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The first project progress report has been submitted on 08/01/2018. The whole documentation can be downloaded here.

WWF Hungary held a one-hour session for 7-12 year-old kids from the exercise booklet Erdőböngésző (Forest browser). Children participating in the summer camp of REX Foundation were introduced to the habitats and wildlife of the natural oak forests. WWF Hungary prepares … Read More

The second project progress report has been submitted on 01/07/2020.The whole documentation can be downloaded here.

Due to centuries of human use and logging, our oak forests have almost completely transformed, the former wilderness has disappeared from almost all over Europe. Yet the special habitats of the natural forest provide shelter for many species of animals, plants … Read More

Nowadays we can hardly find any natural oak forests in Hungary. Due to forestry and other human influences, our oak forests have almost completely transformed, the former wilderness has disappeared from Europe and Hungary as well. Yet natural forests give … Read More

Small sunny glades, deep dark forests or little sunflecks have all their charm and ecological role. With the right mix of light and shade, we are carrying out forest reforestation, assist rare tree species and suppress invasive species. Oak seedlings … Read More

To shift the shrubby vegetation into a more forested one we planted 300 pubescent oak seedlings in Sas-hegy. Thank you for the help of the volunteers of the Budai Waldorf School! The planting was just before the closing of the … Read More

Natural forests are characterized by diverse structural complexity. Homogeneous forest with one dominating tree of the same age usually lacks small sunny glades, different kinds of cavities, hollows on the trees, or e.g. decaying dead wood in a stream. Therefore, … Read More

Due to intensive human use, biodiversity is reduced in oak forests. The Life4Oak Forests project, supported by LIFE, aims to reverse this process with nature conservation forest management interventions. Here you can find a link presenting a Hungarian interview with … Read More

Invasive plants inhibit the development of the diverse flora and fauna typical of oak forests. For this reason, DINPD has started to suppress black locust, ailanthus, common hackberry and 15 other invasive and alien plants on a total of 30 … Read More

Birds, bats, round-dwelling invertebrates and saproxylophagous beetles were surveyed in 2019 before the nature conservation management. The management includes the creation of different microhabitats, standing and lying dead woods, gaps, leaks, etc. Thus, after the management we will be able … Read More