NATURE OF SLOVENIA:

The exhibition Nature of Slovenia: Prekmurje and the Mura River will be open from December 3rd 2002 till the end of 2003. The Museum is open daily from 10.00 to 18.00 hrs, on Thursday from 10.00 to 20.00 hrs, on national holidays closed. Announcement of groups: (01) 241 09 62

MURA BACKWATERS GORIČKO

With a series of exhibitions about Slovene nature, the Slovenian Museum of Natural History is attempting to present the beauties of natural habitats and the diversity of their endangered animals and plants to the lay public as well. In 2000, we prepared an exhibition about the Kras and the Slovenian part of Istra, in 2001 an exhibition about Ljubljansko Barje (Ljubljana Moors) and the Iška River, while this year we have decided to present the easternmost part of the country, i. e. Prekmurje and riverine woodlands and backwaters on both sides of the Mura River. The exhibition is being set up in cooperation with the regional Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation from Maribor.

Sand Martins (Riparia riparia) excavate burrows in river sandbanks or man-made walls. Tomi Trilar

The exhibition, the catalogue and the leaflet were prepared by the Slovenian Museum of Natural History and the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation Maribor.
Edited by Andrej Gogala.
Authors of the texts in the internet presentation: Matjaž Bedjanič, Andrej Gogala, Mitja Kaligarič, Simona Kaligarič and Janko Urbanek.
Authors of the photographs in the internet presentation: Matjaž Bedjanič, Mitja Kaligarič, Andrej Seliškar and Tomi Trilar. Translated by Henrik Ciglič.

Acknowledgement
The setting up of the exhibition was financially enabled by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia of the Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy.

Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana 2002

Green Hawker (Aeshna viridis) lays eggs exclusively on the succulent leaves of the Water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides). As this plant is very rare and endangered in our country, it should not be surprising that the Green Hawker, too, has found itself in a similar situation. Matjaž Bedjanič