News - Slovenian Forestry Institute

Apr 2019

Monitoring of carbon balance in the karst grasslands

In order to provide a basis for large-scale monitoring of carbon balance in the karst grasslands in south-west Slovenia, the present study combined eddy covariance and meteorological data to various vegetation indices derived from Proba-V and Landsat ...

Feb 2018

The start of the EU project "CirculAlps"

On February 6, 2018, a kick-off meeting of the CirculAlps project took a place in the Kuchl University campus in Kuchl-Salzburg, Austria. The project is promoting the circular economy and the bio-economy in the Alpine timber sector. Slovenian ...

Mar 2017

“Handbook for Learning and Play in the Forest” continues its journey across our country

“Handbook for Learning and Play in the Forest” continues its journey across our country. “Handbook for Learning and Play in the Forest” was published by Slovenian Forestry Institute. Handbook is a useful tool for kindergarden educators, ...

Jul 2016

Launch of the LIFE ARTEMIS project

IFE project ARTEMIS on Awareness Raising, Training and Measures on Invasive alien Species in forests started this week. The project is lead by dr. Maarten de Groot from Slovenian Forestry Institute in collaboration with Institute Symbiosis, Slovenia ...

Mar 2016

Forest physiology and genetics goes Airborne!

A pair of forestry researchers pull up in their vehicle at a convenient spot near their sampling area. They unload their equipment and launch a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) that flies autonomously towards a set of predefined ...

Aug 2015

2015 - The International Year of Soils

2015 - The International Year of Soils and World Soil Day (5th of December) On 20th December 2013 United Nation General Assembly decides to designate 5th December as World Soil Day and to declare 2015 the International Year of Soils. The basis ...

Aug 2015

AGRA 2015

Slovenian Forestry Institute is on the list of exhibitors of the 53rd International Fair Of Agriculture And Food in Gornja Radgona (SLO). Visit us in the hall "A" between 22nd and 27th of August, 2015. The Fair has been started! The ...

Apr 2015

2nd Natural Science Day at SFI

The Slovenian Forestry Institute has hosted the pupils from the 5th grade at Šmartno primary school in order to promote, educate and raise awareness on the topics related to forestry, forest ecosystems and natural processes. The pupils have visited ...

Mar 2015

IFSA Winter Meeting 2015 at Slovenian Forestry Institute

On Wednesday, 11th of March 2015, a series of project presentations and workshops titled »IFSA Winter Meeting 2015 at Slovenian Forestry Institute« was held by the Slovenian Forestry Institute (SFI) in collaboration with the Slovenia Forest Service ...

Mar 2015

Forest's Ecosystem Sevices: Their Economic Value and the Pitfalls That May Follow

On Monday, 9th of March 2015, Anže Japelj from the Slovenian Forestry Institute gave a talk on Forest Ecosystem Services titled: "Forest's Ecosystem Services: Their Economic Value and the Pitfalls That May Follow" to more than 30 students from 12 ...

Oct 2014

Symposium: "Horticulture - the possibilities, opportunities and best practices on the topic of TREES, OUR WEALTH"

On Wednesday, 15th October 2014, a professional symposium titled: "Horticulture - the possibilities, opportunities and best practices on the topic of TREES, OUR WEALTH" was held at the School for Horticulture and Visual Arts Celje. At the symposium ...

Sep 2014

Workshop: "Determining the Measures for Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources"

On Thursday 25 September a workshop titled "Determining the Measures for Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources" was held by the Slovenian Forestry Institute (SFI) in collaboration with the Slovenia Forest Service (SFS) as part of the project CRP ...

Sep 2014

Excellence in Science 2013 - Presentation of Achievements in Biotechnical Research" as part of the European Researchers’ Night

On Friday 26 September 2014 a presentation of scientific achievements in 2013 titled "Excellence in Science 2013 - Presentation of Achievements in Biotechnical Research" as part of the European Researchers’ Night project was held in SFI's large ...

Jun 2014

Airborne Laser Scanning in Forestry

Airborne Laser Scanning ALS is a remote sensing method that is being used in different spatial sciences. It is becoming more and more interesting also in Forestry. In forestry, ALS can be used for evaluation of directly measurable stand ...

Jun 2014

The final conference of the International LIFE + project EMoNFUr "Urban forests - the lungs of cities"

The final conference of the International LIFE + project EMoNFUr (www.emonfur.eu) entitled "Urban forests - the lungs of cities" was held in Milan on the 17th of June 2014. In the course of a one-day event the results of the work of the Italian ...

Jun 2014

Excange of experts in Germany – »Storms in forests«

With the aim to maximize the success of recent ice storm sanitation foresters from different institutions, have participated in the field trip, which took place in Germany in Baden – Wurttemberg. Most of the lectures were held at the Forestry ...

May 2014

LIFEGENMON – LIFE for EUROPEAN FOREST GENETIC MONITORING SYSTEM

LIFEGENMON combines efforts of 6 partners from 3 countries/states (Germany/Bavaria, Greece and Slovenia), and shall last from July 2014 till June 2020. The total finances are 5.484.162 M€, from which the EU shall finance almost 50% (2,7 M€); partners ...

Apr 2014

The project EMoNFUr was presented on the program "Encounters"

Date of publication: 09 April 2014 blog.emonfur.eu/2014/04/08/il-progetto-emonfur-si-presenta-nella-trasmissione-incontri/ (in Italian)

Feb 2014

Monitoring of ambient air quality (film)

During the last 10 years our ambient air quality monitoring was a part of many national and international research projects. In our research sites all over the country we use passive/diffusive samplers. In the film methodes and procedures for ozone ...

Feb 2014

Sleet in Slovenia on February 2014 (film)

Short film about sleet on Zaplana area, Slovenia on February 2014. It shows weather conditions and devastating impacts of sleet on forests as well as on infrastructure. With the author's permission (mr. Martin Gustinčič). Author: Iztok ...