• Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia hosted Irish guests
  Between October 15 and 19, 2003, Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia had the pleasure to organize both scientific and accompanying persons’ programme for Prof. Dr. Edward Farrell, head of the Environmental Resources Management Department, University College Dublin, Ireland. Prof. Farrell took part in the scientific conference organised on the... >>> full article.
   
• Pro Silva Italia National Excursion to the Natural Forests of Slovakia
  "The excursions were very interesting for all of us. I retain a lot of images and impressions, particulary from Stuzica and Havesova,but also from Dobroc. The only regret is that I couldn't stay much more time in the Picea stage in Koprova and Zadna Polana. Today I was visiting for the ... >>> full article.
   
• CSTS provided expertise on natural and cultural history during a IUFRO excursion to Slovakia
  On September 5–6, 2003, our Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia was honoured by being called in to provide distinguished professors of silviculture from  ... >>> full article.
   
• 2004 Scientific Excursions Programme available (September 2003)
  For 2004, the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has certainly prepared an extensive and flexible excursion programme covering various topics... >>> view preliminary programme (pdf)
   
• Japanese forestry economists hosted by the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia
  A group of distinguished forestry economy academicians from the Miyazaki University, Japan, visited several Slovak natural forests in the late August. They were presented with ideas how the close-to nature forestry may help reduce ... >>> full article.
   
• Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia continues its service to foreign university students
  First results from carbon-cycling research in managed and unmanaged forests also cover several primeval forest localities in Slovakia. They are presented in a study drawn by Costanze Schaaf ... >>> full article.
   
• CSTS to train German students
  Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has recently been approached by the School of Forest Science and Resource Management at the Technical University Munich, Germany, to provide internships for its selected students within the Lenardo da Vinci programme. The internships will provide young professionals with the opportunity to learn about our best practices in Forestry Pedagogy and scientific transfer based on advanced learning tools and methods, such as GPS and handheld-aided educational trails etc.
   
• Our book praised by the Swiss – new edition announced
  Informationsblatt Forschungsbereich WALD, a quarterly letter of the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL published a very favourable review of our book “Slovak Primeval Foests – Diversity and Protection”. The book has been sold out within a year but an extended, 400-page 2^nd edition will appear in October 2003. Click here to read the full review in German.
   
• CSTS study published by German State Nature Conservancy, MAB and CBD
  A part of the study carried out by our Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia on the impact of ecotourism on natural ecosystems has been published in the Proceedings of the German Federal Nature Conservancy (BfN-Skripten No 77, Bonn, Germany, 2003). The study has highlighted... >>> full article.
   
• CSTS launches programmes for accompanying persons
  During its 5-year history, CSTS has hosted or served numerous scientists who were – either during scientific or conference excursions – accompanied by their spouses or friends. We have therefore decided to launch a special programme – beside sendwiching science with mountain-biking, horse-back riding and thermal-springs bathing already available... >>> full article.
   

• „Slovak Elm Trees from Slanské Vrchy Mts" awarded at an international movie festival in Germany
  Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has been awarded a prize at the International CIMEA Festival in Baden-Baden (Germany) for its movie „Slovak Elm Trees from Slanské Vrchy Mts". Elms are known for being devastated and nearly wiped out across Europe by the Dutch Elm Disease, though relatively large elms populations have survived in parts of Slovakia, one of them showing a remarkable resistance in an area that has evidently been exposed to the pest. You may view short samples in our Video-gallery.
   
• 2003 Scientific Excursions Programme available (November 2002)
  For 2003, the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has certainly prepared an extensive and flexible excursion programme covering various topics... >>> view programme (pdf)
   
• October 2002 scientific excursion successful
  Nine research fellows from the Institute for Forestry and Game Management in Geraardsbergen completed an excursion focusing on natural and seminatural forests in the Central Slovakia. Two comments from the excursion... >>> full article.
   
• Vice-governor of the National Bank of Slovakia on a CSTS guided walk through the Badinsky Primeval Forest
  On October 23^rd, 2002, the vice-governor of the National bank of Slovakia, Ms. Elena Kohutikova, accepted the invitation of the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia and visited...  >>> full article.
   
• CSTS delegation visits Prince's Garden (October 2002)
  The history has come full circle. Two years after his visit to Slovakia, HRH The Prince of Wales, has graciously invited Dr. Viliam Pichler and Dr. Magdalena Sorokova from the Centre for Scientific tourism in Slovakia to visit his garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. >>> full article.
   
• CSTS sponsors student scientific activities (September 2002)
  Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has co-sponsored a scientific excursion of the Slovak forestry students from the Faculty of Forestry in Zvolen to Finnland and Norway. The group studied boreal forests' patterns in order to compare optimal management schemes for forests both in Scandinavia and the Central Europe... >>> full article.
   
• Latest scientific excursion (September 2002)
  CSTS's most recent scientific excursion in August 2002 included new localities, such as the beautiful Tlsta Nature Preserve. Mr. Reuland who is in charge of a forestry district in Luxembourg, studied for instance the differences between the structure and texture in primary and commercial forests. This will help him to... >>> full article.
   
• Award-winning book "Slovak Primeval Forests" sold out (August 2002)
  The 1^st edition of the "Slovak Primeval Forests - Diversity and Protection" has been sold out. We have sent hundreds of copies to the UK, Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Belgium and... >>> full article.
  
  The book has also recently been awarded a prize by the Scientific section of the Slovak Literature Fund. The awarding ceremony is to take place on September 18, 2002 in Bratislava. A desk calendar featuring book's selected pictures also received a prize awarded by the Association of Slovak Journalists.
   
• Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia visited by a prominent WWF member
  On August 29-30, 2002 Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia had the privilege to prepare and carry through a scientific excursion through selected Slovak primeval forests for Dr. Gustav Harmer and party. Dr. Gustav Harmer, a member of the WWF's International Board of Trustees has visited the beech forest in the Vtacnik National Preserve as well as the yew forest in Plavno National Preserve. He also discussed further co-operation with the Centre for Scientific Tourism in promoting site-adapted forestry across Europe using the Slovak expertise.
   
• CSTS publishes a brief overview of the forest soil hydrology research (August 2002)
  A brief overview of scientific research currently carried out by forest soil hydrologists associated with the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia. Parts: measurement of saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity through solute transport experiments, monitoring of physiologically available soil water in sub-mountain beech forests, interactions between soil and plants in forested areas, transpiration of the ground flora. >>> full article.
   
• CSTS active in the international science (July 2002)
  CSTS's director Dr. Viliam Pichler has been appointed member of the International Scientific Committee of the conference "Natural Forests in the Temperate Zone of Europe - Values and Utilisation" to be held in co-operation between >>> full story
   
• CSTS expertise sought for by the Council of Europe (July 2002)
  Upon a request from the Council of Europe (CE), CSTS people were included in the Slovak delegation that met CE specialists sent in after 5 years. Their task was to judge whether Slovakia lives up to its commitment in connection to >>> full story
   
• CSTS guided two excursions for foreign scientists (June 2002)
  In June, CSTS guided two excursions for foreign scientists (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and The Catholic University of Louvain). Excursion members's voices and photos are available. >>> full story.
     

• We are closer to you now (June 2002 Editorial)
  Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia (CSTS) has released an English-narrated, 45' video document called Through the West Carpathians, edited from material recorded during our typical excursion focusing on Carpathians' natural history... >>> full story.
   

• CSTS aims a part of its educational work at professional Slovak foresters (April 2002)
  CSTS continues its efforts to promote site-adapted forestry ideas among Slovak foresters by seminars and field excursions. One of them took place in the mid-April when around 30 foresters from Lesoprojekt, state-owned company concerned with the development of forest management plans, visited... >>> full story.
   
• Slovak Primeval Forests get favourable reviews
  Allgemeine Forszeitschrift – der Wald (11/2002), Germany's most authoritative forestry journal has published Dr. Gustav Harmer's review (gif) of our book SLOVAK PRIMEVAL FORESTS – DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. Dr. Harmer has been a most distinguished member of the WWF International Board of Trustees since 2000. The book is nearly sold out with some 12 copies left, but preparations of a reviewed 2^nd edition are under way. You can also read a review by Dr. Jean-Pierre Ribaut (pdf), a renowned Swiss biologist and the former chairman of the Nature Conservation Committee of the Council of Europe.
   
• New video documents (May 2002)
  CSTS has recently released a couple of new professional videos with an English voice-over. One of them called Through the West Carpathians features an excursion devoted to the study of Carpathians' natural history. The other one – Poľana Biosphere Reserve becoming a new melting pot – summarizes recent CSTS's environmental education and PR work. They both can be ordered and obtained free of charge.
   
• Technology at the service of excursion members (March 2002)
  The Centre for Scientific Tourism will start using a PDA aided visualisation directly in the field during its 2002 scientific excursions. Thus, natural history of selected sites can be presented in a very illustrative manner by showing developments of their geology, geomorphology and vegetation over otherwise hardly comprehensible time scales... >>> more information
   
    
  
• 2002 Scientific Excursions Programme available
  For 2002, the Centre for Scientific Tourism in Slovakia has certainly prepared an extensive and flexible excursion programme covering various topics... >>> more information
   

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