Remembering Pál Bódis, Forest Programme Expert at WWF Hungary
With deep sorrow, we announce the untimely passing of our dear friend and colleague, Pál Bódis, who died in a tragic accident on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Pál was a passionate and dedicated professional. For many years, he was one of the cornerstones of WWF Hungary’s Forest Programme and a committed, always supportive member of […]
Field trips for the public in Bulgaria
This June, WWF Bulgaria organized two a half-day walk on Vitosha mountain to talk about one of the biggest challenges in forestry – forest management in conditions of climate change. Those present learned interesting information about Vitosha Nature Park and its inhabitants. We talked about what measures should be implemented to make forests more resilient […]
The CLIMAFORCEELIFE project was presented in Brasov
On 4 June 2025, our team presented the work on CLIMAFORCEE LIFE project during the LIFE Platform meeting – “LIFE and European Forests Restoration” in Brasov, Romania. The event was organized by ELMEN and hosted by Carpathtia and was the largest such meeting organized to date, attended by more than 90 participants from all over […]
Happy International Day of Forests!
On March 21, 2025, over 12,000 Quercus pubescens saplings were afforested by the employees of the Central Office of the Southwestern State Forest Enterprise (SWSFE) in the area of the State Forest Unit “Rila Monastery“ as part of the Forest Week campaign. A priority habitat from a Natura 2000 area is being restored in this […]
Forest educators from the SWSFE and children from Gotse Delchev – Let’s get to know the forest!
On March 19, 2025, six forestry educators from SWSFE met with students from first to third grade from the 2nd Primary School “Gotse Delchev”. The school turned into a playground for fun games dedicated to the upcoming Forest Week. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first Forest Week and the motto of […]
A group of new volunteers at WWF Hungary learnt about forests and the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project
WWF Hungary organized its season launching volunteer training on 14-16 February 2025, in Királyrét, Szokolya. The foundation’s youth programme participants got to know the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project and started brainstorming about possible topics they will address in this year’s youth empowerment project. Gergő Györgyi-Ambró, WWF Hungary’s environmental education and youth engagement officer presented the project’s main messages while […]
The CLIMAFORCEELIFE project was presented at a European Championship
WWF Hungary promoted forests and the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project in 2024 in Hungary. Besides nature and cultural festivals, patrons were able to visit WWF Hungary’s forest themed festival tent and games – including MyForest app – at the Rowing European Championships in Szeged. Forests were in the limelight together with large carnivores at WWF Hungary’s own […]
WWF conducts a monitoring of animal species in forests threatened by climate change
A team of WWF specialists and partners conducted the third consecutive year of monitoring of biodiversity in forests threatened by climate change. The study is part of the project “Climate-smart Forest Management in Central and Eastern Europe” (CLIMAFORCEELIFE) and includes collecting information on species of birds, insects and bats with high conservation value and inhabiting […]
Field trip for university students in the Buda Mountains
WWF Hungary and the Károly Kaán Ecoclub of the University of Sopron organized a one-day field trip within the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project on 25 October 2024. The event was led by the experts of Pilis Parkforests Plc, Budapest Forestry, the manager of the forests in Buda Mountains area and members of WWF Hungary’s Forest Programme. Participants […]
Nature classroom in the pine forest
On 23 October, we spent a day with students from the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava in Záhorie region, where the experimental interventions of the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project are taking place. As part of the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project, we presented to students how our activities in Záhorie are helping forests adapt to the […]
