Rockfall - forest interrelation efficiency of the protective function of mountain forest against rockfalls

Project Information

ROCKFOR

Grant agreement ID: QLK5-CT-2000-01302

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2001

End date 31 December 2003

Funded under

• Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Total cost € 2 862 897,00

EU contribution € 1 163 713,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS
France

Objective

Forests are multi-functional ecosystems, the sustainable management of which being one of the priorities of the European Union nowadays. Forest managers have thismulti-functional perception of forestlands. However, a major function of forests is not taken into account: the protective function against rock falls risks. The objective of this project is to develop measures, methods to characterise the efficiency of forest stands against rock falls. All the results of this project will be used to develop a Strategic Planning Tool (SPT) dedicated to optimise sustainable management of different types of forests stands with respect to their protective function against rock falls. To achieve those objectives 8 workpackagesare planned. This SPT will be a decision support system, used by forest managers, construction engineers and local authorities in mountain land management.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resources management › land management
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry › silviculture
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002

Topic(s)

• 1.1.1.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Domaine Universitaire ; 38402 SAINT-MARTIN-D'HERES ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

EURO GEOTECNICA S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parc Tecnologic del Valles, s/n ; 08290 CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES
• Total cost: No data

SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR FOREST, SNOW AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 11,Flueelasstrasse 11 ; 7260 DAVOS
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Jordi Girona, 1-3, módulo D2, Campus Nord ; 08034 BARCELONA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BERNE

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 12,Hallerstrasse 12 ; 3012 BERN
• Total cost: No data