To preserve the natural genetic pattern of species and to avoid the introduction of non-adapted ecotypes during restoration, seed transfer should be spatially restricted. Instead of applying administrative borders in the absence of species-specific empirical data, biogeographical knowledge can be used as a proxy. Hungary was used as a suitable test...
Planned actions of the Green Infrastructure subproject were:
The restoration of unused urban-industrial areas has largely been neglected despite their great potential for nature conservation purposes. The research activities of the Group have been transferred to the East of Hungary in 2013 when the new LEGO factory requested the re-naturalization of its industrial territory at 26,5 hectares. The...
Developing the EU Biodiversity Research Strategy - BioStrat is a Specific Support Action (SSA) funded by the EU Sixth Framework Programme starting on the 1st of November 2006 and coordinated by the Institute of Ecology and Botany of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The project involves 34 partners from 32 countries and aims to further develop...
