COST Actions

... are a flexible, fast, effective and efficient networking instrument for researchers, engineers and scholars to cooperate and coordinate nationally funded research activities. COST Actions allow European researchers to jointly develop their own ideas in any science and technology field.                               

Non-native Tree Species for European Forests
- experiences, risks and opportunities (NNEXT)

about NNEXT

http://nnext.boku.ac.at/ "Non-native tree species ... determine their full potential (and associated management options),
but also to assess associated risks and challenges ..."
... is a COST action, funded by European Union through the COST framework
within the domain Forests, their Products and Services (FPS): COST Action FP1403
                                          

Institute of Silviculture is taking part as

  • Action Chair
    - Elisabeth Pötzelsberger
  • WG Leader of WG1 - Monitoring
    Scientific and Financial Representative
    - Hubert Hasenauer
  • Grant Holder Administrator
    - Katharina Lapin
  • Participants
    - Renata Milcevicova
    - Marcela van Loo

                                                                                      

Towards robust projections of European forests
under climate change (PROFOUND)

about PROFOUND

http://cost-profound.eu/site/ "... will strengthen the integration of forest modellers and data-providing
experts across Europe and provide more reliable information about the
uncertainty of model predictions to decision makers."
... is a COST action, funded by European Union through the COST framework
within the domain Forests, their Products and Services (FPS): COST Action FP1304
                          

Institute of Silviculture is taking part as

  • WG Leader of WG2 – Uncertainty of process and scaling issues
    - Rupert Seidl
  • Participants
    - Dominik Thom
    - Manfred J. Lexer
    - Werner Rammer

                                                               

European non-wood forest products network (NWFPs)

about NWFPs

http://www.nwfps.eu/ "... increasing the European-wide theoretical and practical understanding
of non-wood forest products (NWFPs), ..."
... is a COST action, funded by European Union through the COST framework
within the domain Forests, their Products and Services (FPS): COST Action FP1203
                          

Institute of Silviculture is taking part as

  • Participants
    - Harald Vacik
    - Patrick Huber