Edukad projektid

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FORest management strategies to enhance the MITigation potential of European forests

acronym: FORMIT
start: 2012-10-01
end: 2016-09-30
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: KBBE - Toit, põllumajandus ja biotehnoloogia
instrument: CP-FP - Väikese- ja keskmisemahulised koostööprojektid
call identifier: FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
project number: 311970
duration in months: 48
partner count: 12
 
abstract: Forest management can lead to continuous carbon sequestration, while timber as a renewable energy source can used as a substitute for fossil fuel, thus multiplying this mitigation effect. FORMIT aims to develop forest management scenarios for carbon sequestration in Europe, including mitigation measures and management strategies for different regions, and accounting for trade-offs with other forest functions. FORMIT will bring new insights into options for carbon storage in forests accounting for historical management practices, regional differences, and management scenarios and modes of operation. This includes options for biofuel use, links between biodiversity conservation and management strategies, and economics of timber production. Mitigation encompasses carbon storage in forests, carbon in forest products, and substitution of fossil fuel. Stand and forest type estimates will be scaled up to a European-wide assessment using available forest inventory data. Forest management options aimed at mitigation will be proposed, accounting for trade-offs between forest functions, and including selection of tree species and mixtures, rotation and silviculture techniques. Based on current knowledge, the expected impact of climate change on tree growth and forest functioning will be assessed, accounting for site differences and regional climate change. In quantifying and analysing the trade-offs between carbon mitigation strategies and other forest functions, we will involve a user panel with representatives of major forest management agencies and associations in Europe. The panel will also provide input for a multicriteria analysis to identify consistent and flexible scenarios for forest management. The project will deliver management options and implementation strategies for European forests, focusing on mitigation while safeguarding other forest functions, and accounting for regional differences in environmental and socio-economic conditions.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT NL Godefridus M.J. Mohren http://www.wageningenuniversiteit.nl/UK/
2 partner UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN AT Hubert Hasenauer http://www.boku.ac.at
3 partner UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG DE Linda Reams-Behboud http://www.uni-hamburg.de/
4 partner UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DEL MOLISE IT Giovanni Cannata
5 partner HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO FI Sanna-Maija Kiviranta http://www.helsinki.fi/university
6 partner KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN BE Tine Heylen http://www.kuleuven.be
7 partner Ceska zemedelska univerzita v Praze CZ Miroslav Svoboda http://www.czu.cz
8 partner UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJO OG BIOVITENSKAP NO Birger Solberg http://www.umb.no
9 partner INSTITUT TECHNOLOGIQUE FCBA (FORETCELLULOSE BOIS-CONSTRUCTION AMEUBLEMENT) FR Alain Bailly http://www.fcba.fr
10 partner UNIVERSITY STEFAN CEL MARE SUCEAVA RO Marian Dragoi http://www.usv.ro/
11 partner Tartu Observatoorium EE Mait Lang http://www.aai.ee
12 partner SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO PL Michal Zasada http://www.sggw.waw.pl