The idea to establish the regional organisation of the International association for landscape ecology (IALE) with the sphere of action in the Slovak Republic have been discussed in community of the Slovak landscape ecologists since 1990. During 2001-2002 certain specific steps, related to a foundation of the Slovak association for landscape ecology (IALE-SK) were done, and in June 2003 a proposal of the Statutes of IALE-SK was registered. Several important activities, related to landscape ecology, which took place in Slovakia during 1990-2002, created promising basis, and interest of the landscape-ecological community for foundation of IALE-SK. New landscape-ecological diligences were founded, landscape-ecological education at the universities was fortified, and as was the position of the landscape ecology in resolving problems of environmental practices as well. The aim of IALE-SK is to participate on IALE activities, to support a development of landscape ecology in the Slovak Republic, and to promote its position within the protection of the natural environment. IALE-SK wants to focus on empowering of sectional, and interdisciplinary landscape research, improvement of protection, planning, and management of landscape, extension of pedagogic-educational activities, and editing activities from the field of landscape ecology, and its related sections.