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Expecting the unexpected: how to manage forest landscapes in a highly uncertain future?

by Gesche Schifferdecker June 30, 2022 0

Is the so-called functional network approach an efficient way to optimize forest landscape management and to promote ecological resilience in the face of unexpected global change stresses? In his recent blogpost, Marco Mina, research fellow at the Institute of Alpine Environment at Eurac Research elaborates on new methods of integrated landscape management and the potential of forest simulation models.

Video: Forest Management in the Tatra Mountains

by Rosa Castañeda June 29, 2022 74

Dr. Antoni Zięba, Nature Conservation Specialist of the Department of Research and Nature Conservation Planning of the Tatra National Park, takes us on a tour through the Tatra Mountains as he explains the features that makes them so special, such as biodiversity, ownership structure, protected areas and disturbance management.“The Tatra National Park is a big,

Challenges and solutions for European forests and related value chains in times of climate change

by Gesche Schifferdecker June 21, 2022 0

New Policy Brief out now How can we increase the sustainability and resilience of our European forests and related value chains in times of climate change? I-Maestro (Innovative forest management strategies for a resilient bioeconomy under climate change and disturbances) launched a policy brief that seeks to identify challenges and their respective solutions to better manage the

An operational guideline to enhance forest resilience

by Gesche Schifferdecker June 21, 2022 114

The increasing need of finding ways to adapt forest ecosystems and the forest value chain to cope with the challenge of climate-induced disturbances and stressors has prompted us researchers to develop a common framework for assessing resilience. To make this framework as inclusive as possible, we have been looking for a common procedure to be

RESONATE @European League of Life Sciences

by Gesche Schifferdecker June 7, 2022 84

Recently, RESONATE researchers Martin Jankovský and Sandra García presented the RESONATE approach to wood value chains as part of the virtual summer school “Bioeconomy for PhD education and research” organized by Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The first course, on Forest bioeconomy, was hosted by prof. Miroslav Hajek and colleagues from the Faculty of Forestry

Marcus Lindner: recommendations on future forest risk management

by Gesche Schifferdecker April 19, 2022 126

The urgently needed adaptation of forests and forestry to climate change will occupy keep us busy for a long time to come. The Scientific Advisory Council for Forest Policy (WBW), which supports the German Federal Government in shaping the framework conditions for sustainable forest management, published an expert opinion on this topic in October. Since

Introducing our “sister project”: ONEforest for a common forest management

by Gesche Schifferdecker April 19, 2022 196

The ONEforest H2020 project seeks to adapt European forests to the climate crisis for the long-term provision of Forest Ecosystem Services. ONEforest is developing a multi-criteria decision support system for common forest management to strengthen forest resilience, harmonize stakeholder interests and ensure sustainable wood flows. Thus, forest owners will be able to assess which way of forest

Forests’ potential for climate change mitigation: Buildings as a global carbon sink

by Gesche Schifferdecker March 22, 2022 0

How can forests and their products and services best contribute to climate change mitigation? This is probably the most controversial question one can currently ask when discussing the role of forests to combat climate change – and even scientists tend to disagree here. Some say we should manage our forest and use wood for construction

Projecting the future of our forests? Scenarios and uncertainties of forest models

by Gesche Schifferdecker March 22, 2022 0

How will our forests look like in 20, 50 or even 80 years? Nobody knows for sure, but we forest researchers try to imagine how they will, could or should look like. This forecasting has been done for hundreds of years by forest practitioners with different methods to secure sustainable wood use. Today, in light

The silent suffering of trees during the 2018 heatwave

by Marcus Lindner January 20, 2022 0

New Nature Communication on the impact of the 2018 heatwave on trees growing across Central and Atlantic Europe published

Disturbances, forests, and people: operating the world of forest resilience

by Laura Nikinmaa December 15, 2021 0

In recent weeks, the RESONATE project’s Twitter has explored different definitions for forest resilience. Some of them sounded rather similar, some very different and all of them might have left the reader with more questions: “But what does this mean in practice?”. Our researcher Laura Nikinmaa tries to enlighten the mysterious and sometimes headache-inducing world of resilience.

From salvage logging to recovery

by Nicola Bozzolan November 16, 2021 0

Together with more than 30 junior and senior researchers from all over Europe and more than 40 additional virtual participants we had the first project meeting of the RESONATE project from 4th – 6th October in Kostelec nad Černými lesy (Czech Republic). One of the most exciting parts of the event was the excursion, where we could see the effects of recent large scale bark beetle outbreaks.

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