The “Baár-Madas Református Gimnázium” represents Hungary in the international finals The team of ‘Baár-Madas Református Gimnázium’ from Budapest won the Young People in European Forests (YPEF) contest’s national finals in Hungary, so they represent the country in 2011. 28 to 29 September at the international finals held in Poland, where thirteen European countries’ students compare their skills.

The winners of the contest, which in Hungary was announced jointly by the Hungarian Forestry Association and the “Kitaibel Pál” School Competition will participate in a three-day preparatory camp in the “Madas András” Forest School in Visegrád thanks to the “Pilisi Parkerdő” Forestry Co. Ltd in July.

The best of the 17 Hungarian team entered for the contest in English compared their knowledge on June 25 at the national finals this year in the Forestry Information Centre in Budapest. In the award ceremony Gergely Lomniczi, Secretary General of the Hungarian Forestry Association, said that Hungary was not occupied in decreasing forest area in the “International Year of Forest”, as the country's forests had increased steadily over the last hundred years. Though the whole society has to make aware, preserving of this natural heritage is our shared responsibility.

The top three teams:

I.: Baár-Madas Református Gimnázium, Budapest
Anna Kemenes
Zsolt Pásztori
Gergely Ujvári
teacher: Dávid Vetlényi

II.: Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium, Szeged
Anna Nászai
Noémi Országh
Anna Vadász
teacher: Éva Fazekasné Gulyás, Viktória Gál

III.: Eötvös József Gimnázium, Tata
Annoh Jennifer
Máté Éliás
Márton Fazekas
teacher: Jankyné Jurecska Mária