On 21 and 22 June 2017, a public consultation and a field workshop "Environmental impact of traffic in the natural environment" took place. Since ensuring peace (absence of human disturbance) in areas relevant to the…continue reading
As of June 2017, the transfer of planned measures to the forests management practice of Natura 2000 Kočevsko has been completed. As part of the C2 action, tree thinning by girdling and elimination of eco-cells…continue reading
One fifth of the concrete conservation actions, planned within the LIFE Kočevsko project, are situated in national forest areas on eastern part of Natura 2000 Kočevsko. In April and May, Slovenian Forest Service employees engaged…continue reading
As part of the annual event Summer in Kočevski rog 2017, LIFE Kočevsko team organized a field trip to Kopa virgin forest, the smallest virgin forest in Kočevsko region with area of 14 ha. Kopa…continue reading
In 2017, members of the European Union are celebrating 25th anniversary of the Habitat directive and LIFE programme, providing grants for environmental projects. Last Thursday, May 25th, an international networking conferance »Environment needs LIFE for…continue reading
This Saturday, May 13 2017, the Society for cave exploration Ljubljana representatives performed the last cave cleanup action within LIFE Kočevsko project. They successfully pulled out 1 m3 of illegal waste from the Oneška Cave…continue reading
In the previous months Slovenian Forest Service employees finalized the determination of locations for 5 western capercaillie feeding fences in size of 3,5 ha. The fence route was marked by a yellow marker. Detailed…continue reading
On Thursday, 11 May 2017, LIFE Kočevsko project team from SFS Kočevje took part in the annual wood grouse monitoring, organized by SFS Bled. Since the western capercaillie is one of our projects target species,…continue reading
This April, LIFE Kočevsko project team started implementing measures, aiming to improve diet options for the two endangered woodpecker species in the area: the white-backed and the three-toed woodpecker. In Briga, implementation of the conservation…continue reading
Since obtaining authorizations for installing the winter feeding ground was a long-drawn-out process, we were only allowed to start feeding the white-tailed eagle by the end of February. 23 kg of carrion (dead-born calf from Kočevska Reka…continue reading
