Long-term programme of the research and monitoring of natural forests in the Czech Republic is carried out with the financial support from various sources. Here is a list of projects that enabled us to carry out our programme continuously since 1994.
The running projects have highlighted interval of duration.
54) Šumava National Park Contract / National Recovery Plan – "name"
Provider: Šumava National Park AdministrationResponsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2024-2026
53) Grant Agency of the Forests of the Czech Republic – "3D-Trainer
Assessment Methodology of the Simulated Forest Cultivation Interventions"
Provider: Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2024-2026
51) TA ČR CL01000058 ACUVEG "Determination and optimization of vegetation belts of natural woody composition serving to traffic noise attenuation"
Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Transport Research Centre, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2024-2026
51) GA ČR P504/24-11119S "A global model of treethrow forms and the role of tree mortality in carbon storage"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2024-2026
50) HORIZON – RIA 101081177: Effects of rewilding in forests and agricultural lands on carbon sequestration and diversity (WILDCARD)
Provider: Horizon Europe
Responsible: University degli Studi di Udine
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2024-2027
49) INTER-EXCELLENCE INTER-COST LUC23023 "A step towards advanced forest inventory through laser scanning and 3D modelling. Can field surveys be minimized?"
Provider: Ministry of the Education, Youth And Sports of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (GCRI)
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2023-2025
48) National Recovery Plan – "Potencial sun exposition and shadow effect quantification of tree layer at National Park Podyjí research plots"
Provider: National Park Podyjí Administration
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2023
47) GA ČR – "How traits mediate tree interactions with neighbours, enemies and mutualists: explaining coexistence mechanisms in temperate and tropical forests"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2023-2025
46) Ministry of the Environment - "Biological research and monitoring at landscape level of Czechia. Assuring expert support for environment department activities." Chapter F - "Developmental dynamics and biodiversity changes of natrual forests" (continuing)
Provider: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2023-2027
National Park Bohemian Switzerland SNCP 00354/2021 - "National Park Bohemian Switzerland compex monitoring. The species succession monitoring."
Provider: National Park Czech Switzerland AdministrationResponsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2021-2023
45) GA ČR ARRS 21-47163L – "Physiological, morphological and growth response of fir and beech along the geographical gradient - basis for predicting future development trends"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2021-2024
44) TA ČR SS0310134 – "Tree-ring database as a tool for description and prediction of responses of the main forest tree species to climate change"
Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Charles University, Faculty of Science
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2021-2024
43) TA ČR SS02030018 – "Center for Landscape and Biodiversity (DivLand)"
Program: SS – Program aplikovaného výzkumu, experimentálního vývoje a inovací v oblasti životního prostředí – Prostředí pro život
Subprogram: Podprogram 3 – Dlouhodobé environmentální a klimatické perspektivy, WG B. Forest Ecosystems
Provider: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2021-2026
Herwart 3 - Šumava National Park - "Role of strong disturbances in old-growth forest dynamics at Boubin Reserve - 3"
Provider: Šumava National Park AdministrationResponsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2021-2023
42) Grant Agency of the Forests of the Czech Republic – "Optimalizace soustavy lesů ponechaných samovolnému vývoji
Návrh reprezentativní soustavy území ponechaných samovolnému vývoji v lesích u LČR"
Provider: Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2020-2021
41) Šumava National Park - "Vědecká dendrochronologická analýza vybraných přírodě blízkých lesních porostů
v 1. a 2. zóně NP Šumava"
Provider: Šumava National Park Administration
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2020-2021
40) GA ČR P504/20-09895S – "Biodiversity, disturbance history and soil memory: testing the Holocene continuity of speciesrich
forest-steppe ecosystems"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2020-2022
39) GA ČR P504/20-17282S – "Scaling of biotic interactions in temperate and tropical forest"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2020-2022
Herwart 2 - Šumava National Park - "Role of strong disturbances in old-growth forest dynamics at Boubin Reserve - 2"
Provider: Šumava National Park Administration
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2020-2021
38) GA ČR P504/16-18022S – "The mystery of biogenic soil creep: the biogeomorphic role of trees in temperate and tropical
forests and its ecological consequences"
Provider: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2019-2021
37) INTER-EXCELLENCE INTER-ACTION LTAUSA 18200 "Understanding structure and dynamics of temperate forests of Northern Hemisphere – Introduction to the 3rd dimension"
Provider: Ministry of the Education, Youth And Sports of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2019-2022
36) INTERREG V-A Austria - Czechia; ConNAT T 3.2. - "Biodivesity Assessment in the Forests of Podyjí National Park"
Provider: Ministry of the Education, Youth And Sports of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Podyjí National Park Administration / National Park Thayatal
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2018-2020
35) Military Forests and Farms of the Czech Republic - "Forest Management Optimizaiton at the example of Břevniště model area with respect to protection object in Boletice SCI"
Provider: Military Forests and Farms of the Czech Republic, state enterprise
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2018-2021
34) Ministry of the Environment - "Biological research and monitoring at landscape level of Czechia. Assuring expert support for environment department activities." Chapter F - "Developmental dynamics and biodiversity changes of natrual forests"
Provider: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2018-2022
Herwart 1 - Šumava National Park - "Role of strong disturbances in old-growth forest dynamics at Boubin Reserve - 1"
Provider: Šumava National Park AdministrationResponsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2018-2020
33) Grant Agency of the Forests of the Czech Republic – "Processing of terrestrial laser scanning data for aboveground biomass and timber quality estimation of standing trees using 3D Forest software"
Provider: Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2018
32) GA ČR P504/16-18022S – "Spatiotemporal differences in competition between tropical and temperate forest: diversity matters"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2016-2018
31) GA ČR P504/16-15319S – " Ecosystem engineering and soil complexity in old-growth temperate forests"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2016-2018
30) „Grant Agency of the Forests of the Czech Republic – "Complex analysis of biological value of near-natural forest stands in the Protected Landscape Area Bohemian Forest and the proposal of it multifunctional silvicultural approach"
Providers: Forests of the Czech Republic, state enterprise and Sumava National Park Administration
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2016-2018
29) Norway Grants EHP-CZ02-OV-1-021-2014 – "Monitoring of natural forests of the Czech Republic"
Providers: Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2015-2016
28) GA ČR P504/15-14840S – "Mixed severity disturbances as drivers of structural variability, carbon dynamics, and biodiversity at stand and landscape levels in spruce forests"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2015-2017
27) GA ČR P504/15-23242S – "Do the laws of the metabolic scaling theory apply in European temperate old-growth forests? Testing at multiple spatial scales."
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2015-2017
26) GA ČR P504/13-27454S – „Deadwood decomposition dynamics in natural temperate forests"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2013-2017
25) AMVIS/KONTAKT II – LH12039 "Role of disturbance in soil formation and soil variability in temperate forests: synthesis through soil-formation-processes, spatial and time scales"
Providers: American Science Information Center / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2012-2015
24) AMVIS/KONTAKT II – LH12038 "Mixed temperate forests dynamics – integration and objectification of conceptual models"
Providers: American Science Information Center / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2012-2015
23) NAZV K3.1.3 – „Spatio-temporal pattern of bark beetle spreadig in the natural temperate forest after distrurbance"
Providers: Ministry of Agriculture
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2012-2015
22) GA ČR P504/12/P900 – „Empirical inferences about the growth responses of Central European temperate forest trees to disturbance events"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2012-2014
21) Smithsonian Institute Global Earth Observatory: Establishment of Zofin Forest Dynamics Plot
Providers: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2012-2013
20) OPVK 7.2.4 (CZ.1.07) – "Platform for Research and Inventory of Forest Ecosystems"
Providers: European Union / European Social Found in CZE / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of CZE
Responsible: Mendel University in Brno
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Project partner
Duration: 2012-2014
19) OPVK 7.2.3 (CZ.1.07) – „Coppice Forests as the production and biological alternative for the future"
Providers: European Union / European Social Found in CZE / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of CZE
Responsible: MENDELU in Brno
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2012-2014
18) GA ČR P504/11/2301 – „Tree spatial pattern dynamics in near-natural temperate forests"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2011-2014
17) GA ČR P504/11/2135 – „The effect of disturbance regime on soil variability and soil formation on a coarse spatial scale in a primeval temperate forest"
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2011-2013
16) GA ČR P504/10/1644 - “Natural disturbance regimes of mountain Norway spruce forests: the basis of ecological forest management“
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2010-2014
15) GA ČR P504/10/2018 - “New perspective on temperate old-growth forests' dynamics - linkage of ongoing accesses“
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2010-2013
14) GA ČR 526/09/P335 - “Process of soil formation in naturally disturbed (spruce)-fir-beech natural forest“
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2009-2011
13) VaV SP/2d2/138/08 – „Dendromass cycling in near-natural forests of the Czech Republic depending upon time and different habitats"
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2008-2010
12) VaV SM/6/153/05 - “Monitoring the development dynamics of natural forests left to spontaneous development; preparation of methodology for the selection of areas with communities meant to be left exposed to the effect of mostly natural forces, proposal of methods and procedures for the management of these areas.“
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2007-2010
11) Research plan MSM 6293359101 - “Research into the sources and indicators of biodiversity in cultivated landscape in the context of its fragmentation dynamics“
Providers: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2005-2011
10) VaV SM/6/153/05 – „Monitoring the development dynamics of natural forests left to spontaneous development; preparation of methodology for the selection of areas with communities meant to be left exposed to the effect of mostly natural forces, proposal of methods and procedures for the management of these areas.“
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, p.r.i.
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2005-2008
9) NATMAN – „Nature based management of beech forests in Europe“
Providers: European Commission
Responsible: Royal Veterinary and Agriculture University Copenhagen
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2001-2004
8) COST E-27 – „Protected forest areas in Europe – Analysis and Harmonisation (PROFOR)“
Providers: European Commission
Responsible: Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 2002-2006
7) VaV 610/6/02 - “Research and gathering of knowledge on the condition and spread of natural forests in the Czech Republic“
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2002-2004
6) GA ČR 526/02/0025 - “Research into the developmental dynamics of virgin forest ecosystems in the Czech Republic“
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 2002-2004
5) GA ČR 526/99/0050 - “Research into the developmental dynamics of virgin forest reserves in the Czech Republic“
Providers: Czech Science Foundation
Responsible: Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 1999-2001
4) VaV 610/01/99-1.2 - “The analysis of forest ecosystems in the system of existing small-scale particularly protected areas aimed at the system optimization“
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 1999-2001
3) COST E-4 – „Forest Reserve Research Network“
Providers: European Commission
Responsible: Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA)
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 1997-2000
2) VaV 610/1/1996 – „Sledování dynamiky vývoje pralesovitých rezervací v ČR“
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Responsible project partner
Duration: 1996-1998
1) Nature Conservation (Ministry of the Environnment) - "Monitoring the developmental dynamics of virgin forest reserves in the Czech Republic"
Providers: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
Responsible: Czech Institute of Nature Conservation
Position of the Department of Forest Ecology: Collaborator
Duration: 1994-1995
