COFORD RESEARCH PROGRAMME
The COFORD research programme is the responsibility of the Research, Food and CODEX Co-ordination Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Proposals for Project Funding during 2012 in relation to Conservation of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (pdf 2,058Kb)
TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL COFORD 2009 (pdf 6,289Kb)
COFORD ANNUAL REPORT 2009 (pdf 6,411Kb)
for previous project reports click here
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
FORECON The Final Report - An Economic Evaluation of the Market and Non-Market Functions of Forestry (pdf 1,307Kb)
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
WOODCARB: Carbon stocks and stock changes in harvested wood products
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
Call for Research Proposals 2010
