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Mendel University has opened an educational trail in Mongolia, with students…
Mendel University in Brno (MENDELU) has opened an educational trail in Mongolia called “Forests for Life.” This event took place a year after marking the first tourist trail in Mongolia using the Czech trail-marking system. The trail follows a…21. 11. 2024 -
FFWT MENDELU Helps Date Wooden Churches in Ukraine
The Department of Wood Science and Wood Technology at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU) collaborates with colleagues at museums in Uzhhorod and Ivano-Frankivsk to date wooden churches located in the…23. 10. 2024 -
LDF MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise hosted the first summer school of…
The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (LDF) MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise hosted the first Summer School of the Horizon Europe project EXCELLENTIA, focused on forest ecosystem research and structural changes in sustainable research…21. 10. 2024 -
Post-planting care proves to be crucial for tree survival in cities
Students and academics involved in the Arboriculture study programme at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU) have inspected around six thousand trees in urban areas and across landscapes throughout the…20. 8. 2024 -
FFWT MENDELU is part of BiodivRestore, a new pan-European knowledge hub for…
Thomas Jung, an expert in the diversity, ecology, and evolution of Phytophthora tree pathogens from the Department of Forest Conservation and Wildlife Management at FFWT MENDELU, has accepted an invitation from Biodiversa+ partners to join the…26. 7. 2024 -
Research on the mongongo tree in Zambia supports local household income and…
Scientists from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU) are studying the tree Schinziophyton rautanenii (Euphorbiaceae), known locally as mongongo, in Zambia. The fruit of this tree is one of the most…20. 6. 2024 -
World experts address current challenges of agroforestry at MENDELU
This week, experts from all over the world are meeting at Mendel University in Brno to discuss agroforestry – growing trees together with crop production or livestock breeding. The EURAF 2024 conference deals with both research and practice and is…3. 6. 2024 -
Aspen could play a significant role in forest adaptation to climate change
An international team of forestry scientists, led by experts from the FFWT MENDELU, have conducted a study focusing on the common (Eurasian) aspen (Populus tremula), a tree species once abundant in Central European forests but now overlooked. In…15. 5. 2024 -
Scientific team led by FFWT MENDELU experts describes 43 new species of tree…
An international scientific team led by Thomas Jung has discovered and described more than forty previously unknown species of pathogens from the genus Phytophthora which parasitize the root systems of trees. These findings are the results of a six…25. 4. 2024
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