A special session dedicated to energy markets, in particular on fuel wood, will be organised during the “Primeval forests” conference, organised in Lviv, 2-4 September, 2019. More details on the conference avaialble online.
To students and young professionals in forest-related research: You are invited to submit a proposal for a stay as scientific guest at WSL or HAFL. The calltext explains the procedures. Deadline for applications is 31 of January, 2019.
The conference ‘Temperate and boreal primeval forests in the face of global change’ will be held in Lviv, western Ukraine, 2-4 September 2019. With this conference, we aim at bringing together the global community of scientists working on the ecology and dynamics of temperate and boreal primeval forests, and their …
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In these days, the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme (WWF DCP) celebrates its 20th anniversary and this is sufficient reason to summarise successes achieved. To reflect whole process that started years before WWF DCP establishment, the WWF and UNEP organised the symposium Changing environment. 30 years of environmental development in Central and …
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The WWF released on 30. October 2018 its 2018 Living Planet report concluding that humans have wiped out 60% of wildlife populations in just 40 years. The global situation is reflected in the Carpathian Mountains as presented in their common statement the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme (WWF DCP) and the Science …
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The Living Planet Report, WWF’s flagship publication released every two years, is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. The Living Planet Report 2018 is the twelfth edition of the report and provides the scientific evidence to what nature has been telling us …
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The paper describing the historical land use dataset of the Carpathian region, making the whole dataset available online was published in the Journal of Maps.
Th paper analysing the extent of snow-avalanche in Parâng Mts, Southern Carpathians based on dendrogeomorphological reconstruction and remote sensing has just been published. The paper is available online.
Mountain Research and Development journal opened a call for papers in the topic: The Role of Culture in Transformation Towards Sustainable Development in Mountains Mountain communities are undergoing rapid sociocultural change, caused by drivers such as outmigration, urbanization, and increasing insertion into the market economy. Mountain cultural heritage is under …
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The IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C now available at http://ipcc.ch/report/sr15/