April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. As a result, more than 1.5 million hectares of forests in the Ukrainian Polissia region were contaminated with radioactive substances.
The All-Ukrainian scientific and practical conference on the forestry sector`s transformation in the face of global climate challenges and post-war recovery was held at the State Biotechnological University.
URIFFM`s scientists participated in a seminar on the implementation of advanced geospatial technologies that are transforming cartographic and geodetic work.
A guest lecture was held for State Biotechnological University`s higher education applicants on the potential risks of invasive and native species spread of harmful insects in landscaping plantings and planted forests.
In Boyar Forest Research Station`s Plesetsk forestry, a Scots pine`s clonal seed plantation was established using improved planting material grown at SE «Klavdiyevskaya Forest Research Station».
The Fem2Forest Ambassadors are inviting forestry professionals, researchers and practitioners to participate in an international conference to be held on April 22–23 in Graz, Austria.
Specialists from the SE «Klavdiyevska forest research station» conducted a educational career guidance events for students of the Pylypovytskyi Student Forestry School.
URIFFM phytopathology sector`s scientists have launched an experiment to assess the impact of mycorrhiza on the growth and development of planting material in natural conditions.
This spring, the employees of URIFFM research enterprises will restore forests on an area of over 75 hectares, and also supplement forest crops on an area of 70 hectares.
URIFFM`scientists assessed the flowering intensity of hazelnut varieties and their progenies at stationary research facilities in the Kharkiv region.
Walnut is a valuable long-lived species that is widely used in horticulture and agroforestry, but recently these trees have been suffering from a massive invasion of dangerous pests – mites of family Eriophyidae.
An event was held to prevent and detect corruption at the Institute.