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Climate change impact on forests ecosystems and options for adaptation of forest and forest management
Project
Project code: TI-WO-08-PID1342
Contract period: 01.01.2001
- 31.12.2016
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
Ongoing climate change is on a of the big challenges for the maintainance of productive forests. Climatic exterme events like drought, heat waves, storms and the acompanying occurrence of pathogens require a monitoring of forest development and an adaptation of forest and forest management. The studies are aimed at analysing and evaluating the most important impacts of climate change on forests. Based on the results, concepts for forest adaptation and adaptive forest management (AFM) shall be developed and brought to application. Data of the forest monitoring and additional studies will be used to identify the most importat drivers for forest vitality and productivity change. With international networking we will establish novel concepts and measures for an adaptive forest management (AFM) including assisted migration and varied silvicultural treatments of forest stands.
First approaches for an adaptive forest management (AFM) has been allready developed and published. In particular, the use of active and passive elements of adaptive management are intensively discussed.
Section overview
Subjects
- Silviculture
- Forestry
- Climate Change