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Procurement of highly productive and suitable forest reproductive material for future forests under climate change (FitForClim)

Project


Project code: 28WB400701-04, TI-FG-08-PID1641
Contract period: 01.01.2014 - 13.12.2018
Budget: 4,377,489 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research

Timber is an important raw material with the positive property of sequestering carbon (CO2). The joint project lays the foundation for a sustainable supply of markets with high-quality forest reproductive material (FRM). FRM needs to show a sufficient genetic diversity, in order to secure productivity in stable and adaptable stands, even under novel conditions due to a changing climate. Apart from an increased productivity (carbon sequestra- tion) the project also aims at enhancing wood-quality. This is a precondition for a cascade utilisation of timber, which means that it is used one or several times materially before it is used for energy generation. This aim can be achieved on the basis of joint, inter-institutional analyses of data from long-term trials. Valuable information for the revision of provenance recommendations and for the establishment of breeding zones can be obtained from such analyses. Furthermore the selection of plus trees and their subsequent reproduction for the establishment of seed plantations can be based on such information. Forest owners, forestry enterprises, deci-sion-makers and multipliers will be informed via a new web portal. Synergies and the remaining capacities in the field of forest tree breeding will be used efficiently due to the intensive networking of the partners in the joint project.

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