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For many years we have been aware that the current name of our institute does not correspond to the much broader scope of its activities and that it would be right to look for a new name which would better describe the mission of our organization. But respect for tradition always prevailed, namely agenda and costs associated with changing the name. In 2025, we expect to be assigned additional activities...Číst více

On November 18th and 19th, 2024, the Kick-Off meeting of the Focal project took place in Darmstadt, which will include FMI. The FOCAL project is part of the HORIZON-RIA project family, will be implemented over the next 36 months, and involves 15 partners from the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Belgium, Spain, and Greece. The main objective of the FOCAL project is to develop a platform that combines intelligent workflow management...Číst více

The new EU funded MoniFun project, officially known as “Co-creating a blueprint of a harmonised European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System – MoniFun”, began its operations on January 1, 2024. This initiative is aimed to establish the blueprint for a comprehensive European Forest Multifunctionality Monitoring System (EFMMS). The EFMMS deals with the challenges posed by climate change and environmental stressors on Europe’s forests. The MoniFun project is a collaborative effort involving...Číst více

Forest Europe in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, supported by Forest and Game Management Research Institute and Forest Management Institute recently organized a three-day workshop on “Managing biotic threats in forests – lessons learned from bark beetle calamities” in Breznice, Czech Republic. This event was part of Forest Risk Knowledge Mechanism. The experts’ input at this workshop in the Czech Republic was the basics for the new Policy Brief “Managing bark...Číst více

The Czech National Forest Inventory has been a source of reliable information about the condition and development of Czech forests since the launch of its first cycle in 2001. As part of the third National Forest Inventory in the Czech Republic (NFI3), the Forest Management Institute conducted data collection between 2016 and 2020. In this period of time, the condition of Czech forests was significantly affected by a bark beetle...Číst více