On 3 May 2023, alternate CoR member Robert Zeman co-organised, withmain partner Městské lesy Volary s.r.o., a local conference focused on sustainable management of municipalforests.
Foresters, local rural politicians and specialists, exchanged experiences and views on management activities focused on biodiversity, long time stability of forest as a big tool for global warming decreasing. Special guests on this conference were representives of NP Šumava and NP Tusheti from Georgia.
Programme
- Welcome speech by the mayor of Volary Mgr. Bc. Martina Pospíšilová
- Introduction of Committee of Regions by Robert ZEMAN, alternate member of the European Committee of Regions and councillor of Prachatic, moderator of the meeting
- Performance of Ing. Oldřich VLASÁK, member of the European Committee of Regions and councilor of Hradec Králové
- Presentation of farming close to nature in urban forests
- Interactive discussion
- Working lunch
- Outdoor walk in the forest with examples of farming ML Volary for representatives of NP Tušsko
Participants included:
- ML Prachatice representative – Ing. Jan Pesta
- Representative of OL Zbytiny – Tomáš Kuberna
- The representative of OL Záblatí – Ing. Emilie Vopeláková
- Representative of NP Šumava – Ing. Jan Kozel
- Representatives of NP Tusheti, Georgia