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DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0015

ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Milena Moyzeová, Zita Izakovičová
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štefánikova 3, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia


The Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (ILE SAS) is actively involved in activities that contribute to the formation of environmental awareness of the population. It considers activities aimed at both the lay and professional public, with an emphasis on activities for children and schoolchildren, who are very receptive to accepting new ecological ideas, to be important in this area. Regular and targeted activity, whether in the form of formal or informal education, significantly contributes to the formation of positive attitudes towards the protection and use of the landscape, as well as to the promotion of a lifestyle in accordance with the principles and criteria of sustainable development. To implement these activities, the Institute uses a variety of forms that it adapts to target groups. The aim of the presented paper is to present examples of the transfer of landscape ecological knowledge into the educational process in the form of the creation of supporting methodological material and educational tools such as a film, a natural environmental laboratory, a set of educational posters, worksheets, atlas works and a web application.

Keywords: environmental awareness, nature protection, sustainable development, environmental education

pages: 15-20, Published: 2025, online: 2025



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