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EXCELLENTIA project will create a centre for forest…

The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology MENDELU has signed a grant agreement with the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission for the EXCELLENTIA project financed by the Horizon Europe Programme. The prestigious five-year project “ERA-Chair: Striving for Excellence in the Forest Ecosystem Research” (EXCELLENTIA) will start in May. The goal is to create a cutting-edge…

28. 4. 2023

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A new MENDELU project aims to bring large carnivores and humans together across…

Mendel University in Brno is launching a new international project Interreg Central Europe – LECA, which will support the coexistence of humans and large carnivores in the Carpathian region. The project aims to harmonise international monitoring of…

21. 4. 2023
Coppice forest management: doom for the forest or not? Scientists at FFWT…

Botanists, pedologists and other scientists at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology have been researching coppice, also sprout or low forest, for the past five years. A coppice forest is usually created after a tree is harvested and new…

18. 4. 2023
Uneven-aged silviculture: insights into forest adaptation in times of global…

The conference Uneven-aged silviculture: insights into forest adaptation in times of global change (18-20 September 2023) is organized by the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise (UFE) Křtiny in…

4. 4. 2023
The LIFE WILD WOLF project seeks a balance between wolves and humans in Europe…

Understanding the interactions between humans and wolves in the cultural European landscape and preventing potential critical situations is the aim of a unique international project launched by Mendel University in Brno. A large multidisciplinary…

15. 3. 2023
Dendrochronologists collect wood samples in Norway

Current research involving scientists from Mendel University in Brno aims to help understand the impact of climate change on the amount of driftwood on the Arctic coast. At the beginning of August, samples were taken from driftwood in the north of…

5. 9. 2022
ASFORCLIC completed its 18 months

The ASFORCLIC project – Adaption strategies in forestry under global climate change impact has completed its first 18 months and now moves on to its second period. This milestone allows reflections and future outlook. ASFORCLIC opens doors for…

11. 7. 2022
Nutria population explosion, feeding contributes to escalation of the problem

Among the most invasive animals on the planet, nutria is overbreeding in the Czech landscape. However, people generally consider them harmless creatures, and even feed them near large settlements, which makes the problem even more serious. At the…

7. 6. 2021
Experts at FFWT MENDELU determine the age of fruit drying sheds in the Horní…

The dendrochronological dating method finds the age of six chosen fruit drying sheds in this region.

18. 5. 2021
The Destructive Tree Pathogen P. ramorum Originates from the Laurosilva Forests…

Dr. Thomas Jung, head scientific researcher of the Phytophthora Research Centre (PRC) at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, led the work of an international team of experts into discoveries that…

14. 4. 2021

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