Due to unfavourable environmental changes, our forests are under increasing damage pressure. Unfortunately, there is no reason to assume that these changes will turn to a positive direction in the near future. At the same time, it is vital to recognise and admit that the ways of past and present ...

We examined the changes in the prevalence and abundance of Tree of Heaven in several forest stands in the Peszéri-erdő (Central Hungary), where logging activities were carried out or previously stump deposits were made. According to our results, selective thinning and clear-cutting can have a...

In our study, we analyze the commitments of the Visegrad Four National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) for the period 2021-2030 within the European Union environment policy, with special regard to the Land Use, LandUse Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. Based on our research, it can be said that ...

In the framework of a multitaxon forest ecological experiment, we compared the effects of different treatments of rotation and selection silvicultural systems on the understory vegetation of a sessile oak-hornbeam forest stand. The five treatments were: clear-cutting, keeping a retention tree group ...

The satellite based remote sensing forest monitoring system of Farkas-erdő of Sárvár was created to utilize high resolution ESA Sentinel-2 images and cloud computing, where processing, analysing, and displaying of health state changes of forests takes place online, in the Google Earth Engine. The...

The Hungarian long-term forestry experiment network was established in 1962, with the lead of Rezső Solymos, The Forest Research Institute has been running the network continuously since that time and its data are under research. The basic objectives of the network are unaltered since the...

Model maps were constructed for estimating pollen capacity of Hungarian forests, based on meteorological pollen monitoring and forestry database information. Model maps are continuously updated and directly linked to the National Forest Database (NÉBIH Forestry Directorate) which are publicly...

The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) is one of the most important herbivore butterfly species in Hungarian forests. It is infamous thanks to the rate and extent of the damage it causes in North American and European countries, where oaks have a significant forestry presence. Meteorological factors...

In contrast to the other site factors, climate has shown a relative fast changes in the last decades. This emphasised the need of the rethink of the existing forest climate classification based on a more scientific, ecophysiological approach. For the more exact assessment of the climate, a new...

This study utilizes a national questionnaire sample and interviews to examine attitudes to climate change as well as perceptions and adaptation activities among Hungarian forestry managers. The results show the respondents addressing climatic changes are concerned mostly by the decrease in the...