Project

Region	South Moravian Region
Title of the Programme	Research
Title of the Project	Forest functions in the past, present and future - what can society expect from forests under climate change?
Project Website	https://www.czechglobe.cz/cs/resene-projekty/?project=PLN%C4%9AN%C3%8D+&provider=80&year_from=&year_to=
Number of the Project	TO01000345
Project Promoter	Ústav výzkumu globální změny AV ČR, v. v. i.
Project Partner from Donor State	Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Czech Partner	Vojenské lesy a statky ČR, s.p. Výzkumný ústav lesního hospodářství a myslivosti, v. v. i. Mendelova univerzita v Brně
Status	Estimated project duration: 1/2021 – 4/2024
Total Eligible Costs	1 826 120 EUR
Grant	1 463 208 EUR

Project description:

The project deals with the ability of managed forests to provide ecosystem functions in future conditions characterized by higher drought and heatwaves occurrence – wood production (inc. carbon storage) and climate change mitigation (regulation of landscape energy and water balance) in the Czech Rep. and Norway.

We will focus on

1) different site conditions;

2) potential for adaptation of important tree spec. (spruce; pine; beech);

3) potential for silvicultural measures implementation;

4) potential to apply those measures in practise.

The goals will be reached by use of: timelines, climate models for predictions (till 2050); remote sensing and validation of its outputs with detailed field measurements both in long-term research plots and forests managed by VLS and Glommen-Mjøsen.