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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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 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

As part of the Czech Presidency, the Towards harmonised forest observation, reporting and data collection framework workshop was held in Kutná Hora from 14 to 16 September. During the workshop, participants discussed the current state of forest monitoring in EU Member States and its readiness for the establishment of a common harmonised framework for forest...Continue Reading

FMI cooperates in the organization of a workshop called Towards harmonised Forest Observation, Reporting and Data Collection Framework. The workshop will take place on 14-16 September in Kutná Hora. The objective of the workshop is to discuss at a technical level the state of the art in forest monitoring within the EU member states and...Continue Reading

The Czech Republic holds the EU presidency in the second half of 2022. On this occasion, the Forest Management Institute has prepared a short film about forestry in the Czech Republic. The data are mainly from the National Forest Inventory.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