The list of international projects SAS
Institute of Forest Ecology
A European forum for revitalisation of marginalized mountain areas
Európske fórum pre revitalizáciu horských marginalizovaných oblastí
| Duration: |
16.9.2022 - 15.9.2026 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Brnkaľáková Stanislava PhD. |
| Annotation: | Cost Action MARGISTAR reflects collaboratively on natural, environmental, social and economic inter-relationships and interactions in mountainous areas, and identifies a range of environmental, social, economic, and political challenges. It enables innovation through a range of physical and virtual meetings to co-design innovative pathways for the transformation of marginalized mountainous areas towards their green, digital and healthy futures. It establishes an online society-science-policy platform in Europe to stimulate the dialogue between scientists, policy makers, mountain actors, NGOs, SMEs, public bodies and private organizations |
The role of the brown bear in the biodiversity of the ecosystem under different scenarios of human-bear coexistence
Funkcia medveďa hnedého v biodiverzite ekosystému v rámci rôznych scenárov spolužitia človek-medveď
| Duration: |
1.2.2025 - 31.1.2028 |
| Program: |
JRP |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Kaňuch Peter PhD. |
| Annotation: | The research examines the feeding behaviour of the brown bear and its influence on biodiversity and the causes of human-animal conflicts. The project lies at the intersection of applied research and translational science. It employs advanced population genetics and genomic techniques, including low-coverage whole-genome sequencing and eDNA metabarcoding, as well as new field methods such as hormonal metabolite analysis and microscopy. This approach enables a comprehensive investigation of biological phenomena, aiming to translate scientific discoveries into practical applications and solutions for wildlife conservation and research. |
Climate-smart rewilding: ecological restoration for climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity support in Europe
Klimaticky-inteligentné zdivočovanie: ekologická obnova na zmiernenie zmeny klímy, adaptáciu a podporu biodiverzity v Európe
| Duration: |
1.1.2023 - 31.12.2026 |
| Program: |
Horizon Europe |
| Project leader: |
prof., Mgr. Kluvánková Tatiana PhD. |
| Annotation: | The overarching aim of wildE is to assess and enhance the potential of climate-smart rewilding as an nature based solution for ecological restoration across Europe. wildE will develop a multi-disciplinary research that addresses the climate-biodiversity nexus in tight association with the socio-economic dimension of large-scale restoration, including scenarios which will demonstrate this potential under diverse land-use and climate change futures. wildE will deliver scientific insights, methods and tools for different geographic, ecological and social contexts, in order to assist EU policy makers, national governments, regions, local communities and commercial companies in embedding rewilding-type ecological restoration in their policies and plans for achieving carbon neutrality, enhancing climate adaptation and reversing biodiversity loss. |
Coevolutionary approach to unlock the transformative potential of nature-based solutions for more inclusive and resilient communities
Koevolučný prístup k odomknutiu transformačného potenciálu prírode blízkych riešení pre inkluzívnejšie a odolnejšie komunity
| Duration: |
1.11.2022 - 31.10.2026 |
| Program: |
Horizon Europe |
| Project leader: |
prof., Mgr. Kluvánková Tatiana PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main mission of the project is the development of innovative solutions to effectively support the implementation of nature based solutions in the protection of biodiversity. Special attention is paid to the integration of natural science and social science approaches using coevolutionary principles. The project aims to achieve an innovative approach to the integration of actors in the planning and decision-making process in nature and landscape management, including nature actors. The project develops and tests its approaches on 7 case studies. |
Join effect of Climate Extremes and Atmospheric deposition on European FORESTs
Kumulatívny vplyv klimatických extrémov a atmosférickej depozície na európske lesy
| Duration: |
28.10.2022 - 27.10.2026 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Ditmarová Ľubica PhD. |
| Annotation: | The ability of forests to continue mitigating climate change depends on their ability to cope with and adapt to the drivers of global change, such as more frequent extreme climate events and changes in air pollutants (especially carbon dioxide, reactive nitrogen compounds and sulphur). Different drivers of global change could play a synergistic, antagonistic or predisposing role in influencing the functioning and health of forest ecosystems. CLEANFOREST will create an inclusive and multidisciplinary pan-European network that uses existing expertise and infrastructures (monitoring networks, manipulation experiments) to 1/ coordinate research efforts (e.g. data collection), 2) compare approaches and define common protocols to standardize measurements and methodologies used in global change research and 3) encourage collaboration between different research groups to exchange and synthesize data, which will enable further development of scientific knowledge, identification of research gaps, and providing proposals for next-generation manipulation experiments and monitoring networks. Finally, CLEANFORST will benefit from the participation of key stakeholders (policy makers, small companies developing low-cost and effective environmental monitoring tools, civil society organizations) by fostering mutual synergies to meet the urgent need for evidence-based solutions in policy, society and technological challenges.
Focus of the project - main challenges:
Challenge 1. Spatio-temporal changes in driving forces of global change.
Challenge 2. Interactions between the driving force of global change and the health status and functioning of forest ecosystems.
Challenge 3. Interactions between the driving force of global change and tree and soil biogeochemical processes |
Novel aerial spore trapping method for effective monitoring of invasive fungal pathogens Dothistroma septosporum, Dothistroma pini, and Lecanosticta acicola in pine forests
Nová metóda zachytávania spór vo vzduchu na efektívne monitorovanie inváznych hubových patogénov Dothistroma septosporum, Dothistroma pini a Lecanosticta acicola v borovicových lesoch
Genetic Nature Observation and Action
Pozorovanie a pôsobenie genetickej podstaty
International soil biogeography consortium for biodiversity studies & conservatorium of soil comunities
Pôdna biogeografia pre štúdie biodiverzity pôdnych spoločenstiev
Transformations international Experience and Research network for Sustainable futures
Transformácia medzinárodných skúseností a výskumnej siete pre udržateľnú budúcnosť
Influence of abiotic and biotic stresses on properties of plants
Vplyv abiotických a biotických stresorov na vlastnosti rastlín
Using Image-based AI for Insect Monitoring & Conservation
Využitie obrazovej umelej inteligencie na monitoring a ochranu hmyzu
Exploiting Plant-Microbiomes Networks and Synthetic Communities to improve Crops Fitness
Využitie sietí rastlín a mikrobiómov a syntetických spoločenstiev na zlepšenie kondície plodín
| Duration: |
2.10.2023 - 1.10.2027 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
Ing. Artimová Renata PhD. |
| Annotation: | CropBiomes connects European experts to coordinate and develop knowledge on crop microbiomes for use in precision sustainable agriculture. It will use technological advances (e.g. engineered microbiomes) to selectively improve the resistance of holobiomes to specific environments such as drought and disease. They will define new approaches to topics such as diversity of plant microbiomes, their distribution, ecoevolution, crossing and dynamics of microbiomes/holobiomes, and crossing in specific environments such as soilless systems and environmental stressors (drought/heat, pathogens). Finally, we will explore the plant microbiome as a source of beneficial associations of microorganisms and use technology to engineer microbiomes (via synthetic communities). |
The total number of projects: 12
