LIFE Capacity Building Slovenia project team from the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning organized two LIFE informative days on 13th and 14th December 2017 in Rimske Toplice and Portorož respectively. The event was intended for anyone looking for co-financing for environmental, nature conservation and climate action projects. Representatives of national LIFE contact points…
LIFE NATURAVIVA is one of the seven Slovenian approved LIFE projects that were submitted in 2016. Biodiversity is all around us and has many faces, colours and patterns. Because Slovenia boasts with one of the highest biodiversity in Europe, the LIFE NATURAVIVA project has set itself not to only promote natural values, but also to…
Tax-Fin-Lex is the coordinating beneficiary of the Slovenian project ECOLEX Life, which main aim is to raise awareness of environmental liability. The project will be presented at the first raising awareness workshop, which will take place Monday, December 4, 2017. Invited representatives of companies, industry and business associations, governmental organizations, NGOs, lawyers, representatives of insurance companies,…
Background A recent survey found that few Slovenians were familiar with the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) even those affected by it, such as those working for companies and organisations whose activities have an environmental impact, those responsible for preparing an environmental risk assessments and legal experts dealing with environmental issues. The survey also revealed a…
At the end of the year we usually become a bit more wasteful – this is accompanied with a number of benefits and discounts which are widely advertised by sellers. Many of you are probably looking forward to new electrical or electronic equipment- that are often exchange for old and clapped-out devices. How to deal…
LIFE CB SI project team visited last week representatives of three »Best of the Best« LIFE projects. The key information for us was their experience with preparation of project proposal, since they all successfully applied for more than one LIFE project. The visit enabled us to gain new knowledge, exchange experience and contacts, which will…
In September, the Notranjska Regional Park, together with the DOPPS-Birdlife Slovenia, The Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia, Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation and the company Hidrotehnik started the implementation of the project LIFE STRŽEN.
The project team LIFE DINALP BEAR estimated the number of bears in Slovenia by genetic analysis. More than 1,000 participants contributed to the results, which collected 2,472 samples in the life span of the brown bear in the first three months of the year 2015. Compared with the measurements carried out in 2007, it was…
Background South European nase (Protochondrostoma genei) is a fish species that inhabits northern Italy and western Slovenia, where it is considered close to extinction. All its populations across its entire range are in drastic decline. A preparatory study was performed in 2015-2016, following IUCN guidelines for reintroduction, with a multidisciplinary approach and including a genetic…
In the light of the current EU goals for establishing a circular economy and clean technologies, we will demonstrate in the project LIFE for Acid Whey several innovative approaches for further whey processing. The primary focus will be on demonstrating the separation process of individual whey proteins (e.g., lactoferrin). In pilot experiments, we will also…
