Events

2015 June 24. - Field workshop for forest management authorities within project HUSKROUA/1101/262 “HYDROFOR: Systems of optimal forest management for enhancing the hydrological role of forests in preventing the floods in Bodrog river catchment”

Project partner National Forest Centre (Slovakia) with beneficiary - NGO FORZA, Agency for sustainable development of the Carpathian region (Ukraine) and partner Ukrainian Research Institute for Mountain Forestry named after P.S. Pasternak are going to organize the Field workshop for forest management authorities “Forest management and flood risk in the Vydranka watershed” in the frame of project titled “HYDROFOR: Systems of optimal forest management for enhancing the hydrological role of forests in preventing the floods in Bodrog river catchment” financed from the ENPI CBC Programme Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine 2007-2013.

Date: June 24, 2015, 12:00-19:00 – Field workshop for forest management authorities, 1st day
Date: June 25, 2015, 09:00-17:00 – Field workshop for forest management authorities, 2nd day

Venue: Conference-hall of Eurohotel Laborec, town Medzilaborce, Slovakia and forests under management of “Forests of Slovak Republic, state enterprise, Branch Vranov”

The field workshop will be held for the mixed group of forest management practitioners and scientists from both countries of the project (total 30 participants). Workshop is aimed at field demonstration of relations between forest management and flood risk.

The agenda of the field workshop will include the following presentations and discussion topics:
•    Cooperation of stakeholders in flood mitigation with respect to the role of forests – discussion with the participants of the seminar for community representatives and stakeholders
•    Forest management practices for decreasing flood risk (shelterwood system, selective logging etc.)
•    Maintenance of forestry transportation network
•    Management of small water flows
Within the field workshop, the visit to natural beech-fir forest of Palotská jedlina nature reserve, near Palota village will be organized.

Participation in the event is by invitation only
For further information please contact:
Lesya Loyko
NGO FORZA
www.forza.org.ua

2015 June 24. - Seminar for community representatives and stakeholders within project HUSKROUA/1101/262 “HYDROFOR: Systems of optimal forest management for enhancing the hydrological role of forests in preventing the floods in Bodrog river catchment”

Project partner National Forest Centre (Slovakia) with beneficiary - NGO FORZA, Agency for sustainable development of the Carpathian region (Ukraine) and partner Ukrainian Research Institute for Mountain Forestry named after P.S. Pasternak are going to organize the Seminar for community representatives and stakeholders in the frame of project titled “HYDROFOR: Systems of optimal forest management for enhancing the hydrological role of forests in preventing the floods in Bodrog river catchment” financed from the ENPI CBC Programme Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine 2007-2013.

Date: June 24, 2015, 08:30-19:00 – Seminar for community representatives and stakeholders

Venue: Conference-hall of Eurohotel Laborec, town Medzilaborce, Slovakia and forests under management of “Forests of Slovak Republic”, state enterprise, Branch Vranov

The seminar is aimed at informing the communities of the target areas about the project results and proposed measures to improve the forest management practices in order to prevent the floods and mediating and supporting dialog and information exchange with the foresters of local forest management units.

The agenda of the seminar will include the following presentations and discussion topics:
•    HYDROFOR project results
•    Role of forests in flood regulation and ways of its optimization
•    Cooperation of stakeholders in flood mitigation with respect to the role of forests – discussion with forest managers
•    Presentations of practical implementation of flood mitigation projects within Bodrog river catchment by NGOs
•    Visit to forests of Forests of Slovak Republic, state enterprise, Branch Vranov with demonstration of forest management applied in decreasing the flood risk

Participation in the event is by invitation only
For further information please contact:
Lesya Loyko
NGO FORZA
www.forza.org.ua