July 3, 2022Work group seminar in MuhuOn 1.-2. July, a seminar of our work group was held in Muhu. At the seminar, we talked about the…
July 1, 2022Aveliina Helm led the field trip at the international BIOGEOMON conferenceOn June 26 - 30, the international BIOGEOMON conference took place in Tartu. The conference focused on ecosystems and their…
June 19, 2022Aveliina's article about biodiversity was published in Riigikogu Toimetised journalThe main part of the Riigikogu Toimetised (No. 45) published in June is dedicated to the war in Ukraine and…
June 3, 2022Defences of bachelor's and master's thesesOn June 2 and 3, the bachelor's and master's theses of the Department of Botany were defended. Three of the…
June 3, 2022Message from David Attenborough on LIFE projectsThe European Commission has selected the Life to Alvars project as the best LIFE project ever carried out in Natura…
May 31, 2022Aveliina Helm became professor of restoration ecologyOn 27th of May senate of University of Tartu approved the proposal of the attestation committee in the Faculty of…
May 22, 2022Aveliina met with Frans Timmermans, the Vice President of the European CommissionOn May 19-20, Frans Timmermans, the vice-president responsible for the green revolution of the European Commission, visited Estonia. Part of…
May 18, 2022Landscape biodiversity and Macroecology workgroup joint seminar in LaelatuJoint seminar of the Landscape Biodiversity and Macroecology Working Groups was held May 11th in Laelatu. Both working groups presented…
May 17, 2022Cowslip campaign is in full swingThe citizen science project "Looking for Cowslips", led by our workgroup, is in full swing. Cowslip observations can be made…
May 11, 2022The alvar restoration project received the award for the best LIFE project everThe "Life for Alvars" project was selected by the European Commission as the best LIFE project ever carried out in…
May 10, 2022Marianne gave a talk at the PhD students' conferenceOn May 6-7, the conference of doctoral students of the Department of Botany and the Department of Zoology of the…
April 29, 2022Aveliina made a presentation at the 14th Estonian Ecology Conference14th Estonian Ecology Conference took place at 22th of April. Conference topic was "Estonian Landscapes 100", where various scientists and…
April 28, 2022Student research supervised by Triin received an awardThe final round of the National Contest of Young Scientists took place in Tartu on 12th-13th April. A research project…
April 26, 2022A new project about the restoration of wooded meadowsOur workgroup is participating in a new LIFE project aimed at restoring and maintaining wooded meadows in Estonia and Latvia.…
April 19, 2022Plant Geography course in TenerifeOur doctoral student Marianne attended a field course in Plant Geography at the beginning of April, which took place in…