Corporate Solutions' team is in the final stages of preparation for their expedition to the Nizke Tatry mountain area of Slovakia.

The team will monitor critically endangered chamois (Rupicapra tatrica) populations and their interrelationship with large predators, such as wolves and bears. The Tatra chamois is a mountain animal and a rare sub-species. It has a very restricted habitat (the High and Low Tatras) and population of about six hundred. In view of this it must be considered an endangered species and is protected by law. It has a unique position as the only large herbivore among mountain fauna. It inhabits alpine and sub-alpine meadows in varied highland terrain, avoiding continuous forests and areas of dwarf pine, isolated sheer rock faces and sharp formations.

Liam (pictured on the left) will be the youngest member of the expedition team. He said of the trip: "I am a little apprehensive, but I believe when I get there it will be a really enjoyable experience, and one I will remember for a long time."

Managing Director, and team member, Dermot Browne (pictured right) said: "We have had to make a lot of preparations for the trip. We will be expected to trek around 15km a day at an altitude of 1400-2000m  with a backpack containing the recording equipment for the data collection. I'm looking forward to the training in field observation and expect it to be tough, but Biosphere have assured us it won't be a boot camp."

The expedition commences on 27th August. Watch this page for updates from the research team. More information on biosphere and its research can be found at www.biosphere-expeditions.org