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...Continue Reading
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...Continue Reading
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. Source: Report on Forests and Forestry of the Czech Republic in 2020 Continue Reading
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...Continue Reading
From 19 to 21 October 2022, the traditional meeting of the EU Forest Directors took place. This was the second event in the field of forestry organised under our Presidency in the Czech Republic and, as in the first event, a workshop on forest monitoring, Forest Management Institute (FMI) participated in the organisation. During the...Continue Reading
In connection with the EU Council presidency of the Czech Republic in 2022 and its preparation, a central registry of persons was developed at the Ministry of Agriculture, who will participate in the performance of CZ PRESS 2022. In addition to employees of the Ministry, the Working Party on Forestry includes also members from the...Continue Reading
Presidency events: regular meetings of Working Party on Forestry, Brussels Committee on Forestry (COFO) – 26th Session, Rome United Nations Forum on Forests – UNFF 8, New York meetings of Standing Standing Forestry Committee, Brussels Workshop in Support of the EU Forest Action Plan “Taking us out of the Woods” – Communication on Forests and...Continue Reading
Half (53.76 %) of the forests in the Czech Republic are owned by the state. The largest area of state forests (44.37 %) is under management of the state enterprise Forests of the Czech Republic (Lesy České republiky). Other state forests are for example military forests, forests of national parks or forests managed by the...Continue Reading
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The Forest Management Institute (FMI) is a government organization established by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.