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…
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FFWT MENDELU Helps Date Wooden Churches in Ukraine
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LDF MENDELU and University Forest Enterprise hosted the first summer school of…
21. 10. 2024The 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… -
Post-planting care proves to be crucial for tree survival in cities
20. 8. 2024Students 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… -
FFWT MENDELU is part of BiodivRestore, a new pan-European knowledge hub for…
26. 7. 2024Thomas 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… -
Research on the mongongo tree in Zambia supports local household income and…
20. 6. 2024Scientists 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… -
World experts address current challenges of agroforestry at MENDELU
3. 6. 2024This 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… -
Aspen could play a significant role in forest adaptation to climate change
15. 5. 2024An 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… -
Scientific team led by FFWT MENDELU experts describes 43 new species of tree…
25. 4. 2024An 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… -
In agricultural landscapes, a wide range of pesticide residues are spreading,…
8. 4. 2024A two-year study focused on the spread of pesticides in the food webs of various types of agricultural crops grown in South Moravia and Central Bohemia was conducted by a research team led by Radek Michalko from the Department of Forest Ecology and…