Project number: CRP V4-2218
Project duration: from 1.10.2022 till 30.9.2025
Overall budget: 150.000 €
Cofinancing: 100 % Slovenian Research And Innovation Agency and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Lead partner: Slovenian Forestry Institute
In the project "Determining the effectiveness of different approaches in the implementation of the forest order to prevent overpopulation of spruce beetles using the most effective pheromone preparation and traps" (V4-2218), we are studying how different approaches to managing felling residues reduce the risk of over-population of spruce bark beetles in the surrounding forests. The research is being carried out in three locations in Slovenia.
The proposed project aims to achieve the following objectives:
- To determine the importance of post-harvest residues for further outbreaks of spruce bark beetles;
- to identify the impact of geographical and climatic factors and different forest management approaches in reducing the risk of further Bark Beetle outbreaks;
- identify the importance of the fallen bark of infested trees as a source of spruce bark beetles for the following season by identifying the timely production of summer spruce bark beetle infestation bark beetles on the occurrence of spruce bark beetle hotspots in the following season;
- monitoring the effectiveness of forest management to prevent the over-breeding of Boletus spp. using traps and pheromones, which have proven to be the most effective for monitoring spruce bark beetles for the purpose of predicting over-breeding;
- the capacity of forestry contractors to implement appropriate forest management following sanitary logging for spruce bark beetles;
- propose changes to the legal framework for forest management.
