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Duration: 2001 - 2005

European Network for long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research (ENFORS)

Rationale

The expected outcome of ENFORS is a contribution to the sustainable management of forests in Europe. Many of the problems associated with sustainable forest management relate to questions and understanding at the ecosystem and landscape levels, as well as requiring longterm series of data. This is well documented in the special issue of Forest Ecology and Management "Pathways to the Wise Management of Forests in Europe", which concluded with a proposal for developing an "Ecosystem and landscape forestry" (Andersson et al. 2000). This is the reason for the present COST Action E25 to foster the establishment of a network of research sites dedicated to long-term studies of the ecosystem and landscape.

Project aims

The overall objective is to develop the scientific base for, and initiate a European network of sites for forest ecosystem and landscape research of relevance to sustainable forest management. The project further aims at:

establishing a database of European field experiments relevant to sustainable forest management, and
elaborating and initiating a common scientific research programme on forest ecosystems focusing on the landscape level and a long-term perspective.

Methods and Organisation


Working Group 1 Co-ordinated by Dir. O. Laroussinie Dr. E Leitgeb	Working Group 2 Co-ordinated by Prof. Dr. R. Hüttl Dr. G. Matteucci	Working Group 3 Co-ordinated by Dr. N. Kräuchi
Scope of the action and guidelines for national inventories of research sites	Scientific programme, instrumentation and infrastructure	Linking with monitoring programmes

Work plan

The complete workplan for ENFORS

Data

Up to now, the following Swiss sites and networks were proposed as potential ENFORS-Sites:

Participants (Steering Committe only)

Norbert Kräuchi, WSL Birmensdorf
Folke Andersson, SLU Uppsala
Reinhard Hüttl, TU Cottbus
Olivier Laroussinie, ECOFOR Paris
Ernst Leitgeb, FBVA Vienna
Giorgio Matteuci, JRC Ispra

Contact

Publications

Kräuchi N. (coordinator), 2002. Linking with monitoring programmes. Theory paper. Working Group 3. COST Action E25 "European Network for long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research". 9 pp. + Ann.
Mårell A., Leitgeb E., Laroussinie O., Kräuchi N. [et al.], 2002. Working Document (Fifth draft).Guidelines for National Inventories of Field Research Facilities. Technical Report No. 2. Working Group 1. COST Action E25 "European Network for long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 37 pp.
Mårell A., Laroussinie O., Kräuchi N., Matteucci G. [et al.], 2002. Scientific Issues Related to Sustainable Forest Management in an Ecosystem and Landscape Perspective. Technical Report No. 1. Working Group 1. COST Action E25 "European Network for long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research". Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 43 pp.