From 21 to 24 November 2023, in the ancient town of Erice, Sicily, an international conference Urban mammals in Europe took place, where speakers from ten European countries presented their findings on the (also in Slovenia) very relevant issue of …
In the framework of the Erasmus+ project, the Director of the FEP, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gašper Gantar, visited the headquarters of the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Bari and the Faculty of Environmental Protection in Taranto. He gave two …
Prof. dr. Elena Bužan and prof. dr. Boštjan Pokorny and their co-authors have published an original scientific article entitled “First insight into genetic diversity of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) in Slovenia” in Slovenian Veterinary Research Journal. In Europe, the Alpine …
Members of the research team of the Faculty of Environmental Protection, together with colleagues from ZRC SAZU-Institute for Karst Research and the Faculty of Security Sciences, University of Maribor, will implement a targeted research project (CRP) entitled “Risk from environmental …
Prof. Dr. Boštjan Pokorny and co-authors published a research paper entitled “Genetic diversity and complex structure of the European Roe Deer population at a continental scale” in the prestigious Journal of Mammalogy, published by Oxford University Press. More also at: …
At the end of October, our colleagues, Prof. Dr. Elena Bužan and Prof. Dr. Boštjan Pokorny, took part in a professional training at the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, in the framework of …
At the Faculty of Environmental Protection, we are looking for practical solutions for sampling microplastics in our aquatic environments in the framework of the Inerreg Eurpe PLASTIX project. Microplastics are small plastic particles, smaller than five millimetres, that appear in …
Wild boar roaming is an ecological process that can have a significant impact on other species and entire ecosystems. Therefore, understanding the diet of wild boar is important as it provides key insights into its ecological roles and trophic interactions, …
In the Oljka hunting area, Šmartno ob Paki, we took photographs of three species of woodpeckers as part of the EOW, StepChange and CRP projects. This family is characterised by a strong beak, which they use to find food in …
In the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, FEP is hosting a student from the Faculty of Environmental Safety Engineering and Technologies, Ukrainian National Aviation University in Kiev, for the academic year 2023/24. Nikita Klymenko is from Mykolaiv, in the south …