News

Bill Mason, has passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Bill has been CCFG Chair for over 10 years and has provided kind and gentle guidance.

New Board of Prosilva elected

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At the General Assemly of Pro Silva in Myjava, May 28th new board members were elected. Tomáš Vrška took over precidency, and Eckart Senitza will support him as vice president.

Guidelines on Closer-To-Nature Forest Management

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EU has published and translated guidelines on closer-to-nature forest mangement in all European languages.

Pro Silva Annual Meeting Slovakia 2024

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The next Annual Meeting of Pro Silva will be in Myjava (western Slovakia) from 28th to 31st May under the title "Upscaling close to nature practices for wider acceptancence"

Pro Silva Annual Meeting Ireland 2023

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The last Annual Meeting of Pro Silva was in Co.Wicklow (Ireland) under the title "transforming forests and forest cultures in a changing world" - you find new fotos, reports and videos

News from Portugal 2023

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Pro Silva Portugal reports several participations in projects

historical Pro Silva Annual Meetings

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Many of the historical Annual Meetings are documented online now. 9 meetings from 1990 to 2001 will be under reconstruction soon.

Pro Silva in Brussels at European Commisson

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Pro Silva was invited as a European organisation to Brussels for the conference "Forests for Biodiversity and Climate". The 30th anniversary event in September 2019 was also well received.

Exemplary Forests Network

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Pro Silva announces that is going to summarize and present all their exemplary forests all over Europe

Pro Silva Polonia

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Chairman

Maciej Pach, PhD., DSc.

Department of Forest Ecology and Silviculture
Faculty of Forestry
University of Agriculture in Krakow
al. 29-Listopada 46 31-425

Kraków - POLAND
Tel: +48 12 6625371; Fax: +48 12 4119715

e-mail: rlpach(at)cyf-kr.edu.pl
maciej.pach(at)urk.edu.pl
https://en.urk.edu.pl/

Committee Members

Dorota Dobrowolska

Forest Research Institute
Braci Lesnej 305-090 Raszyn,
PL525-00-09-200

e-mail: d.dobrowolska(at)ibles.waw.pl

Daniel Lemke

Regional Manager of forest district Bytów

ul. Szarych Szeregów 7
77-100 Bytów
Poland

e-mail: daniel.lemke(at)szczecinek.lasy.gov.pl
private: daniellemke70(at)gmail.com

Janusz Szmyt

Departament of Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Ul. Wojska Polskiego 71a
Poznan

e-mail: janusz.szmyt(at)up.poznan.pl

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Pro Silva Polonia

Pro Silva Polonia was founded 2021

The official name: PRO SILVA POLONIA

Present status: Participant of Commission for International Exchange – Polish Forestry Society (The biggest forestry related polish NGO)

Further status: Independent Commision of Polish Forestry Society (Under agreement with President of Polish Forestry Society – Mr. Janusz Dawidziuk)

Number of members: 5

Board of Pro Silva Polonia:

Daniel Lemke – Chairman – District Manager at Polish Forestry Servce (Govermental Enterprise managing polish state forests)

Dorota Dobrowolska – professor of forest science at Forest Research Institute
Janusz Szmyt – professor of forest science at Forestry Faculty in Poznan University
Maciej Pach- professor of forest science at Forestry Faculty in Krakow University
Leszek Bialobok – scientist at Forestry Faculty in Warsaw Agricultural University

Plan for year 2022:

Votes for chairman and other functions of board
Translate to polish Pro Silva Priciples
Start up – first Pro Silva meeting – for any people in polish forestry involved and interested in topic of close to nature forestry
Looking for support from state forestry authorities, fund rising and developing amount of members

Fotos by (c) Janusz Szmyt, Daniel Lemke (3)

foto gallery (c) by Eckart Senitza from the integrate meeting in Torun (2019)