potenziale di mobilitazione
Tipo di legno in questione
All wood produced in the forest system (trunk, branches, roots).
potenziale sostenibilità
Improves forests resilience to wildfires, water scarcity, environmental degradation and other effects induced by climate change
Impatto sull'ambiente e la biodiversità
- Demonstration and replication of a successful, innovative forest management scheme at a watershed scale. At the beginning it will be applied at sub catchment level in Spain (415 hectares), then at catchment level in Germany, Portugal and Spain (7,824 hectares) and finally it will be further expanded up to 350,000 hectares within five years from the project completion.
- Reinforcement of mechanisms to develop climate change adaptation measures in rural areas and to ensure its socioeconomic sustainability;
- Increased water reserves of 45-200 l/m²/year and increased water availability downstream, leading to a reduction in energy extraction costs to 5 W/hm;
- Increased sustainable biomass production for bioenergy uses, between 10 and 15 t/ha year, including both forest and agricultural residues traditionally burned and usually the cause of wildfires.
- Reduced fire hazards by 30%, protecting rural populations currently residing in risk areas
- Increased resilience of 25% of forest areas to withstand droughts, pests and disease outbreak.
Facilità di implementazione
It is not easy to use, but we are developing user guides to make it easier.
Impatto economico
The tool is free, so the economic impact is positive as you provide a very powerful management tool at 0 cost.
Effetto sul lavoro
The management that is proposed always generates jobs to carry it out.
Effetto sul reddito
If the management objective is to maximise productivity, revenues will also be maximised.
conoscenze specifiche necessarie
Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems is necessary to be able to prepare the input data for the tool.
Breve descrizione
<p>C.A.F.E. determines the optimum silvicultural activities to manage multiple products, goods and services such as biomass production, C2 sequestration, fire risk, water provisioning , climatic resilience or biodiversity, for a selected solution.</p>
potenziale di sfruttamento
High, as it is based on mechanistic modelling it can be applied in any climatic region. Furthermore, by including a wide range of ecosystem services, it can meet the needs of different types of forest management.
Progetto di riferimento
The project LIFE RESILIENT FORESTS – Coupling water, fire and climate resilience with biomass production from forestry to adapt watersheds to climate change is co-funded by the LIFE Programme of the European Union under contract number LIFE 17 CCA/ES/000063
Logo della principale organizzazione
Facilità di implementazione - Valutazione
potenziale sostenibilità - Valore
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