Project description
Researchers focus on how forests adapt to climate change
Forests play an important role in the European carbon cycle, but they are also vulnerable to climate change. The EU-funded ASFORCLIC project will focus on the forest wood value chain. Coordinated by the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, the project will bring together institutes from Germany, Sweden, Slovenia and Austria to research the effects of the changing environment on forests’ tree species spectrum, structural composition, health and growth and analyse different adaptation strategies. They will also study new wood materials under anticipated changes in wood assortments and properties. The project will define joint research avenues and focus on the support provided to early-stage researchers.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbotany
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringpaper and wood
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomics
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
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Call for proposal
H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5
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Funding Scheme
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
613 00 Brno Sever
Czechia
Participants (7)
38116 Braunschweig
80333 Muenchen
1180 Wien
1210 Wien
1000 Ljubljana
750 07 Uppsala
80539 Munchen