From this year onwards, we mark June 11th as International lynx day. In Slovenia we celebrated it with the premiere of the documentary film “Path of the Lynx”.

The Energy Globe Award is one of the prestigious environmental prizes received by projects focusing on energy efficiency, renewable energy and resource conservation. Awards are awarded on national and international level. Among the recipients for 2018 at national level is the Slovenian project LIFE Stop CyanoBloom.

Are you aware of your obligations in case of environmental damage? Do you know the Environmental Liability Directive? No? Then do not miss the workshop on Environmental responsibility, which will take place on June 7, 2018 at the EU House in Ljubljana, Dunajska 20.

The LIFE AlgaeCan and H2020 Water2REturn project teams invite you to a mini symposium titled “Algae in circular economy”, which will take place at the Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, on June 7, 2018, starting at 9 am. In the framework of the symposium, a small demo centre will be officially opened, where the use…

Summer is here and the forests are an excellent shelter from the heat and burning sun. However, forests are not self-evident; in the future we could be a witness of strong transformations of forests as a result of climate change.

Last week, in the framework of the largest European environmental event, Green Week, awards were given to the best LIFE projects, completed in 2016 and 2017. Among the awarded projects was also Slovenian LIFE project SI Natura 2000 Management.

The LIFE programme published a call for co-financing traditional, integrated, preparatory and technical assistance projects for 2018. This year, they will invest close to €400 million in nature conservation, environmental protection and climate action. The novelty of this year’s call is a two-stage application of traditional projects in the LIFE sub-programme for Environment.

The new LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2018-2020 brings some novelties, including the two-stage process of submitting project applications in the LIFE sub-programme for Environment.

One of tools, supporting the European Commission in addressing environmental problems and monitoring the implementation of European environmental legislation, are public opinion polls. In autumn 2017 one such public opinion poll was conducted in all 28 member states, namely on the attitude of European citizens towards the environment (Special Eurobarometer 468). The results show a…

With the New Year 2018, we invite you to the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning to see a new exhibition created within the LIFE programme. The project, named “Riparian Ecosystem Restoration of the Lower Drava River in Slovenia” or shorter LIVEDRAVA, started in September 2012 and ended with the end of 2017. DOPPS…