Departmental Description – what we do

Forest establishment
  • Seed production
  • Nursery
  • Genetics and breeding of forest tree species
  • Artificial forest regeneration
  • Afforestation
  • Rhizology
Silviculture
  • Silvicultural systems
  • Production potential of tree species
  • Ecophysiological response of trees to silvicultural interventions
  • Polyfunctional silviculture
  • Nature-friendly silviculture
  • Planting of purpose-built forests
  • Cultivation of intensive forest crops
  • Agroforestry
  • Adaptation measures in forestry

Background – where we work

  • Building B on the University campus – houses the main facilities for scientific work and teaching, with classrooms and departmental offices being located on the 4th and 5th floors.
  • The Forest Establishment Laboratory on the 5th floor of Building B provides facilities for testing the quality of seed material and forest tree seeds, the morphological and physiological quality of forest tree planting material and the quality of soil and growing media.
  • The School Forest Enterprise – Masaryk Forest Křtiny (SFE Křtiny) – this purpose-built facility is used for practical training of students and for research projects. An educational ‘polygon’ at the Dyke Nursery Facility focuses on nursery technology and includes a laboratory and a classroom in which students can study 23 management models for growing forest stands.
  • A Forest Nursery, managed by the Řečkovice Institute in Brno, undertakes nursery research, practical laboratory work and teaching focused on growing bare-root and covered-root planting material and planting using vegetative methods.
  • The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology and LESCUS s.r.o. Cetkovice maintain a Joint workplace for practical teaching and research in the field of nursery science.

Cooperation – we are not alone

  • The Department has a long-standing collaboration with the practical sphere in its teaching and scientific activities, ensuring that its teaching and research projects are aligned with current trends and requirements. Experts from cooperating companies and institutions participate in both theoretical and practical teaching, excursions and joint projects. Under the framework of international collaboration, members of the Department engage in teaching activities and research projects with foreign colleagues from partner institutions, leading to the publication of joint research results.
List of companies
  • AP lesnická s.r.o.
  • Arcibiskupské lesy a statky Olomouc s.r.o.
  • Biskupské lesy, Biskupství ostravsko – opavské
  • Colloredo-Mannsfeld spol. s r.o.
  • Environmental Measuring Systems s.r.o.
  • ESCUBE, s.r.o.
  • Kloboucká lesní s.r.o.
  • Lescus Cetkovice s.r.o.
  • LESOŠKOLKY, s.r.o.
  • Lesy České republiky, s.p.
  • Lesy města Brna, a.s.
  • Lesy obce Vendolí
  • Městské lesy Dačice s.r.o.
  • Městské lesy Hradec Králové a.s.
  • Městské lesy Volary, s.r.o.
  • Oxytree Solutions s.r.o.
  • P-D Refractories CZ a.s.
  • PEXÍDR s.r.o.
  • Photon Systems Instruments spol. s.r.o.
  • Správa městských lesů Jihlava, s.r.o.
  • UNILES, a.s.
  • Vojenské lesy a statky ČR, s.p.
  • Wotan Forest a.s.
List of institutions
  • Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
  • Sdružení lesních školkařů ČR, z.s.
  • Sdružení vlastníků obecních a soukromých lesů v ČR, z.s.
  • Svaz školkařů České republiky, z.s.
  • Univerzita Karlova v Praze
  • Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v.v.i. (CzechGlobe)
  • Výzkumný ústav lesního hospodářství a myslivosti, v. v. i.
  • Výzkumný ústav Silva Taroucy pro krajinu a okrasné zahradnictví, v.v.i.
List of foreign partners
  • Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft, Germany
  • BOKU Wien, Austria
  • Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany
  • Lasy państwowe, Nadleśnictwo Rudy Raciborskie a Nadleśnictwo Kobiór, Poland
  • Národné lesnícke centrum, Slovakia
  • Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia
  • Technická univerzita vo Zvolene, Slovakia
  • Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  • Technische Universität München, Germany
  • University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
  • University of Belegrade, Serbia
  • University of Birmingham, UK
  • University of Freiburg, Germany
  • University of Life Sciences in Poznan, Poland
  • University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Združenie lesných škôlkarov Slovenskej republiky, Slovakia

Departmental staff – who we are

The Departmental staff is structured to cover all specialisations in the field of forest establishment and cultivation, both in teaching and research. The team also includes staff from commercial enterprises and from abroad. The Department places great emphasis on supporting young staff, especially PhD students.

doc. Ing. Radek Pokorný, Ph.D.
Academic staff – Associate Professor – Department of Silviculture
Head of department – Department of Silviculture
Externí oponent – Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
DFES FFWT, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno (Černá Pole)
Office: B4.44
+420 545 134 122, +420 605 236 551
Deapartment of Silviculture
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno
+420 545 134 123
List of employees

Department of Silviculture

Staff