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November 2025

On 26 November 2025, the first cross-border workshop of the Interreg project TransForMon took place in Litoměřice. Representatives of scientific institutions from Charles University Prague and TU Dresden, as well as national park administrations, came together to discuss the project's achievements to date and future work. The programme included the presentation of the new publicly accessible TransForMon web portal, an insight into the created data catalogue, which mainly contains orthophotos and aerial photographs of Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland dating back to the 1950s, and the database on forest projects that have taken place in the two national parks, as well as reports on current and future UAV and botanical data collection.

The second part of the workshop focused on the next steps of the project. Planned work on analysing forest development and forest health, virtual forest walks and the establishment of a cross-border data portal for national park administrations was presented. Concepts for greater involvement of local groups such as schools, local initiatives and organisations were also discussed. Finally, the lead project partner presented initial ideas for an action plan for cross-border communication with the public in the national parks and for a cross-border strategy for the collection, harmonisation and exchange of forest data in the national parks.

The first face-to-face meeting between the project partners was particularly beneficial. The direct exchange and lively discussions created a very constructive atmosphere and proved to be productive for the next steps in the project. The workshop ended with important impetus for the continuation of the collaboration in 2026 and 2027.