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                         Newest research 
                        The department collaborates with the Faculty of Forestry 
                          in Zagreb, the Institute of Forestry in Jastrebarsko 
                          and the enterprise "Croatian forests" on the 
                          experimental project about karst problem. It researches 
                          into methods of biological amelioration, the choice 
                          of forest species by afforestation, erosion and the 
                          protection of soil, the influence of fire on the vegetation, 
                          biotope and the landscape in the coastal part of Croatia, 
                          recultivation of damaged soils and the right management 
                          of the karst, by which their present state will be improved 
                          and their durability secured. 
                        In the recent years the department has been working on 
                        the following projects and tasks: 
                        
                          - negative influence on the forest and the augmentation 
                            of their protection,
 
                          - management of karst forests for pasture ,
 
                          - the choice of forest species by afforestation and 
                            the methods of biological amelioration,
 
                          - erosion and the protection of soil on the karst,
 
                          - the augmentation of production and stability of 
                            forest ecosystems.
 
                         
                        For that aim the permanent experimental plots on the karst 
                        were made. |