COFORD RESEARCH PROGRAMME
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ESTABLISHING AND GROWING FORESTS
FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL
ASHGEN: Identifying the scale of suspected hybrid ash (F. excelsior x F. angustifolia) in Ireland and its potential for genetic pollution of indigenous ash germplasm
ASHQUAL: Comparison of Irish ash seed sources
BEECHQUAL: Testing seed stands of Irish beech
BIHIP: British and Irish Hardwoods Improvement Programme
BIRCH/ALDER: Selection and improvement of Irish birch.
EUFORGEN: European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
OAKPROV: Establishment of Irish oak seed stand and progeny trials
QUALIBROAD: Improving the uniformity and quality of broadleaf planting stock
SEEDSTANDS: The national catalogue of seeds
SILVICULTURE
BROADFORM: Silviculture of new broadleaved plantations: shaping and thinning
CONTINUCOVER: An evaluation of continuous cover forestry in Ireland
GBREVIEW: Growing Broadleaves review
GROWCHECK: Pilot project using a ground-based fertiliser spreader on sensitive sites
FOREST PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
PLANSFM
FORESTSCAN: Terrestrial laser scanning technology for multi-resource forest inventories
NATFOREX: Establishing a national resource of field trials and a database for forest research and demonstration
PRACTISFM II: PractiSFM - implementation, communication and optimisation
STANDMODEL: Development of dynamic yield models for conifers, broadleaves and mixtures
TREEMODEL: Development of single tree volume models and stem profile models
WESTFOREST: A GIS-based multi-objective decision support system for the optimal managment of forests on sensitive sites
CLUSTER: A cluster based approach for identifying farm forest resources to maximise potential markets
FORECAST: Geospatial forecasts of private sector timber supply
FOREST HEALTH AND PROTECTION
ABATE: Integrated reduced-chemical control of Hylobius abietis in Sitka spruce
HARVESTING AND PRODUCTS
FOREST HARVESTING AND TRANSPORT
WOODTRANS
GPSTRACK: Assessment of GPS tracking devices and associated software suitable for real time monitoring of timber haulage trucks
LOADSENSOR: Evaluation of air bag pressure sensors/gauges as load weighing devices for use on timber haulage trucks
WOOD ENERGY
FORESTENERGY: Harvesting and processing forest biomass for energy production in Ireland
NON-WOOD PRODUCTS
FARMFUNGI : Production of edible fungi in the farm forest
FORESTFUNGI: Assessment of wild edible fungal production in selected Irish forest sites and an evaluation of the commercial potential of harvesting
POLICY AND PUBLIC GOODS
FOREST ECONOMICS AND POLICY
FORPOLEC
FIRMEC: Modelling the economics of forestry in Ireland
FORECON: An economic evaluation of the market and non-market functions of forestry
POLFOR: Forestry in a changing policy environment
FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
CLI-MIT
CARBIFOR II: Carbon sequestration by Irish forest ecosystems
CARBWARE: Development of tools and systems for reporting on forest carbon stocks and stock change under the Kyoto protocol and the UNFCCC
CLIMADAPT: The use of Ecological Site Classification in adapting forests and their management to climate change
FORESTSOILC: Soil carbon stock changes and greenhouse gas fluxes in Irish forests
FOREST BIODIVERSITY
PLANFORBIO
FORESTBIO: Managing for biodiversity in a range of Irish forest types
HENHARRIER: Optimum scenarios for Hen Harrier conservation in Ireland
RHODO: Achieving effective rhododendron control
FUNCTIONALBIO: Functional biodiversity in forests: diversity of soil decomposers and predatory and parasitic arthropods
FORESTS AND WATER
FORFLUX: Biogeochemistry of Irish forests
HYDROFOR: Assessment of the impacts of forest operations on the ecological quality of water
SANIFAC: Assessment and mitigation of soil and nutrient losses from acid-sensitive catchments
FORESTS AND RECREATION