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Improvement of climate protection services of managed forests by collaborative management of small and micro private forests in North Rhine–Westphalia (GemWaBewirt)
Project
Project code: 28WB303701
Contract period: 01.01.2014
- 31.12.2016
Budget: 474,599 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
North Rhine–Westphalia is the most densely populated federal state in Germany. More intensively than anywhere else forests here do have economical, ecological and social functions. Climate change and an increasing demand for Resources claim additional requirements towards the forests. To fulfill all of those demands, forests need to be managed in a way that is sustainable and considerate to future. This is a special challenge, as private forests have a share of two thirds of the total forest area. 120.000 of the 150.000 forest owners in NRW own less than 2 ha. Their attitudes towards forest management are nearly as diverse, e. g. as far as construction of forest roads, building up stands and standing timber resources or assess-ment of the development potentials of their forests are concerned. Contrarily the economic concerns of wood processing companies as well as an increasing demand for non-material services (e. g. recreation or water protection) are obvious. Therefore the project 'Improvement of climate protection services of managed forests by collaborative management of small and micro private forests in North Rhine–Westphalia' aims to show means for a purposeful development of forests adapted to climate change by a sustainable and strengthened mobilization of resources. In particular approaches for collaborative forest management and the necessary frameworks and possibilities for implementation will be analyzed and implemented as examples in cooperation with private forest owners. Within this process instruments like voluntary exchange of land, consolidation of arable land and founding of forest cooperatives are to be offered and the possibilities for implementation are to be questioned. Therefore it is necessary to learn more about the forest owners’ goals, strengthen their concern to utilize their property and achieve additional value by a positive development.
Section overview
Subjects
- Forestry
- Business administration
- Climate Change
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
State Enterprise for Forest and Timber North Rhine-Westphalia
