ELLS Summer School at BOKU

The aim of this course is to shed light on the current management strategies of European forests, and how to adjust these to become climate-smart. There is much variation in forest management across Europe, at least in part based on differences in ecology, economics, social perceptions, ethics and morality towards forests and the resources and services they provide. At the same time, lessons may be learned from what is done in one region for future management of forests in another region. It is planned to address ecological aspects (how does the silvicultural system influence the risk of natural disturbances), production aspects (growth rates and volumes, carbon relations), economical aspects (effects of the silvicultural system on the value of the resources that can be harvested from the system), ecosystem service provisioning, socio-political aspects (public perceptions), and ethical/moral aspects (how to value forests from different perspectives, holistic approaches). Finally, the different strategies of forest management are placed in perspective to the observed and expected changes in climate across Europe, while ultimately proposing adaptive changes herein to become climate-smart.

Target group: PhD candidates, postdocs and other academics
Early bird registration deadline: 18 July 2021

Further information: www.euroleague-study.org/en/forestmanagement