Projects of the last 5 years
Projects funded by the budget of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
“Maintaining, preserving and using forest genetic resources as a valuable natural resource for sustainable bioeconomy and biodiversity conservation” – 2020-2022
“Genetic Fund of Local, Naturalized and Introduced Tree Species: Research, Conservation and Use” – 2023-2025
Subprojects:
“Influence of genotype, density and age on the growth of coppice-managed fast-growing broadleaf tree species”
“Genetic resources of Pinus peuce Gris. in “Pirin” National Park – status and possibilities for conservation”
“Genetic resources of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Bulgaria – status, use and conservation”
“Biotic and abiotic factors influencing the genetic resources of species of the Platanus family in Bulgaria”
“Characterization of soils and vegetation from agroforestry systems with poplar plantations along the Danube”
“Introduced tree species in the green infrastructure of Sofia – status and prospects”
Management of projects funded by National Science Found
“Combined impact of climate change and atmospheric deposition on forest ecosystems in natural and urban environments” – 2024-2026
“Adapted management of forest plantations under climate change conditions: a pilot study of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations” – 2021-2025
“Assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in high-mountain areas in Rila and Pirin for sustainable management of natural resources” – 2019-2023
“Mapping and comparative assessment of ecosystem services in mountain protected areas in the Rhodopes (Bulgaria) and Altai (Russia)” – 2019-2022
“Thermal properties of soils under different land use and land reclamation methods” – 2018-2020
“Assessment of the bioproductivity of fast-growing broadleaf tree species” – 2016-2021
Participation in projects funded by National Science Found
“Studies on the use of good forestry practices in Bulgaria” under COST Action CA 19128 – 2023-2024
“Study of the main factors leading to permanent growth depression of spruce forests in Bulgaria” – 2022-2025
“Study of the distribution and impact of the invasive alien species Impatiens glandulifera Royle on natural habitats in the Iskar River gorge between Lozenska planina and Plana” – 2019-2022
“Assessment of the regional contribution of Antarctic Island soils to the global carbon balance by determining the degree of stabilization and humification of organic matter” – 2019-2022
“Knowledge conversion for enhancing management of European riparian ecosystems and services” – 2018-2020
“Integrated approach for modeling the spread of forest fires” – 2017-2022
“Dendrochronology – creation of millennial rocks for dating the material cultural heritage of the Balkans” – 2017-2022
Projects funded by Ministries and other departments and/or other national funds
“Completion of the process of mapping and assessing the state of ecosystems and their services and green infrastructure on the territory of the NATURA 2000 network, as well as a monetary assessment of ecosystems and their services” – 2025-2027
“Providing data for reporting critical loads for sulfur, nitrogen, acidity and heavy metals for main types of terrestrial ecosystems in Bulgaria” – 2021-2024
“Protection of the environment and reduction of the risk of adverse events and natural disasters. WP I.1.4 Impact of climate change on forest ecosystems” – 2021-2024
“Improvement of the conservation status of natural habitats 4070 and 5130 under the parameter “Future prospects” – 2021-2023
“Development and implementation of an up-to-date model for calculating and mapping critical loads for sulfur, nitrogen, acidity and heavy metals for main types of terrestrial ecosystems for reporting to ICP “Modelling & Mapping” – 2021-2022
“Upgrading of distributed scientific infrastructure – Bulgarian Network for Long-term Ecosystem Studies” – 2020-2027
“Invasive alien plant species in the main tributaries of the Danube river in Bulgaria and Romania” – 2020-2021
“Performing an inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG) from the sector “Land use, land use change and forestry” (LULUCF) and the relevant part of the National Communication under the UNFCCC for 2018 and 2019 – 2019-2021
Elaboration of applied software – 2017-2025
Projects funded by other European and International programs and funds
“Capacity building on sustainable utilization of ecosystem services by local communities in mountain regions – CAPLOCOM” INTERREG – 2021-2022