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Slovenian and Italian foresters help regenerate forest fire site Cerje to combat climate change

On Thursday, 5th of December 2019, over 65 foresters from Slovenia and Italy (Slovenia Forest Service, Slovenian Forestry Institute and Corpo Forestale Friuli Venezia Giulia) gathered to help in the reforestation effort of the fire forest site in Cerje. The fire, which took place in August 2019, damaged approximately 100 hectares (ha) of black pine forests. This was the second forest fire in last 30 years – a forest fire had previously damaged 250 ha of pine and 170 ha of deciduous forest stands in 1994. Then, the damaged site was afforested with seedlings of black pine (Pinus nigra) and european hophornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia).

During the action, foresters from both sides of the border planted 4000 seedlings of black pine of a suitable provenance at the damaged forest site. Along with reforestation and education, cross-border cooperation was a main theme of the event, which took place in the vicinity of The monument of peace Cerje.

When all of the seedlings were planted, Boris Rantaša from the Slovenia Forest Service presented the LIFEGENMON and Life SySTEMiC projects to the gathered participants. These projects address the topic of genetic diversity within the tree species and forest stands, which is extremely important in the context of adaptation of forests to climate change. This presentation was an introduction to a discussion on how foresters see and deal with the impacts of extreme weather events and climatic changes in their daily practice.

The event was also visited by media – the Slovenian national television RTV Slovenija will present the event in »Na lepše«, a TV programme dealing with the topics tourism and sustainability.

Photo: Boris Rantaša

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The Slovenia Forest Service is a public institution, established by the Republic of Slovenia, which performs public forestry service in all Slovenian forests, irrespective of ownership.

Our tasks and activities are connected with all fields of forest management on the national, regional and local levels: forest management planning, monitoring of forests, silviculture and forest protection, use of forest technologies, construction and maintenance of forest roads, monitoring of wild animal populations, hunting, forestry extension service for forest owners, research work, rural development activities, raising awareness and the education of forest owners, the general public and youth. The Slovenia Forest Service does not perform any felling, extraction, transport and selling of wood, nor forest trade. 

With approximately 730 employees, mostly forestry engineers, the Slovenia Forest Service is the largest forestry institution in Slovenia and a forestry institution of European importance. We operate by the principles of the Slovenian forestry school, planning and monitoring the implementation of sustainable, close-to-nature and multifunctional forest management. Our motto is: “Preservation and close-to-nature development of Slovenian forests and of all their functions for their sustainable and good management and use as well as nature conservation in forest space for the good of present and future generations.”

At the state level, the Slovenia Forest Service is organised with its central unit in Ljubljana, at the regional level in 14 regional units, and at local level into 69 local units and 391 forest districts. SFS also comprises 10 hunting reserves.

The Slovenia Forest Service is currently participating in 15 ongoing international projects. Since our founding, we were a partner or the lead partner in 33 finished projects, among these LIFE+, Interreg and projects by other funding mechanisms.