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PINE FORESTS IN LABIN'S, YESTERDAY - TODAY - TOMORROW
Organization(s):Srednja skola Mate Blazine Labin
Country:Croatia
Student(s):Andrea Batelić, Gita Glušić, Cristianna Licul, Erika Mileta, Nicoletta Milevoj, Patrik Vozila & Globe group
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):olivera tadić
Contributors:FORESTRY INSTITUTE, JASTREBARSKO
Utility company 1. maj Labin d.o.o
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Biometry (including Tree Height), Green-Up / Green-Down, Land Cover Classification
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:02/08/2025
We decided to reinvestigate pine forests. We assumed that twenty years is a enough period in life of the forest and changes will be visible.
QUESTIONS: How old are the pine forests? What is the state of pine forests today and what is their future?
Work is divided into two parts: fieldwork at six locations, we determined coordinates, cover, age, degree of damage, and took samples of soil and needles, which we analyzed in the second part. In work, we used GLOBE protocols and instructions of the FORESTRY INSTITUTE, Zagreb.
Through research, we confirmed our assumptions and got answers to questions:
The pine forests of Labin are in a worse condition, because the level 3 and 4 damage has increased significantly.
The oldest forest is at the Pineta, it was planted 120 years ago, age in the other locations corresponds to the development of Podlabin and Rabac.
Sources of soil and air pollution are not significant for damage of forests.
In the past period, a series of human activities reduced the area of forests.
It has been noted that human care for forests is not enough considering the values that are obtained from them, so we believe that this is the biggest reason for the decline of pine forests in our area.
We will monitor activities related to the preservation of our forests.