023 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
In recent days, we have completed the excavation of the last of the 50 amphibian ponds planned in Ljubljansko barje. They are now waiting for amphibians to come out of hibernation and head to their breeding grounds. ...
28 February, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
Katja Poboljšaj from the Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora presented the project LIFE AMPHICON – Amphibian Conservation and Habitat Restoration at the 5th Biological Evening organised by the University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (UP FAMNIT)....
24 February, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
The association will renaturalize about 30 ponds to create aquatic habitats for the fire-bellied toad and other amphibians in the region. Although there is plenty of water in the Felchowsee area, suitable spawning habitats for amphibians - free of fish, sunny and sometimes drying out - are now in short supply....
23 February, 2023 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
These days amphibians have started to emerge after the winter. In the first warm rainy evenings, we expect the start of amphibian migrations to their breeding sites. During the breeding season the safety of amphibians highly depends on the work of volunteers on the problematic road sections without underpasses or permanent amphibian fences....
22 February, 2023 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
On Saturday, 11.02.2023, a conference on "Meadow bird-friendly management, insect-friendly management & possibilities for the utilization of agriculturally unusable cuttings" took place in Mülheim an der Ruhr organized by LIFE Wiesenvögel NRW ....
15 February, 2023 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
In January 2023, the construction of permanent measures to reduce amphibian mortality on roads in Ljubljansko barje (project section Bistra) began....
26 January, 2023 C.4 Underpasses for Amphibians News
Until the start of the new season of amphibian spring migrations, you can shorten the snowy winter days by reading the third edition of the e-newsletter Regljač, which we prepared within the project LIFE AMPHICON with very positive collaboration with the authors of the articles....
23 January, 2023 E.4 Coordination Centre for Amphibians (CCA) in Slovenia News
The LIFE AMPHICON project team visited the regional unit of the Slovenia Forest Service in Kočevje on 13 January....
17 January, 2023 E.2 Networking, Capacity Building, Replication and Transfer of Project Results News
In the last days of December, a new leaflet presenting the importance of creating new amphibian water habitats was published by Ljubljansko barje Landscape Park....
10 January, 2023 E.3 Education and Awareness Raising News
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 places and wintering sites....
14 December, 2022 C.2 Improvement of Terrestrial Habitats News
Na Radenskem polju bomo to zimo izkopali 40 nadomestnih habitatov za dvoživke. Pred pripravo dokumentacije za izkop mlak, smo na terenu preverili primernost lokacij. ...
29 November, 2022 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
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....
14 November, 2022 C.1 Creation / Restoration of Water Habitats News
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 – Jovsi. The breeding station in Kozjanski park is the first breeding station for amphibians in Slovenia and the first breeding station for Triturus carnifex in Europe....
19 October, 2022 C.3 Population Reinforcement News
In 2022, the A.1 action was successfully completed. The main results of the action are...
17 October, 2022 A.1 Inventory and site specific plans for project sites News
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. ...
30 May, 2022 News
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....
06 May, 2022 C.3 Population Reinforcement News