We welcome Carlos Javier Durá Alemañ, who has come to visit us during the last weeks of summer this year. Javier has practiced as an environmental lawyer for many years. He holds a PhD in Environmental Law from the University of Alcalá in Spain. From 2018 to 2024, he worked as […]
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We have just concluded the 8th field season of our long-term study on survival of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) seedlings in animal faeces in Tatra National Park. Since 2017, we have marked 167 faeces of brown bear, mesocarnivores, and birds that contained bilberry seeds. Each year, we inspect them to […]
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We invite applications for one PhD and one postdoctoral position within the National Science Centre (NCN) SONATA project “Human–wildlife conflicts under global change” (Project No. 2024/55/D/NZ8/01512). This 3-year project, starting in September 2025, aims to understand how ongoing global environmental changes shape human–wildlife conflicts and coexistence. Both positions […]
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Brown bears are an iconic symbol of the Tatra Mountains’ wild nature. While they mainly reside within the Tatra National Park, they often roam beyond its borders, venturing into nearby villages. These visits usually go unnoticed, though the Park also receives information about bear visits, records from home surveillance cameras or […]
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We are pleased to announce that last month, the PhD student from our team Joanna Macur, participated in the national conference on research challenges for young scientists, held from 1st to 18th June 2025. Joanna presented an oral presentation where she discussed preliminary results of her systematic literature review […]
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