Impact of Ambrosia on the environment and health

V diplomskem delu smo predstavili ambrozijo in njen vpliv na okolje in zdravje. Ambrozija se je v zadnjih letih zelo razširila po Sloveniji, povečalo pa se je tudi število ljudi alergičnih na ambrozijo. Zato je leta 2010 Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano sprejelo Odredbo o ukrepih za zatiranje škodljivih rastlin iz rodu Ambrosia. Metodologija raziskovanja. Podatke smo zbrali s pomočjo dveh strukturiranih anketnih vprašalnikov. En vprašalnik je imel 6 vprašanj zaprtega tipa in eno odprtega tipa, drugi vprašalnik pa je bil sestavljen iz 12 vprašanj zaprtega tipa in 4 vprašanja odprtega tipa. Raziskovalni vzorec je zajemal 5 občin na območju Ptuja in 30 lastnikov kmetijskih zemljišč na območju Ptuja. Namen raziskave je bil opisati ambrozijo in njen vpliv na okolje in zdravje, ter ugotoviti poznavanje razširjenosti ambrozije na območju Ptuja. Rezultati raziskave. Ugotovili smo, da ljudje prepoznajo ambrozijo in jo tudi zatirajo, ne glede na to, da jih večina ne ve, da je to zakonsko predpisano in, da jih nihče ne ozavešča o tej trdoživi in škodljivi rastlini. Sklep. Čeprav večina anketiranih prepozna in zatira ambrozijo, je to verjetno še vedno premalo, saj je vedno več opazimo v okolju. Tako kot se širi ambrozija na območju Ptuja, se povečuje tudi število ljudi alergičnih na njo.In this diploma paper we presented ambrosia and its impact on the environment and health. In recent years ambrosia has spread all over Slovenia, also the number of people allergic to ambrosia increased. For this reason the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and food adopted in 2010 the Order on measures to suppress harmful plants from the genus Ambrosia. Methodology of research. We collected the data through two structured questionnaires. One questionnaire included six closed questions and one open-ended question, the other questionnaire was composed of twelve closed questions and four open-ended questions. The research sample covered five municipalities in the Ptuj area and thirty agricultural landowners in the Ptuj area. The purpose of the research was to describe ambrosia and its impact on the environment and health, and to establish the knowledge of prevalence of ambrosia in the Ptuj area. Results. We found out that people recognise ambrosia and suppress it, irrespective of the fact that most people don\u27t know that this is statutory and that nobody makes them aware of this tenacious and harmful plant. Conclusion. Although the majority of the questionnaire respondents recognise and suppress ambrosia, it is probably still not enough, because there is more and more of it seen in the environment. As ambrosia is spreading in the Ptuj area, the number of people allergic to it, is also increasing