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Andrej Zdravič is an award-winning filmmaker who has immersed himself in underwater filming of the Soča River, an important natural treasure of Triglav National Park. His half-hour video and sound installation Secrets of Soča is on view at the TNP Info Center Dom Trenta. The trailer you are about to watch offers only a glimpse of this unique installation. “My first attempts at underwater filming of the Soča River in 1987 inspired me to develop a special device that allowed me to reveal visual perspectives of the Soča previously unknown to the human eye,” Andrej Zdravič wrote about the permanent video installation, originally created in 1995 and, more than three decades later, presented in a renewed form at the TNP Info Center Dom Trenta. The filmmaker captured the Soča in a unique way throughout all seasons of the year. The video installation thus becomes “a wreath of songs of the Soča River. Each song reveals, through image and sound, one of the many states of life arising from the movement and phenomena of the river’s waters: Mysterious Source, Light Rays, Undulations, Black Water, Droplets of Snow, Summer Forest, Little Cascade, Air Manes, Secret Pulse, Trout Games, Dance of Pebbles, Chalk, Little Beach, Water Sky, Liquid Glass, Funnels, Swift Current, Spaces, Guardian of the Deep, Stormy Stream, Autumn, Leaves and Rain, Swarm of Light, The Source, Mount Triglav.” Secrets of Soča installation unfolds before visitors to The TNP Info Center Dom Trenta across multiple television screens. Conceptually, the program is based on the Time Horizon concept, first realized by Andrej Zdravič in 1993 in the installation Water Waves for the Exploratorium, a museum of science, tehnology, and art in San Francisco. A few words about the author: In 1999, Andrej Zdravič received the Prešeren Fund Award. Two decades later, he was honored with the Badjura Award for Lifetime Achievement. Over the course of his creative career, Andrej Zdravič has produced nearly 40 films and video installations, including the one that reveals to visitors of TNP Info Center Dom Trenta a previously unseen, hidden underwater world of the emerald river.

The Julian Alps, spanning the border between Slovenia and Italy, are a remarkable example of transboundary cooperation in biodiversity conservation. The interviews and focus group we organized with the main stakeholders in the area allowed the TRANSNATURE consortium to uncover the main characteristics of this transboundary cooperation.

“Nature” is a widely used but rarely defined term amongst scientists, policy makers, business leaders and the public. It is at the heart of many important international frameworks and conventions that, in turn, shape national policy and regulation towards the natural environment. Not only is nature often freely used interchangeably with the term “biodiversity”, but the abiotic component is also often poorly understood and frequently overlooked.

Climate change and related impacts on tourism and outdoor recreation in Austria are increasingly felt in the number of hot days and variable weather conditions. This paper investigates how these effects likely influence visitor behavior in the future. A survey with an integrated discrete choice experiment was applied combining weather information, travel distances, travel means, attraction type, certification and parking fees (N = 5544). The analysis of the results yielded a four-class model which showed different substitution behaviors during unpleasant weather conditions, making clear that decisions are based on complex trade-offs and lead to significant behavioral changes under climate change conditions. For destination management, these innovative insights into planning behavior and greater understanding of the four segments are crucial for future product development.

The numerous positive effects of hiking and the experiential quality of the natural environment encourage an increase in the number of hikers. Despite several counters established in the Triglav National Park, there is no systematic monitoring of visitors in the Julian Alps. In this study, we identify visitor concentrations at hotspots in the Julian Alps, area of Triglav national park,based on spatial analysis with Strava data.

Information on organised public transport in the Triglav National Park and the Julian Alps Biosphere Area, guided tours, hints for excursions and tips for visiting.

The newspaper is aimed at residents, visitors, fans and supporters. It is free for park residents and available at Triglav National Park information centres. Up to two issues a year are published.

This time, Feel Slovenia the Podcast explores Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park. The episode celebrates the park's 100th anniversary, highlighting its significance as a protected landscape under UNESCO. The focus is on responsible and sustainable tourism, with emphasis on Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak. Various guests share their experiences and insights, including climbers, comedians, authors, and tourism directors, discussing the symbolism of Triglav and the park's trails. With laughter, awe, and wisdom, the episode promotes mutual respect between tourists and locals, emphasizing the park's role in balancing nature conservation and tourism.

A major feature of the Anthropocene is the drastic increase in global soil erosion. Soil erosion is threatening Earth habitability not only as soils are an essential component of the Earth system but also because societies depend on soils. However, proper quantification of the impact of human activities on erosion over thousands of years is still lacking. This is particularly crucial in mountainous areas, where the highest erosion rates are recorded. Here we use the Lake Bourget catchment, one of the largest in the European Alps, to estimate quantitatively the impact of human activities on erosion. Based on a multi-proxy, source-to-sink approach relying on isotopic geochemistry, we discriminate the effects of climate fluctuations from those of human activities on erosion over the last 10,000 years. We demonstrate that until 3800 years ago, climate is the only driver of erosion. From that time on, climate alone cannot explain the measured rates of erosion. Thanks to an unprecedented regional paleoenvironmental reconstruction, we highlight that the development of pastoralism at high altitudes from the Bronze Age onwards and the extension of agriculture starting in the Middle Ages were key factors in the drastic increase in erosion observed in the Alps.

The Triglav National Park wall calendar is thematically themed and represents the first 100 years of protection of the Julian Alps. The price of the calendar is EUR 9.90 incl. VAT, and it can be purchased at all Triglav National Park information points. Discount applies for larger quantities. Contact: mojca.smolej@tnp.gov.si