REFOCuS Resilient riparian forests as ecological corridors in the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve

Previously we talked about need for walking through the forest transects for the purpose of collecting data about status of riparian forests in the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve. Finally, it is time to walk the walk! Our colleagues from BFW...

ILFE has been very busy lately with selection of Black alder plus trees. This time they visited Bački Monoštor in the Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve which is close to town of Sombor and Danube River. Plus trees are those trees that score...

ILFE, one of the REFOCuS project partners organised a two-day workshop in Novi Sad on policy related issued affecting riparian forest management in the Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. The workshop took place at the ILFE’s premises on 16th...

This month researchers of the Slovenian Forestry Institute, as part of their project activities, inspected the transects through the Slovenian riparian forests in the Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. Transects are lines delineated on the maps...

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), a REFOCuS project partner, is organising a two-day workshop in Novi Sad on policy related issues affecting riparian forest management in the Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. Forest...

ILFE has participated on the 14th International fair of education “Putokazi” held from 7th – 9th of March 2019 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Visitors of the fair, future and current students, got familiar with activities of ILFE in field of forestry...

Project partners gathered for the two-day project meeting in Jastrebarsko at the premisses of the Croatian Forest Research Institute. They discussed status of data collection, as well as ongoing and future project activities. Partners also...

REFOCuS will provide forest management and conservation guidelines for riparian forests in the Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube. For that purpose field observations will be carried out to investigate the current state of the forests in the...

The second partner meeting will take place in Jastrebarsko, Croatia, from 28th of February to 1st of March at the premises of Croatian Forest Research Institute. The institute hosts the regional seed bank of riparian tree species, that was...

Croatian Forest Research Institute (CFRI) in collaboration with Slovenian Forestry Institute and private forest owners organized two-day fieldwork (9-10/1/2019) in Murska šuma, important riparian forest near Lendava in Slovenia. The goal was...

A two-day field work took place in Kloštar Podravski (Croatia) from 3rd to 4th January 2019 in the organization of Croatian Forest Research Institute.  Despite the unfavourable weather conditions (wind and cold) our intrepid tree climbers...

REFOCuS project communicated to 250 scientists from 26 countries and 5 continents during forestry conference in Novi Sad. REFOCuS partner, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), has organized the 15th International...

A three-day workshop for project partners took place in Đurđevac (Croatia) from 23rd to 25th October 2018 in the organization of Croatian Forest Research Institute. About 20 forestry experts...

A three-day workshop for project partners is planned to take place in Croatia between 23rd to 25th October, 2018 and will be organised by Croatian Forest Research Institute in Đurđevac. The purpose of the workshop is to establish common...

As part of the workshop preparatory activities, project team of Croatian Forest Research Institute visited forest office Repaš. Mrs. Sonja Rukavina, expert for silviculture and seed production, joined...

First stakeholder event took place in Moravske Toplice in Slovenia on 19 September 2018. The goal of the event was collaborative identification of issues and needs related to riparian forests in Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve. Professionals...

If you ever wondered what forest resilience is all about or might be, you need to read this blog post by the European Forest Institute’s Resilience Facility in Bonn. 

A two day project meeting (17-18/9/2018) was hosted by Slovenian Forestry Institute in Moravske Toplice (Slovenia). Project partners were discussing project activities, making decisions on responsible persons for common tasks, as well as how to...

Representatives of the Croatian Forest Research Institute, Dr. Mladen Ivanković, head of the Department for Genetics, Forest Tree Breeding and Seed Husbandry, and Miran Lančćak, MSc in forestry, met representatives of Croatian Forests Ltd....

Our colleague Aleksander Marinšek from Slovenian Forestry Institute promoted REFOCuS project by providing photos for this year's DTP Photo Competition. Looking forward to see the results! Until then, please take a look at the photos that were...