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Forests face new threats from both native pest species with changing biology and behaviour, and also non-native, sometimes even invasive, pest species; the latter of which are often very difficult to manage.Recognizing this issue, the countries of Europe and Central Asia established the Forest Invasive Species Network for Europe and Central Asia (REUFIS) where scientists, forest managers and policy-makers can share information and coordinate activities related to forest invasive species.

Oaks are one of the dominating tree species in many forest types across the region, and play an important economic, societal and ecological role. Protection of the oak species from pests and diseases is pivotal for future of regional forests and forest ecosystems.

The webinar will

Raise awareness and preparedness for future pest and disease outbreaks in oak forests;
Share experiences on good practises on Integrated Pest Management for pests and diseases of oak tree species;
Contribute to the goals of the International Year of Plant Health 2020.

The recording of the webinar is available here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8bRyzGSl-s&feature=youtu.be

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Speakers

Alexis Ducousso
UMR BioGeCo, INRAE, France

György Csóka
NARIC Forest Research Institute, Hungary

Boris Hrašovec
University of Zagreb, Croatia

Uliana Chernova
Russian State Agrarian University, Russian Federation

Dani Nurgissaevna Sarsekova
S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Kazakhstan

Dániel Andrési
OakeyLife project, Kiskunság Forestry and Wood Processing Inc., Hungary

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Contingency plans and early warning systems – how can they help protect forests?

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24.11.2021.

Forests face new continuous threats from both native pest species with changing biology and behaviour, as well as from non-native, invasive species; the latter of which are often very difficult to manage.

Recognizing this issue, the Forest Invasive Species Network for Europe and Central Asia (REUFIS) has created a platform where scientists, forest managers and policymakers can share information and coordinate activities related to forest invasive species.

Early warning/early action (EWEA) systems are valuable tools to mitigate potentially detrimental events such as pest and disease outbreaks through preventative activities. Contingency plans both generic and pest-specific also have the potential to enable more rapid and efficient response to pest incursions and outbreaks. Well formulated EWEA systems and contingency plans provide better preparedness and guidance to industries, scientists, regulators, communities and public on what actions to take and how to implement them in an event of an incursion or outbreak as well as how to recover from after such event. Both EWEA systems and contingency plans can support forest health and resilience towards pest outbreaks.

The webinar will

Raise awareness and preparedness for future pest and disease outbreaks in our
Introduce contingency planning and
Share experiences on early warning systems and contingency

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Moderator

Shiroma Sathyapala
Forestry Officer, FAO HQ

Speakers

Ferenc Lakatos
Secretary of REUFIS University of Sopron, Hungary

Andrea Battisti
University of Padova, Italy

Yuriy Skrylnyk
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration, Ukraine

Giorgi Berechikidze
LEPL National Forestry Agency, Georgia

Henrik Thurfjell
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Natalia I. Kirichenko
Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Russian Federation

Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi
Forestry Officer, FAO REU

For more information on the FAO webpage click here.

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Monitoring of native and introduced saproxylic insects for effective prevention and management

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28.06.2022

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Combating invasive plants

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14-16. October 2025

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1.1_S_Sathyapala_FAO Forest health activities

1.2_Lakatos_F_REUFIS summary

1.3_Lakatos_HU_Invasive plants in Hungary

1.4_Szidonya_HU_Controlling invasiva woody plants

2.1_Poljanec_SI_SFS_REUFIS

2.2_Kutnar et al_Alien plants in Slovenia

2.3_de Groot et al_SI_Citizen science

3.1_Ahmesula_Albania_Invasive plants in AL

3.2_Stefan Bojic_BiH_Invasive plants in B&H forests and urban landscapes

3.3_Ostojic_MN_IAS in Montenegro

3.4_Altandzieva_MKD_FIS in N-Macedonia

3.5_Poljakivic-Pajnik_SRB_Invasive Plants in RS

3.6_Ciorchina_MD_Forest Invasive Species in MD_14-16.10.2025

4.2_Lapin-Amon_AT_Alien Plants in Austrian Forests

4.3_Rell et al_SK_invasive plants in Slovakia

4.4_Økland_NO_Invasive plants Norway

4.5_Balacenoiu_RO_Invasive forest plants in Romania

4.6_Czyzewska_PL_IAS in Polish forests

5.1_Kirakosyan_ARM_Invasive plants in Armenia

5.2_Cortu-Uykun_TR_Invasive plnats in Turkiye

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The role of invasive species in urban forest planning

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4-6 June 2024

Place of the venue: Skopje, North Macedonia

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TIME	SESSION
Tuesday, 04 June 2024
09:00 - 09:15	Opening Ceremony Ferenc Lakatos – University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS Shiroma Sathyapala – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sasho Petrovski – Regional centre for forestry and rural development (REFORD)
09:15 – 10:30	Panel Discussion: Tree Species in Urban Landscapes • European urban tree inventory Benno Andreas Augustinus – Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland • Mitigation of the negative impact of allergenic trees in urban green areas in Hungary Donát Magyar – National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy, Hungary László Orlóci – Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary • New invasive pests threatening the European and Mediterranean forests: an EPPO perspective Dmitrii Musolin – EPPO
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00	Panel Discussion: Forest Health Challenges in Urban Areas • Tree diseases: Combating misinformation in a rapidly changing world Lucio Montecchio – University of Padova, Italy • Major pests and diseases of trees in urban areas Milka Glavendekic – University of Belgrade, Serbia • Biological control of tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Erhard Halmschlager – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 18:00	Country Presentations • The invasive species Cydalima perspectalis (Walker.) as a threat to the natural sites of Buxus spp. in the Republic of North Macedonia Sterja Nacheski – Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia • GRIIS – North Macedonia: Invasive Alien Woody Plants Bojan Simovski – Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia • 120 years with chestnut blight: which lessons have we learned? Kiril Sotirovski – St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia • Occurrence of Anoplophora chinensis in urban areas of Slovenia Eva Groznik – Slovenian Forest Institute, Slovenia • Urban and forest tree protection in Ukraine Denys Baturkin – State Specialized Forest Protection Enterprise Kharkivlisozakhist, Ukraine • Phoenix rising from ashes: Safeguarding ash trees against invasive threats Kateryna Davydenko – G.M.V. Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration, Ukraine • Invasive alien species in Polish forests Małgorzata Czyżewska – General State Forest Directorate, Poland • Biological protection in forestry, use of entomopathogenic fungi Slavomír Rell – Forest Protection Service, Slovakia
18:00	Dinner
Wednesday, 05 June 2024
09:00 – 17:00	Field Visit Various locations in the vicinity of Skopje: • Dendro-park of the Forest Faculty (urban park of woody species, lower altitude) • Gazi Baba Nature Park (Protected area – anti-erosive urban landscaping) • Vodno Natural Monument (Protected area – anti-erosive urban landscaping on northern slopes)
18:00	Dinner
Thursday, 06 June 2024
09:00 – 13:00	REUFIS Focal Points Meeting • Updates on forest invasive species and management challenges in REUFIS member countries REUFIS focal points • REUFIS 2024-2025 workplan Shiroma Sathyapala – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Ferenc Lakatos – University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS
13:00 – 14:00	Closing Lunch

Downloadable presentations:

01_Augustinus-REUFIS-2024_06_04

02_Magyar-Orloci-REUFIS-2024-06-04

03_Musolin-REUFIS-2024-06-04

04_Montecchio-REUFIS-2024-06-04

05_Glavendekic-REUFIS-2024-06-04

06_Halmschlager-REUFIS-2024-06-04

07_Shurbevski-REUFIS-2024-06-04

08_Simovski-REUFIS-2024-06-04

09_Sotirovski-REUFIS-2024-06-04

10_Groznik-REUFIS-2024-06-04

11_Baturkin-REUFIS-2024-06-04

12_Davydenko-REUFIS-2024-06-04

13_Czyzewska-REUFIS-2024-06-04

14_Rell-REUFIS-2024-06-04

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Annual meeting of the Forest Invasive Species

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26-28 June 2023

26-28 June 2023
Place of the venue: Sopron, Hungary

26 June 2023, Monday (Hybrid)
Arrival of participants
11:30	Meeting at the Reception of Hotel Lővér
12:00 – 13:30	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
13:30 – 14:00	Registration, University of Sopron, Ligneum
14:00 – 14:15	Welcome Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, FAO REU
14:15 – 16:00	REUFIS meeting – part 1 – moderated by Ferenc Lakatos Overview of Remote Sensing and GIS Applications for Forest Monitoring – Géza Király, Kornél Czimber, University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry, Sopron
16:00 – 16:30	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00	The Hungarian Forest Health Monitoring System – Current methods, future possibilities – Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Faculty of Forestry, Sopron Forest Health Monitoring Systems across the globe – Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
19:00	Dinner together – Hotel Lővér
27 June 2023, Tuesday – REUFIS meeting (Hybrid)
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome Ferenc Lakatos, University of Sopron, Secretary of REUFIS Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, FAO REU Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
9:15 – 10:30	REUFIS meeting – part 2: Keynote presentations – moderated by Ferenc Lakatos *Modelling Ips typographus* development and predisposition to outbreaks in Austria – Sigrid Netherer, Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria (online) Monitoring the status and expansion of bark beetle problems in the north-western corner of Europe – Bjørn Økland**, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) As, Norway
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30	REUFIS meeting – part 3 – moderated by Shiroma Sathyapala Country presentations – part 1 Digital solution in pest surveillance in Ukraine – Denys Baturkin, Ukraine Digital solutions for monitoring bark beetle damages in Belarus – Mikhail Ilyuchyk, Belarus
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
14:00 – 15:30	Country presentations – part 2 The Bulgarian practices and needs – Petya Mateva, Executive Forest Agency, Directorate Forestry From the sky to the canopy – Mara Tabakovic-Tosic, Institute of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia On the system of forest health monitoring in the Russian Federation – Anastasia Kozadaeva, engineer of Department of state forest pathology monitoring organization, Russian Centre of Forest Health, the Russian Federation Discussion Wrap up and closing of REUFIS meeting, Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00	Meeting of the REUFIS focal points Current issues in the REUFIS member countries (interventions by focal points): *The state of development of the outbreak of mass reproduction of the bark beetle Ips typorgraphus* in the spruce forests of the European part of Russia – Yuri Gninenko, senior researcher, Head of Laboratory for forest protection against invasive species, Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry, (VNIILM), the Russian Federation Agrilus planipennis, Polygraphus proximus, and its associated Corinectria spp.: approaching threats to European ash and fir – Rimvys Vasaitis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden REUFIS workplan 2023-2025, Shiroma Sathyapala & Ferenc Lakatos** Discussion and conclusions
18:00	Dinner together – Restaurant in the city of Sopron (Main Square: Gyógygödör)
28 June 2023, Wednesday – Field & laboratory training (Offline)
9:00 – 12:00	Departure to Forest Study Company Ltd., Sopron mountains (from the Hotel Lővér) – approx. 5km walking in the forest
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch – University Restaurant (Nyugat)
13:00 – 15:00	REUFIS meeting – part 4 – University of Sopron, Inst. of Forest and Natural Resource Management (Building A) Modern molecular biology applications in forest diagnostics and protection – György Sipos, University of Sopron, Hungary How to use data acquired? – Open discussion
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00	Feedback from participants regarding the meeting
17:00 – 18:00	Shuttle for participants leaving on Wednesday from the University
18:00	Dinner together – Hotel Lővér
30 June 2023, Friday – Departure of participants
9:00	Project meeting on TCP/RER/3801
13:00	Departure of participants