The forest cover of the Czech Republic is 34.1 % The total area of forest land in the Czech Republic has been constantly increasing. In 2020, the forest land area increased in year-on-year terms by 1 659 ha. Read more Half of the Czech forests are owned by the state The state owns 53.76 % of the forests in the Czech Republic. Read more
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The name of our institute is changing to the Czech Forestry Institute (Národní lesnický institut) from 1 January 2025

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...
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Focal project launched​

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...
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New EU Project strives to enhance European Forest Monitoring

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...
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FMI Portals

Map portal

FMI map applications are primarily intended for Internet Explorer. In the case of alternative browsers, full functionality or correct functionality cannot be guaranteed.

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NIL portal

Everything about NIL in one place – outputs, investigation methodology, evaluation…

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Data portal

FMI maintains a central database and archives on forests, forestry and game management in the Czech Republic, thus operating a huge amount of data.

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Forest condition trends

At FMI, a new application “Trendy” was recently created, which aims to publish and visualize long time series of satellite data focused on the health status of forests in a user-friendly way.

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Hunting portal

FMI manages a central database and archive with information on forests, forestry and hunting in the Czech Republic. It has a huge database.

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