Profile
Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS is an interdisciplinary research institution for basic and applied landscape-ecological research, as well as for the realization of environmental projects, plans and expertise.
Institute activities are divided into several areas:
- Science: development of basic landscape-ecological research methods
- Application of the results into practice: development of methods for the transfer of scientific knowledge in decision-making and planning processes
- Expertise activities: carrying out surveys, technical studies, opinions and assessment reports on the environment
- Editorial activities: Publishing of journals Ecology (Bratislava), Environment, Ecological studies as well as scientific and professional monographs
- Education and training: External training center for doctoral studies in Environmental Science program, field of study: Protection and land use. Cooperation with universities in the education activities and also collaboration with primary and grammar schools in the field of environmental education
ILE SAS is a Center of excellence for protection and use of landscape and for biodiversity and is also a member of the international research network of excellence (ALTER-Net) for long-term research of biodiversity, ecosystems and environmental awareness.
ILE SAS is an expert center of the European Commission and the European Environment Agency within the projects:
- Phare Topic Link on Nature Conservation European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity
- Europea Topic Centre on Biological Diversity
ILE SAS is an accredited workplace of Central Consultancy Register of the European Commission. Inclusion of LANDEP methodologies developed by ILE SAS into Agenda 21, Chapter 10 of the Rio Summit can be considered as a significant international recognition of ILE SAS. These methodologies are one of the recommended methods for integrated protection and use of natural resources. Many methodologies developed by ILE SAS were included in legislative provisions as binding landscape documentation for spatial development – TSES, Landscape-ecological plan, E.I.A., S. E.A., etc.
Organizational Structure
Department of ecosystem analyses
Orientation:
- analyses of biotic and abiotic elements of the environment
- demecology and synecology
- production ecology
- environmental impact assessment
Department of landscape-ecological syntheses
Orientation:
- landscape-ecological analyses and syntheses
- ecology of agricultural, forest and urbanised landscape
- environmental limits
- ecological problems in regions of Slovakia
Department of biodiversity of ecosystems and landscape – Branch of the Institute in Nitra
Orientation:
- structural and dynamic landscape ecology
- mapping of biotops
- biodiversity
Research station – Východná
Station is situated close to the Vysoké Tatry mts and the Nízke Tatry Mts.
It offers opportunities for accomodation during field works as well as for organistion of scientific meetings. Accomodation capacity is 25 persons.
Doctoral studies
The Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences conducts doctoral studies in cooperation with Comenius University in Bratislava, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra.
Comenius University in Bratislava:
Field of study: Earth Sciences
Program: Soil Ecophysiology
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra:
Field of study: Landscape Protection and Use
Program: Environmental Studies
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra:
Field of study: Agriculture and Landscape Architecture
Program: Landscape Engineering, Landscape and Garden Architecture
Journals of the Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
EKOLÓGIA (Bratislava)
Aims and Scope:
International Journal for Ecological Problems of the Biosphere. Ekológia (Bratislava) publishes original research papers addressing theoretical, methodological as well as practical aspects of the ecology. In this context, the contributions should address the following five thematic domains:
- population ecology
- ecosystems ecology
- landscape ecology
- nature conservation
- human impact
More informations: https://publikacie.uke.sav.sk/taxonomy/term/700
Ecological studies
Aims and Scope:
Ecological studies (Ekologické štúdie) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal presents original scientific studies in the field of ecology, landscape ecology, environmental sciences, ecological and environmental education, as well as other related disciplines. Ecological Studies are published since 2010 twice a year. The magazine was created by transforming the monograph series Ecological Studies to a periodical, in response to the lack of space for publishing original papers of Slovak authors in the mentioned field. The journal is published two times a year in Slovak or Czech with an English abstract. The scope of the journal includes published original scientific works in basic and applied research. Papers published such as scientific papers in domestic, non-current, non-impacted journals). Publication in Ekologické štúdie is not charged and not paid.
More informations: https://publikacie.uke.sav.sk/taxonomy/term/922
Contact persons
Veronika Piscová veronika.piscova@savba.sk
Andrej Raniak: andrej.raniak@savba.sk