The Erasmus+ programme offers young people valuable opportunities to gain new knowledge, practical experience, and professional connections that strengthen their ability to meet future academic and career challenges. A good example of such successful cooperation is the partnership between the …
From 3 to 5 March 2026, an international project meeting of the European research project CURIOSOIL took place in Ljubljana. The project is funded under the Horizon Europe programme and is marking its second year of implementation. The meeting was …
As part of the Erasmus+ GreenGate2 project, the Faculty of Environmental Protection organised a professional field trip for students to Afrodita Cosmetics and Crystal Ambience Rogaška. The visit was designed to provide first-hand insight into contemporary production processes, approaches to …
The Faculty of Environmental Protection took part in this year’s Career Opportunities Fair and Education Festival, organized by the Employment Service of Slovenia at the Celje Fairgrounds. At the event, we presented our study programme in Environmental Protection and Ecotechnology …
Each year on March 3, we observe World Wildlife Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013. The date marks the anniversary of the signing of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of …
On 24 February, Krpanov dom in Pivka hosted an expert lecture titled “Declining Roe Deer Numbers in Slovenia: Causes, Consequences and Solutions.” The event was organised by the Wildlife Management Commission of the Postojna–Bistrica Hunting Association and the Pivka Tourism …
Colleagues and lecturers at the Faculty of Environmental Protection, Prof. Elena Bužan, PhD, and Prof. Boštjan Pokorny, PhD, together with co-authors, have published a scientific paper in the journal European Journal of Wildlife Research titled “Mapping wild boar density across …
Between 11 and 13 February 2026, researchers from the Faculty of Environmental Protection attended the final international conference of the seven-year LIFE AMPHICON project, Conservation of Amphibians and Restoration of Their Habitats. The project addresses the decline in amphibian populations …
A ceremonial event marking the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Slovenia took place in Ljubljana on 29 January 2026. The event was co-organized by the American-Slovenian Educational Foundation in cooperation with the ZRC SAZU and the U.S. Embassy in …
The Faculty of Environmental Protection opened 2026 with notable achievements in scientific research. In the final week of January, the Faculty’s researchers published four peer-reviewed articles in leading international scientific journals, with a fifth article accepted for publication. It is …









