Institute of Geography
European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry
Európska sieť pre multidisciplinárny prístup k mestskej vegetácii
| Duration: |
25.9.2024 - 24.9.2028 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Goga Tomáš PhD. |
| Annotation: | Urban forests have been proposed by European Commission as a strategy to support climate adaptation capacity and sustainable development in the urban areas where over 70% of the EU’s population live. Urban forests produce numerous ecosystem services which reach significant levels when trees reach maturity. Unfortunately, urban trees have an average lifespan of 30 years resulting in failing ecosystems services. Urban forestry is a complex discipline because of the required multidisciplinary, the diversity of stakeholders’ and the long timeframe of trees. It is therefore essential to approach urban forestry from a sustainable and integrative viewpoint. The current approach is unable to fulfill the strategies of the European Commission due to lack of standardisation and scattering networks. New tools and better integration of different knowledge pools are urgently needed.
The Action will bring together a pan-European network of scientists and stakeholders. The network will 1) integrative assess and benchmark the urban forest, 2) develop frameworks for strategic long-term, science-driven management and 3) stimulate stewardship by building cross-sectoral and inclusive management partnerships. The main pillar of attaining the challenges is by knowledge transfer between group members involved and from the Action to the global community. The Action will enhance networking among European scientists and increase the competitiveness of European research by promoting the exploitation of transnational research outcomes (SMEs). Finally, by knowledge creation and sharing, the Action will train young scientists. Career development of Young Researchers and Innovators and research impulses in Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) will be considered as a priority in the Action. |
Remote sensing for vegetation studies: deepening research collaboration and networking in the framework of 4EU+ Alliance
Diaľkový prieskum Zeme pre štúdium vegetácie: prehlbovanie výskumnej spolupráce a vytváranie sietí v rámci Aliancie 4EU+
| Duration: |
1.4.2024 - 30.11.2024 |
| Program: |
Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Goga Tomáš PhD. |
| Annotation: | In the last decades, a strong environmental transition as the result of long-term human-environment interaction propagated by biodiversity loss, landscape polarization, climate change and other dangerous processes became a severe problem.
Protected areas, such as the Krkonoše Mts. National Parks are also exposed to these problems. As our team from the Faculty of Science of Charles University has been working in the Krkonoše Mts. for a long time, we would like to conduct our international research there within the 4EU+ partnership. So far, we have specialised mainly in the vegetation studies in the relict arctic-alpine tundra and partly in the forest ecosystem. In the framework of the Charles University Academic Minigrant, we would like to deepen our forest research and focus further on issues of ruderalization and invasive plant species. The aim of the project will, therefore, be to acquire aerial hyperspectral data for the eastern part of the Krkonoše Mts. and also to collect and analyse ground truth data (including laboratory biochemical analysis). The obtained data will be used in the joint research activities of the international 4EU+ team, as well as in teaching students at partner universities. The next objective of the Minigrant is to organise a workshop for all partners in the Czech Republic with the aim of working on a joint preparation of project proposal/pubication and further research and educational activities. During the workshop, we plan a field trip to the Krkonoše Mts. to introduce the area and research inputs to all partners. |
Grasslands for biodiversity: supporting the protection of the biodiversity-rich grasslands and related management practices in the Alps and Carpathians
Trávne porasty pre biodiverzitu: podpora ochrany trávnych porastov bohatých na biodiverzitu a súvisiacich postupov hospodárenia v Alpách a Karpatoch
| Duration: |
1.4.2023 - 31.3.2026 |
| Program: |
Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Pazúr Róbert PhD. |
| Annotation: | The objectives of the proposed project are (1) to identify diversity-rich grasslands and their distribution in the Alps and Carpathians; (2) to identify diversity-enhancing grassland management practices and their changes and persistence; (3) to identify areas suitable for the expansion of the protected grassland network; and (4) to propose new protected areas and their management in the Alps and Carpathians. In addressing these objectives, we will work with stakeholders to (i) identify effective methods for extrapolating vegetation patterns across mountain ranges; (ii) identify drivers of grassland management and historical influences on grassland diversity; (iii) identify constraints and motivations for biodiversity-supportive management practices; and (iv) provide a scientific basis for expanding the network of protected areas in the Alps and Carpathians. |
Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies
Trojrozmerné monitorovanie lesných ekosystémov a ich lepšie porozumenie prostredníctvom pozemných technológií
| Duration: |
13.10.2021 - 12.10.2025 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Rusnák Miloš PhD. |
| Annotation: | Forest ecosystems across the world are facing high pressures due to climate changes. In many areas, they are in a transition to adopt the changes. However, many are damaged in this process. It is crucial to make forest ecosystems more resistant to face these challenges, through resilience strengthening and close-to-nature forestry. Implementing such approaches and monitoring their progress requires accurate knowledge about forest ecosystems that rely on a forest in situ data at high spatial and temporal resolution.
Novel terrestrial-based technologies will play an important part to face these challenges. Such technologies have experienced a fast development in recent years. The forests can now be observed and monitored in a very high spatial and temporal resolution that was not possible even a few years ago. Researchers and practitioners are facing a unique opportunity to deepen the understanding of forest ecosystems and to change the forestry to adopt the climate, environment and industrial changes. Various research groups across EU and beyond are testing such technologies or developing processing algorithms for precision forestry and forest ecology. But further cooperation is strongly required.
3DForEcoTech project aims to establish a strong network of scientists and stakeholders (i.e. practitioners) and sensor manufacturers to synchronise the knowledge, to develop general protocols and algorithms for forest ecosystem state survey and forest functioning, and to make these novel technologies available to a broad audience. Specifically, 3DForEcoTech will develop protocols for data acquisition, processing, fusion for forest inventory and ecological applications, and will establish open-data and open-source algorithm databases.
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The total number of projects: 4
