Eforwood
International Research Networks
Project: Eforwood The aim of the project is to provide methodologies and tools that will, for the first time, integrate Sustainability Impact Assessment of the whole European Forestry-Wood Chain (FWC), by quantifying performance of FWC, using indicators for all three pillars of sustainability; environmental, economic and societal. The project will provide methods to assess the sustainability impacts of modifications of Forestry-Wood Chains as influenced by policy changes, market drivers, or technological innovations. The Institute for Forest Growth (IWW) develops Forest Management Alternatives (FMA’s) which are used to evaluate the economic, ecological and social services of the forest to society. The 5 alternatives are: - Forest nature reserves - Close-to-nature forestry - Multifunctional forestry - Intensive even-aged forestry - Wood biomass production These 5 alternatives are evaluated (and later optimized) for their economic, ecological and social contribution. The goal is to find one alternative (or a combination of multiple FMA’s) which maximizes the gain to society. Within EFORWOOD the IWW heads WP 2.1 which runs 11 regional cases all over Europe to evaluate and optimize forest management on a large scale. The IWW is establishing a data base for all European regional cases so that the forest management can be modeled on a European scale. Collaborators at the Institute for Forest Growth: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Spiecker, Dr. Philipp Duncker, Karl Tojic further information
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