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 […]
Natural Water Retention in Protected Forests of Mountainous and Hilly Regions – Workshop Summary-
WWF Hungary organized a workshop on November 12–13, 2024, as a joint event of the CLIMAFORCEELIFE and LIFE LOGOS 4 WATERS projects. The aim of the workshop was to share practical experience of different sector representatives involved in natural water retention applicable to mountain and hill forests and to discuss further opportunities and limitations in […]
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 […]
WWF Slovakia at the European Science Night
Friday 27 September 2024 was devoted to discovery and innovation. Several Slovak cities hosted the European Science Night, some of them for the 18th time. The WWF Slovakia team also took part in this popular event. In Banská Bystrica, WWF experts presented projects aimed at improving the ecological condition of forests and rivers. We explained […]
Monitoring of high-conservation value species in the forests – Watch the video!
In cooperation WWF Bulgaria and the Bulgarian National Radio produced a short film about the monitoring of high-conservation value species in the forests. The film is part of a series of videocasts dedicated to nature conservation. Biodiversity monitoring is an activity under the CLIMAFORCEE LIFE project. The purpose of the monitoring is to track how […]
With experts on a visit to Záhorie: What we do to make forests resilient to climate change
The pine forests in the Záhorie region offer not only beautiful scenery, but also a unique opportunity to learn more about protecting and adapting forests to climate change. After last year’s successful public walk, we also organised an excursion for journalists as part of the CLIMAFORCEELIFE project on the last day of July. Forest specialists […]
Field trip for the public in Bulgaria
On June 24th, we organized 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 to […]