In 2022 we flooded a forest to bring back a wild thriving ecosystem but this winter the forest froze… Here’s what it might mean for our project.

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
0:35 Winter Floods
1:18 Our Project
2:56 The Ice
4:34 History of Ice
6:09 Ecological Impacts

📸 Old Photos Credit:
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NETKY.SK
RNDr. Marián Melo, PhD. - private collection

🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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Over recent decades, large swathes of Slovakia’s wetlands have been lost. They have been drained to make way for agriculture as a result of the construction of dams for hydroelectric power, as well as for timber production. Wetlands are an integral part of the Danube floodplain landscape in Slovakia and draining them to plant trees has detrimental impacts on the environment. Wetlands store large amounts of carbon and are home to a diversity of plant and animal species that are specially adapted to the wet conditions. One of these species is the nationally endangered and endemic Pannonian root vole, which has declined drastically in Slovakia in response to disappearing wetlands. This project is turning forest back into a wetland with its 650 meters of ditches. This will kickstart an annual “flood” of change and bring back a healthy functioning, sustainable and wilder ecosystem.

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