Science at FFWT - Lesnická a dřevařská fakulta

News

News

MENDELU leads international project focused on the…

Mendel University in Brno is the main coordinator of an international project focused on the protection and conservation of narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus angustifolia), a key tree species in the floodplain forests of Central and Southern Europe. Within the Czech Republic, this mainly concerns the region of South Moravia, especially the recently established Soutok Protected Landscape Area. The aim…

29. 12. 2025

Read more

MENDELU coordinates activities for biodiversity conservation and sustainable…

The Faculty of AgriSciences and the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at MENDELU are coordinating an international project in the Amazon that contributes to biodiversity conservation, sustainable management, and improving quality of life.…

16. 12. 2025
Scientific expedition in Mongolia: new butterfly discoveries and warning signs…

Experts from Mendel University, in collaboration with colleagues from other scientific institutions, conducted biodiversity mapping during a three-week summer stay in Mongolia, focusing on the southwestern part of the country, the Gobi Altai region…

28. 8. 2025
Coffee cultivation has a poor future due to climate change, agroforestry system…

Globally, coffee provides a livelihood for 125 million people. But forecasting models show that its cultivation has a poor future due to climate change. Sites suitable for growing Coffea arabica are predicted to decline dramatically. In that case,…

4. 8. 2025
EuAsiaN-ROOT Project Unveils Collaborative Research on Tree-Root-Mycorrhizal…

The Horizon Europe project, Eurasian Network for Collaborative Research on Tree-Root-Mycorrhizal-Pathogen Interactions in Forest Soils (EuAsiaN-ROOT), coordinated by the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, aims to provide a deeper…

24. 6. 2025
Five Female Wolves Fitted with GPS Collars in the Beskydy and Javorníky…

Researchers from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at Mendel University in Brno have successfully captured and fitted GPS telemetry collars on five female wolves in the Beskydy and Javorníky Mountains over the past two years. These…

28. 5. 2025
FFWT launches unique data collection on forest ecosystem functioning in MENDELU…

The Department of Forest Ecology at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University in Brno (FFWT MENDELU), in cooperation with the Masaryk Forest Training Enterprise at Křtiny (ŠLP Křtiny), has launched monitoring of selected…

23. 5. 2025
Scientists aim to determine which tree species have the most significant…

An international team studying the growth of 223 tree species across 160 experimental forests worldwide has found that conservative tree species—efficiently conserving resources such as nutrients, water, and energy—tend to grow faster under natural…

16. 4. 2025
Pigeons’ behaviour and habits in Brno: Research by the Faculty of Forestry and…

The Department of Forest Conservation and Wildlife Management at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (FFWT) has been conducting research on urban wildlife for more than two years. One part of the research focuses on wild pigeons,…

26. 3. 2025
The distribution of pesticides in the landscape is influenced by land…

Researchers from the Department of forest ecology and the Department of forest conservation and wildlife management at the Faculty of forestry and wood technology, Mendel University (FFWT MENDELU), have investigated the complex interplay between…

17. 12. 2024

All news