Vydalo Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva na Slovensku, Liptovský Mikuláš, 2017, 188 s., ISBN 978-80-89933-00-6.

Leonard Ambróz & Marianna Lázničková: The oldest protected areas in Slovakia

Peter URBAN

Katedra biológie a ekológie, Fakulta prírodných vied UMB, Tajovského 40, 974 01 Banská Bystrica; email: Peter.Urban@umb.sk, urbanlutra@gmail.com 

A new book, published by the Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology in Liptovský Mikuláš (since 2002 has been responsible for the State Inventory of Specially Protected Parts of Nature and Landscape) summarizes the historical development and discusses the past and current case of  protected areas in Slovakia to the establishment of the first slovak national park (the Tatra National Park in 1948). The book evaluates biodiversity inventory data and institutional development for protected areas.