Project Diary
ALTERFOR Project Diary is a continuous multimedial documentation of actor-oriented research activities.
2020
ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 9 (2020)
1. Forest Owners‘ Guidelines ǀ 2. ALTERFOR Road Map ǀ 3. Policy Brief No. 2: “Forest Management Options for the Green Deal?” ǀ 4. Final Conference ǀ 5. Workshop “Alternative Forest Management Models – Bridging the Gaps?” ǀ 6. ALTERFOR Film Documentation ǀ 7. Latest Publications
ALTERFOR Expectations (2016)
This film, shot in 2016, shows the expectations of the coordinating team of ALTERFOR towards the project.
Video: doku|skopía GbR.
Workshop “Alternative Forest Management Models - Bridging the Gaps”
On 22 September 2020, ALTERFOR organized a digital workshop together with the European State Forest Association EUSTAFOR. Together with representatives of forest owners´ associations, woodworking industries and environmental NGOs, ALTERFOR researchers discussed the consequences that alternative forest management models could have in different forested areas in Europe.
ALTERFOR Final Conference: “Stand, Landscape, Continent – European Forests for Multiple Benefits at Multiple Scales”
ALTERFOR organized a two days digital conference to present and discuss the findings from ALTEFOR and their implications for the environment, economy, society and national and EU policies.
09/2020 ALTERFOR Project Policy Brief
Policy Brief 2: "Forest Management Options for the Green Deal?"
This policy brief is to relate the findings of the project ALTERFOR to the ongoing debate on how to use European forests. Specifically, it addresses consequences of different routes that European forestry could take in terms of production, protection, and climate change mitigation.
The Seventh ALTERFOR Film now available
This film presents the cornerstones of 4,5 years intensive research with high relevance to forestry practice in ten European countries.
Video: doku|skopía GbR.
Project Results in WP4: Road Map for Alternative Forest Management Models
Forest Management Models (FMMs) describe different management practices in European forests to deliver a specific bundle of Ecosystem Services. The Road Map provides information on how the FMMs approach can be applied to particular forest areas.
The Sixth ALTERFOR FIlm: Demonstration Site Asa in Sweden
Researchers and forestry practitioners introduce different silviculture techniques and the results of alternative forest management models in the research park Asa in Sweden.
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Project Results in WP1: knowledge and instructions for silvicultural measures
WP1: D1.3: "Forest Management Models - Forest Owners' Guidelines"
Country-specific guidelines for forest owners give basic knowledge and instructions for silvicultural measures as well as a short overview of the impacts on the forest ecosystem and summarize problems and possibilities.
04/2020 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP5
This excursion guide introduces the ALTERFOR demonstration site for the forest management models „Production Forest“ and „Set Aside“ in the German case study area.
ALTERFOR Newsletter issue 8 (2020)
CONTENTS: 1. New date for the ALTERFOR Final Conference | 2. ALTERFOR Roadmap: How to make forests fit for the future | 3. Report on supporting local and national networks for forest management model alternatives | 4. ALTERFOR Workshop in Brussels | 5. The recent publications based on research results in ALTERFOR
Project Results in WP4: Report on supporting local and national networks for forest management model alternatives
This report takes a close look at the knowledge transfer activities in the different CSA that were undertaken in the course of the project. It investigates the capacity of particular local and national actors and their networks to elicit political support for enabling the implementation of FMM alternatives.
Project Results in WP4: Report on supporting international networks for forest management model alternatives
WP4: "D4.3 Report on supporting international networks for forest management model alternatives"
The report investigates which actors at European and international level could influence the implementation of alternative forest management models in Europe that have been developed and examined within ALTERFOR WP1 and WP3.
2019
Project Results in WP4: Documentation of Swedish Stakeholder Workshops
WP4: "MS18 Documentation of the First Swedish Stakeholder Workshop"
This report is a summary of the preparation and implementation of the first ALTERFOR stakeholder workshop in the Swedish Case Study Area, that was organized in Kronoberg County on the 8th of May 2018.
WP4: "MS19 Documentation of the Second Swedish Stakeholder Workshop"
This report is a summary of the preparation and implementation of the second ALTERFOR stakeholder workshop in the Swedish Case Study Area, which was organized in Växjö on the 3rd of October 2018.
ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 7 (2019)
CONTENTS: 1. ALTERFOR side event at the XXV IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba (Brazil) | 2. The recent scientific publications on research results in ALTERFOR | 3. Demonstration sites of alternative approaches to forest management | 4. ALTEFOR Final Conference in April 2020
10/2019 ALTERFOR side event at the XXV. IUFRO World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil
ALTERFOR researchers organized the event “Adapting Europe’s forests to global challenges: Lessons from ALTERFOR” in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil on October 1, 2019.
05/2019 ALTERFOR International Workshop in Dresden, Germany
The ALTERFOR workshop on support of forest management models by international network took place on May 10, 2019 in Dresden, Germany.
04/2019 Cross-Project Meeting and Travellab in Padova, Italy
On 3-5 April 2019, the Italian team organised the last cross-project meeting of the ALTERFOR partners in Padova. The Travellab included a site excursion in the Veneto case study area and lively roundtable discussion with representatives of the local forest association AFP, FSC Italy, the intermediary service provider AzzeroCO2, the environmental NGO il Nocciolo and with a private forest owner.
ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 6 (2019)
Contents: 1. Cross Project Meeting in Padova | 2. Policy Brief „Reconsidering silviculture to meet challenges to
European forests“ | 3. Save the date: ALTERFOR Workshop “Modern forest management | in Europe – cases from ALTERFOR and policy strategies” | 4. New ALTERFOR films available | 5. The recent scientific publication on research results in ALTERFOR.
04/2019 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP5
This deliverable comprises information both in English and national languages for the stakeholders in ALTERFOR countries, focusing on how they can benefit from the results produced in the project. The provided practice abstracts are based on the results resulting from the research activities (especially the modelling tasks) and also consider the contributions and assessments of key stakeholders captured during the stakeholder workshops in WP4.
03/2019 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP3
This document gives a synthesis of the projected provision of key ecosystem services (ES) under new, alternative forest management models (aFMM) in all case study areas (CSAs) of the project.
The fourth ALTERFOR film “Travellab” is available online.
The film documents the fieldtrip during the 3rd cross-project meeting on June 13th, 2018 in the region "Vale do Sousa" near Porto, Portugal.
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The fifth ALTERFOR film “Case Study Area "Vale do Sousa" is available online
In this film, two ALTERFOR scientists and three stakeholders give an inside view into their activities in the Portuguese Case Study Area.
Video: doku|skopía GbR.
2018
12/2018 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP3
WP3: "D3.3 Proceedings from open workshop"
This document presents an overview over the central topics of the ALTERFOR workshop arranged by WP3 at the IUFRO LandMan conference in Prague organised by the Czech University of Life Sciences 17-19 September 2018.
11/2018 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP5
This information sheet (in Portuguese) was developed by the ALTERFOR research team to support the interaction with local actors within the second wokshop in Porto. The main goal of the event was to elicit from stakeholders preferences regarding target values for the ecosystem services in the CSA.
10/2018 PROJECT RESULTS in WP1
"D1.2 – Alternative Forest Management Models for ten Case Study Areas in Europe"
This report provides details about the alternative forest management models (FMMs) that the project partners identified at stand level.
11/2018 ALTERFOR Policy Brief
Policy Brief 1 "Reconsidering silviculture to meet challenges to European forests"
This policy brief presents a selection of findings on the current challenges to European forests and desirable silvicultural alternatives for meeting those challenges.
11/2018 PROJECT RESULTS IN WP5
This information sheet (in Portuguese) was developed by the ALTERFOR research team to support the interaction with local actors within the second wokshop in Porto. The main goal of the event was to elicit from stakeholders preferences regarding target values for the ecosystem services in the CSA.
10/2018 PROJECT RESULTS in WP1
"D1.2 – Alternative Forest Management Models for ten Case Study Areas in Europe"
This report provides details about the alternative forest management models (FMMs) that the project partners identified at stand level.
10/2018 ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 5
CONTENTS: 1. Cross-Project Meeting in Porto 2. Second Round of Stakeholder Workshops 3. Report on Alternative Forest Management Models for ten CSA in Europe 4. LandMan Conference in Prague 5. Recent Publications
09/2018 LandMan Conference in Prague
International IUFRO Conference "Landscape Management - from Data to Decision" took place on 17-19 September in Prague, Czech Republic.
06/2018 CROSS-PROJECT MEETING AND TRAVELLAB IN PORTO, PORTUGAL
ALTERFOR 3rd cross-project meeting took place on June 12-14, 2018 in Porto (Portugal). Several forest-related actors such as industrial and small forest owners, environmental NGOs and forest authorities, have joined to meet the ALTERFOR consortium on the Travellab sessions in the case study area near to the city Porto.
05/2018 Project Results in WP3
"D3.2 – Synthesis report: discrepancies between ES needs and ES outputs under current FMMs"
This document consists of three main parts. The first part provides a cross-country overview of selected important DSS output variables and their projected development under current FMMs over 100 years. This part is intended to allow readers to get familiar with the basic information which was used by the LCCs and ES experts for producing their assessments. These assessments are presented in the second part to the full extent. In the third part, the authors come to a synthesis taking on the title of this paper, asking for potential discrepancies between ES needs and ES outputs under current FMMs.
The third ALTERFOR film “Modelling - Part II: Simulation” is available online.
This film shows how chances and risks of alternative silvicultural concepts are calculated and visualised using SILVA, a forest growth simulator. SILVA was developed at the Chair of Forest Yield Science of Technical University of Munich.
Video: doku|skopía GbR.
The second ALTERFOR film “Modelling – Part I: Research Plot” is available online
ALTERFOR researchers Dr. Peter Biber (Case Study Coordinator Germany), Werner Poschenrieder (Forest Ecosystem Modeller) and Fabian Schwaiger (Silvicultural Scenario Analyst), all working at the Technical University of Munich, demonstrate measurements on the research plot “Freising 813” (Bavaria, Germany) with spruce and beech (the main tree species in this area).
Video: doku|skopía GbR.
The first ALTERFOR film “Actor Analysis – Observations” is now available online.
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ALTERFOR scientist Dr. Nataly Jürges (Georg-August University Göttingen) explains the main steps of the actor analysis in the project. In addition, two actors from the case study area “Lieberose/Schlaubetal” in Brandeburg, Germany - Arne Barkhausen (Landesbetrieb Forst Brandenburg) and Jenny Eisenschmidt (Brandenburg Wilderness Foundation) highlight practitioners´ current needs and potential benefits that they expect from the research results.
03/2018 ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 4
CONTENTS: 1. ALTERFOR workshop in Italy 2. Project Meeting and Travellab in Porto 3. ALTERFOR workshop in Åsa 4. Synthesis report 5. First set of ALTERFOR-films
2017
11/2017 ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 3
CONTENTS: 1. Looking back at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2. Cross project meeting in Ireland 3. Interview with Ola Sallnäs, member ofthe Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) 4. Next steps: Scientific workshop cross cases
10/2017 Cross-project meeting and travellab in Galway, Ireland
ALTERFOR 2nd cross-project meeting took place on 17-19 October 2017 in Galway (Ireland). Scientific and non-academic project partners and several stakeholders attended the meeting sessions and discussed current issues related to forest management models.
10/2017 ALTERFOR scientists at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress
The IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress took place in Freiburg (Germany) aiming at interconnecting decision makers, scientists and stakeholders in September 2017. ALTERFOR scientists presented their project-related research findings to the audience of the largest forest research conference in this year.
Read more: "Looking back at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress" in ALTERFOR Newsletter III
05/2017 Project Results in WP1
D1.1 and MS2 - FMM descriptions
These reports map Forest Management Models (FMMs) that are applied on 10 Case Study Areas (CSAs) within 9 countries of the ALTERFOR consortium.
03/2017 Project Results in WP4
D4.1 Report on actors driving FMMs in selected European countries
ALTERFOR explores the potential to optimise forest management models currently in use in different forested areas in European countries. For this reason, the research partners in the participating countries have studied the stakeholders´ interests in the case study areas and their power resources.
01/2017 ALTERFOR on LinkedIn
You can now follow ALTERFOR Project on LinkedIn
01/2017 Project Results in WP3
MS9 - Quality standard to be met by the upgraded DSSs
This document sets out the (minimum) standard for the DSSs used in the ALTERFOR project.
04/2017 ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 2
CONTENTS: 1. Cross-Project Meetings and Travellab Sessions in Slovakia and Ireland 2. Analysis of Stakeholders´ Interests 3. ALTERFOR Glossary
04/2017 Project Results in WP5
“D5.14 Individualised communication materials supporting stakeholder involvement 1: Actors driving forest management"
The research project ALTERFOR explores the potential to optimise forest management models currently in use in different forested areas in European countries. For this reason, the interests of stakeholders in the Case Study Areas and their power resources have been studied. To gain new insight on forest stakeholders’ power resources and interests in forest ecosystem services, researchers conducted a stakeholder analysis by interviewing different stakeholders from public, private and civil society, and by reading relevant literature.
2016
11/2016 Cross-Project Meeting and Travellab in Zvolen, Slovakia
The first project meeting was organised in Zvolen (Slovakia) on 8-10 November 2016. The project meeting sessions were accompanied by “Travellab”, an innovative format for cross-regional learning and knowledge transfer. It combines the conventional field excursion with round table discussions with local stakeholders and follow up sessions in order to better understand the local context and improve knowledge about current and alternative forest management models (FMMs) and their implementation.
10/2016 Project Results in WP2
MS6 Global and country specific prospective scenarios
These scenarios, provided by the Austrian partner IIASA, cover a wide range of future trajectories for global development of climate change mitigation, economic growth, population development and overall use of natural resources. The forest modellers will utilize the scenarios to upgrade the different decision support systems used in the participating countries mainly in terms of climate modelling, forest owner behaviour, and ecosystem service provision.
09/2016 Workshop and training in Göttingen
26-30 September 2016 Göttingen, Germany
The Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany, which leads work package four, co-ordinates the research efforts to enhance implementation of alternative forest management models in the case study areas and beyond, organised the workshop “Forest Policy Issues & Actor Networks in the Case Studies” from 26-30 September 2016.
6-8 April 2016
Kick-off Meeting in Alnarp, Sweden
More than 60 researchers and representatives of forest-related associations and organisations from nine European countries met for the kick-off meeting of ALTERFOR in Alnarp, Sweden on 6-8 April 2016.
09/2016 ALTERFOR Newsletter Issue 1
CONTENTS: 1. Letter from the Coordinator 2. ALTERFOR in Nutshell 3. Project Events: Kick-off Meeting, Workshop and Training in Göttingen