Head of the Department of Environmental Protection
+386 1 4706 547
ales.smrekar@zrc-sazu.si
Education
B.Sc. in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1995
M.Sc. in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2000
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Primorska, Slovenia, 2005
Research fields
environment protection, landscape ecology, human ecology, urban area and environment, sustainable development, nature protection, nature value, cultural value, protected area, wetland, environmental interpretation, aesthetic of a landscape, agriculture and environment, hydrogeography, public awareness, regional geography
Other activities
- member of the Acta geographica Slovenica scientific review editorial board
- member of the editorial board of the ‘Regional development’ series
- president of the research area of ecology and environment protection on the Young researchers reunion of Slovenia, Association for Technical Culture of Slovenia
- member of the Steering committee of the biannual symposium “Slovenian regional days”
- member of statistical advisory committee of the statistic of natural resources and environment, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- member of the Committe of the Infrastucture, Environment and Spatial Planning of the Regional Development Council of the Ljubljana Urban Region
- member of the International Journal of Geoheritage scientific review editorial board
- executive member of the Commission on Geoparks, International Geographical Union
- member of the Science Council of the GIAM ZRC SAZU
- vice-president of the Council of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History
- president of the Science Council of the ZRC SAZU (2012-2016)
- member of the Council for Sustainable development of the Government of the Republic of Slovenija (2010 – 2012)
- vice-president of Ljubljana Geographical Society (2005–2007)
- president of the Ljubljana Geographical Society (2001–2005)
- Smrekar, A., Šmid Hribar, M., Tiran, J., Erhartič, B. 2016: A methodological basis for landscape interpretation : the case of the Ljubljana Marsh. Acta geographica Slovenica 56-2.
- Smrekar, A., Polajnar Horvat, K., Erhartič, B. 2016: The beauty of landforms. Acta geographica Slovenica 56-2.
- Polajnar Horvat, K., Smrekar, A. 2015: Veljavnost osebnega in spletnega anketiranja v geografskem raziskovanju. Geografski vestnik 87-2.
- Polajnar Horvat, K., Smrekar, A., Zorn, M. 2015: The development of environmental thought in Slovenia : a short overview. Ekonomska i ekohistorija 10-10.
- Smrekar, A., Šmid Hribar, M., Tiran, J., Erhartič, B., Resnik Planinc, T. 2014: Interpretacija okolja na primeru Ljubljanskega barja. Georitem, 24.
- Smrekar, A. 2012: Environmental awareness in Slovenia through residents' relationship to waste. Geografski vestnik 84-1.
- Smrekar, A. 2011: From environmental awareness in word to environmental awareness in deed: The case of Ljubljana. Acta geographica Slovenica 51-2.
- Smrekar, A., Erhartič, B., Šmid Hribar, M. 2011: Krajinski park Tivoli, Rožnik in Šišenski hrib. Georitem, 16.
- Smrekar, A. (ed.) 2009: Okoljsko poročilo z dodatkom za širitev igrišča za golf v Lipici (Environmental report of the expanding the golf course in Lipica).
- Breg, M., Kladnik, D., Smrekar, A. 2007: Dumping sites in the Ljubljansko polje water protection area, the primary source of Ljubljana’s drinking water. Acta geographica Slovenica 47-1.
Conservation of Aquatic Life In the Subsurface (international research project • January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004)
Register of private water wells and boreholes (applied project • June 1, 2003 - January 31, 2004)
Terminological dictionary of geography (research programme • January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2005)
Waste dumps in Jarški prod (applied project • May 1, 2004 - April 30, 2005)
Conflicts of interest in the use of groundwater (fundamental project • July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007)
Healthy H2O for me (applied project • January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005)
Asbestos waste in Ljubljana (applied project • November 3, 2009 - November 25, 2009)
Allotment gardening in Ljubljana (applied research project • July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008)
Environmental report for the Plan of Lipica Stud Farm (applied project • February 7, 2008 - November 15, 2008)
Asbestos waste in Ljubljana (applied project • November 3, 2009 - November 25, 2009)
Let's clean Slovenia (applied project • October 12, 2009 - April 17, 2010)
The evaluation of the burdening level regarding the forest parts of the nature park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski Hrib (applied project • July 28, 2009 - September 15, 2010)
INCOME - Improved management of contaminated aquifers by integration of source tracking, monitoring tools and decision strategies (applied project • January 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012)
2Bparks - Creative Sustainable Management, Territorially Compatible Marketing, and Environmental Education (applied project • July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013)
BIOMOT - MOTivational strength of ecosystem services and alternative ways to express the value of BIOdiversity (international research project • September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2015)
Drafting of the platform for tourism and recreational use of forests (target research project • October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2018)
SHAPETOURISM - New shape and drives for the tourism sector: supporting decision, integrating plans and ensuring sustainability (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - February 28, 2018)
WETNET - Coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlands (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - April 30, 2019)
Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)