First investment in the GREVISLIN project completed
On Friday, 13 September, the grand opening of the new footpath along the River Pivka took place. The footpath runs from Vilharjeva Street to the vicinity of the car park at Postojna Cave. It was built as part of the project ‘Green Infrastructure, Conservation and Improvement of the Status of Endangered Species and Habitat Types along Rivers’, or GREVISLIN for short.
Sign up for the ‘Clean Coast 2019’ clean-up campaign
To help us organise the event, registration is required at:
uros.robic@izvrs.si by 11:00 on 19 September 2019 at the latest. Upon registration, volunteers will receive further instructions and additional information about the event itself.
Are microplastics in drinking water (harmless) to health?
At the Slovenian Water Institute, we issued a statement on the harmful effects of microplastics on human health. The report was broadcast on the Dnevnik programme on 22 August 2019.
Collaboration between IzVRS and the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Gorenje
The Slovenian Water Institute, in collaboration with the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Faculty of Biotechnology, Department of Biology, and Gorenje, as a co-funding partner, has successfully submitted a research project to the ARRS entitled ‘Degradation of textile microplastics from domestic wastewater’.
Invitation to the ‘Clean Coast 2019’ clean-up campaign
‘Clean Coast’ is a clean-up campaign taking place across Slovenia’s coastal municipalities, now in its tenth year; as well as cleaning up the coastline, it aims to raise public awareness with a view to reducing the amount of new waste entering the marine environment.
Rubbish on the banks of the Rižana and Dragonja rivers
As part of a project we are carrying out at the Slovenian Water Institute on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, we have investigated the presence of macro-litter on the banks of the Dragonja and Rižana rivers.
Microplastics in our waters – a news report drawing on the expertise of the Slovenian Water Institute
On Monday, 1 July 2019, an article on the quantities of plastic in Slovenian waters was published in the *Dnevnik* newspaper in the Environment / Waste section.
The DanubeSediment project: Sediment management in the Danube catchment area is drawing to a close
An international stakeholder workshop on sediment management measures will be held in Bucharest, Romania, at the end of June. The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss proposed measures and examples of good practice addressing sediment management in the Danube catchment area. Stakeholders from Slovenia are also invited to attend the workshop.
Experts from the Slovenian Water Institute presented their research into pollution in Slovenian waters
You are cordially invited to watch a short feature on the presence of micro- and macro-waste in our waters on Saturday 8 June 2019 at 7.15 pm on RTV Slovenia’s Channel 1, as part of the programme *Sobotni dnevnikov izbor*.
Invitation to the LIFE ViVaCCAdapt project event: ‘ADAPTING AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE VIPAVA VALLEY’
We invite you to the presentation event for the LIFE ViVaCCAdapt project (LIFE15 CCA/SI/000070), which will take place on Thursday, 7 March 2019, starting at 9.00 am at the premises of the Ajdovščina Regional Chamber of Crafts and Entrepreneurship, Vipavska cesta 4, Ajdovščina, where the project’s scope and initial results will be presented.