Spring is a busy season for forestry - planting, the beginning of the fire-danger period, and pest control. The forests of Left-Bank Ukraine are located in areas with constant pest outbreaks, so every year the forest protection service together with forestry guards conducts treatments of pest centers to localize them and reduce defoliation levels. This week, treatments of forest stands in pine forests of SE "Izyum Forestry" of Kharki ... Read more »

Everyone is familiar with "May beetles" from childhood, which can be seen almost everywhere each spring. However, not everyone knows how much damage these beetles cause to forest plantations when feeding in tree crowns, and how harmful their larvae are during development in the soil.

The development of May beetle larvae lasts 3-4 years. During this period, the larvae feed on the roots of herbaceous, shrub, and tree vegetation, completely destroying them, which leads to plant withering. After completi ... Read more »

Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko emphasized that the tasks of the new head of the State Forest Resources Agency include reforming and deregulating the forestry sector, as well as integrating European standards and principles of operation. "I know Oleksandr Kovalchuk personally as an effective crisis manager and technocrat with extensive experience in large agricultural projects. I am confident that the forestry sector will see the r ... Read more »

With the budding of tree and shrub species in the forest, the harmful activity of insects from the early spring phenological complex begins. These pests damage leaves, contribute to the development of infectious diseases like oak powdery mildew, and sometimes - with prolonged defoliation over several years - can reduce tree growth. The most common representatives of this group include the green oak tortrix, hawthorn leaf roller, mottled umber moth, winter moth, and others.

To prevent dam ... Read more »

In Dubrovnik (Croatia) on April 12-18, 2015, another conference was held within the framework of the European COST ACTION FP1103 FRAXBACK project "Ash Dieback in Europe: Developing Recommendations and Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management".

Four years ago, European scientists initiated a unique action - the international COST ACTION FP1103 FRAXBACK project "Ash Dieback in Europe: Developing Recommendations and Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management" to summarize data on this diseas ... Read more »