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Educational nature trail at Reško lake

In between 2003 -2004 the Institute for Forest OE Kočevje set up 695 m long circular route in The forest reserve Reško jezero. Trail is marked, narrow, unfurnished and as such is unsuitable for a…continue reading

Setting up the surveillance system of white-tailed eagle nest DAY 2

On the second day of the surveillance system setup we mounted a photovoltaic panel with a battery which will supply the camera with the necessary energy. We connected all the parts – camera, parabolic antenna…continue reading

Setting up the white-tailed eagle nest survilance system

On Monday, 17.10.2016 we started setting up the surveillance system of the white-tailed eagle nest near Kočevska Reka. This is one of activities within Action C4 aimed at improving white-tailed eagle habitat and population. Surveillance…continue reading

In November LIFE Kočevsko goes to Nature health fair

Last year we participated in fair Nature health with the project LIFE DinAlp Bear. This experience was good so we decided to repeat it. We believe that fair is a chance to promote LIFE Kočevsko and to present…continue reading

Census of non-territorial ravens in Natura 2000 Kočevsko

Winter feeding site for white-tailed eagle could also attract ravens and consequently affect their population within the area of Natura 2000 Kočevsko. To establish baseline state of the population of ravens we carried out a…continue reading

Selection of habitat trees

For long-term conservation of white-backed and three-toed woodpeckers old, large, weakened trees where woodpeckers find their food have to stay in the forest. To achieve this ZGS is implementing LIFE Kočevsko activity where such trees…continue reading

Our project presented at the “Empowered towards better EU funding of our environment” event in Ljubljna

On Friday, 16th September 2016, the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP) organised a LIFE projects networking event and a press conference “Empowered towards better EU funding of our environment” in the premises…continue reading

Testing of remote nest camera

On Friday, September the 9th, we tested remote camera system wich will be placed at the top of the white-tailed eagle nest tree in Kočevska Reka. Surveillance over nest falls within the scope of activities of…continue reading

Third external LIFE monitor visit

On 14 and 15 September 2016, third  LIFE Kočevsko monitor visit took place. Progress of our work was presented to mag. Julijana Lebez Lozej, Ministry for the environment and spatial planning representative, and external LIFE…continue reading

Cleaning of cave Mala Stankova and cave Müllerloch (cave Golobja)

Cleaning of cave Mala Stankova near Šalka vas In the past, cave Mala Stankova served as a village dump. The share of waste was estimated at 20-30 m3. On August 28, 2016, cleaning of this…continue reading