*update as of January 2011

Papers on the Future of Beech published in ASLH - Vol.6 (2010)
thanks to the courtesy of: Faculty of Forestry, University of West Hungary (FF-UWH) and Hungarian Forest Research Institute (ERTI)
 

   *update as of December 2010

EFI Network news - FAGUS 2010 Successful Symposium

IUFRO 1.01.07 Division of Silviculture - site

News on FAGUS 2010 - IUFRO News, Volume 39, Double Issue 11&12, 2010

  *update as of November 27th 2010

Summary of the FAGUS 2010 Symposium  - Available on link 

FAGUS 2010 Book of Abstracts - Available on link

Picture gallery - Available on Flickr fotostream 

 *update as of November 5th 2010

FAGUS 2010

Is there future for beech - Changes, Impacts and Answers

From October 27th – 29th 2010 Varaždin, Croatia and Zala County, Hungary were hosts to the international scientific Symposium on beech entitled FAGUS 2010 “Is there Future for beech – Changes, Impacts and Answers“ and jointly organized by the Croatian and the Hungarian Forest Research Institutes. The meeting which put this economically extremely valuable species of central and southeast Europe in the context of current climate changes, gathered over 200 participants and scientists from 14 countries. Great interest for attendance was also shown by the forestry professionals seeing this as an opportunity to participate in problem-analysis on beech by the experts from many countries including also Iran and Japan for the first time here. Thanks to the support of IUFRO and EFI and the presence of eminent speakers, high quality of the meeting is assured on the satisfaction of both organizers and all the Symposium participants.


European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is important species of Central and Southern Europe where it holds dominant position according to its portion and economic values. By presenting the results of different studies through papers and posters the FAGUS 2010 Symposium managed to encompass the variety of topics related not only to beech in European context, yet as a species generally and globally. This provided overview on its ecological constitution, eco-physiological properties and calamities-assessment, biotic and non-biotic factors affecting the species, its genetic variability, reforestation possibilities and silviculture procedures, and comprehension of its growth and increment, same as the rejuvenation possibilities.
After the official conclusion of the 2-day scientific-conference in Varaždin, Croatia the 3rd day participants departed to the Field Trip in Zala county, Hungary, where they visited the international provenance trial Bucsuta, got an insight in the current state of Hungarian beech forests, management techniques, health status, and changes which affect the species as a result of recent droughts.

However future status of beech according to the modeled scenarios, as concluded by prof.dr.Csaba Mátyás (University of West Hungary, Faculty of Forestry in Sopron) is expected to go in direction of retreat following climatic changes in numerous countries (Hungary, France, Slovenia, Turkey). Due to decline of climatic conditions for beech in certain regions(i.e. SE Europe, certain areas of Turkey and Iran) presence of beech is threatened there. Consequently human presence in maintaining ecosystems stability and revision of forest management strategies are essential. Conclusions of the FAGUS 2010 Symposium will be soon available on the official FAGUS 2010 Symposium website.
By strengthening perception of vital problems which affect beech nowadays and the necessity of their further analysis to avoid potential risks and provide adequate answers, in order to adequately implement them in future management of this valuable broadleaf, FAGUS 2010 Symposium accomplished its aim.

The cooperation on the organization of the FAGUS 2010 Symposium is the result of successful bilateral relations between two scientific institutions: Croatian Forest Research Institute (CFI) and the Hungarian Forest Research Institute (ERTI) which both recognized the importance and role of beech today as well as in future. To the mutual satisfaction of organizers this meeting is supported by IUFRO WP 1.01.07 on Ecology and Silviculture of Beech and EFI who contributed with their patronage to the networking and internationalization of researchers and scientists currently conducting research on this specific area of forest science. By successful organization both organizing Institutions additionally strengthened already present good relations and confirmed their position on national and international scientific scene.

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