'Forest models for research and decision support in sustainable forest management', Kaprun, Austria
9 May 2011 - 9 May 2011
Austria
A summer school on 'Forest models for research and decision support in sustainable forest management' will take place from 9 to 13 May 2011 in Kaprun, Austria.
Forest growth models are important tools within research to investigate and understand key ecosystem processes. They also support forest management decisions and policy.
Sustainable forest management requires detailed information on tree growth and forest dynamics, including structural development, biodiversity indicators, and effects of disturbances. This is reflected in increasing emphasis, throughout Europe, on more detailed, versatile forest growth models which are able to forecast forest growth, account for changes in growing conditions, address risks and society needs and explicitly address forest management and its role within sustainable development.
The school will bring together PhD Students and recent post docs interested in forest ecosystem modeling. The programme will include lectures, group work in the field and classroom and demonstrations of existing models.For further information, please visit: http://www.isa.utl.pt/def/fp0603forestmodels/(opens in new window)
Forest growth models are important tools within research to investigate and understand key ecosystem processes. They also support forest management decisions and policy.
Sustainable forest management requires detailed information on tree growth and forest dynamics, including structural development, biodiversity indicators, and effects of disturbances. This is reflected in increasing emphasis, throughout Europe, on more detailed, versatile forest growth models which are able to forecast forest growth, account for changes in growing conditions, address risks and society needs and explicitly address forest management and its role within sustainable development.
The school will bring together PhD Students and recent post docs interested in forest ecosystem modeling. The programme will include lectures, group work in the field and classroom and demonstrations of existing models.For further information, please visit: http://www.isa.utl.pt/def/fp0603forestmodels/(opens in new window)