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Species identification within the hotspot is possible only through collaboration with taxonomy specialists, who helped us with the morphological determination of collected specimens. Therefore, we are sincerely grateful for unselfish help to dr. Patrick Martin from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium (determination of Oligochaeta), dr. Tone Novak…
As summer was nearly ending, our team used the last opportunity to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina before autumn high waters. Altogether five of us, four SubBioLab members and HBSD’s Branko Jalžić, visited the project area in the Trebišnjica River basin. The goals remained no less ambitious than in March 2021…
Even though online tools for communication have proven to be efficient, they cannot replace a face-to-face meeting. In mid-July, the project partners met in Stolac to discuss project progress and future plans. Slovenain team made a stop and a detour to Stolac, while travelling to Montenegro, in the frame of…
In the latest issue of the BirdLife International magazine (Jul-Sep 2021) you can read about the adventurous explorations of the extraordinarily rich subterranean life of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ongoing research efforts in the area include our SubBIOCODE project as well as work on rare freshwater cave-dwelling fish Delminichths ghetaldii, snails…
Learn more about hidden biodiversity of the snail family Hydrobiidae in the area of Trebišnjica river and other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a part of the CEPF founded project “Rasprostranjenost, populacija i status prijetnji za biološku raznolikost slatkovodnih puževa familije Hydrobiidae” that is run by the Center for…
The Project SubBioCODE was presented at the 28th International Karstological School, as a part of the poster Facilitating the use of subterranean biodiversity data in nature conservation: examples from Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We emphasized the importance of gathering information in databases and conveying it to the stakeholders, policy-makers…
On 6th April 2021 Ester Premate held a lecture entitled “New challenges in the known area: example of Trebišnjica River, Bosnia and Herzegovina” as part of the monthly video lectures organised by Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society (DZRJL). She presented our SubBIOCODE project and recent fieldwork in the project area. You…
Our March 2021 field trip to Southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina will be presented on 6th April 2021, at 6 pm local time, as part of the monthly video lectures organised by Ljubljana Cave Exploration Society (DZRJL). Ester Premate from SubBioLab will present “New challenges in the known area: example of…
Finally, the Slovenian team travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 13th to 20th March 2021, eight SubBioLab members visited the project area in the Trebišnjica River basin, to sample springs and caves. Before our trip, we received valuable information about potentially interesting sites from Brian Lewarne (The Proteus Project), Gergely…