Forest timber resources mobilization problems are common to all Alpine space countries:
- poor knowledge of growing stocks;
- absence of economical evaluation of accessibility to forest resources;
- no evaluation of the whole supply chain connectivity to wood industries.
Until now these problems have only been addressed at national scale. Due to the complexity of the topic and the wide variety of problems and fields of action, the transnational sharing and improvement of methods is required to guarantee:
- the capitalization and harmonization of knowledge and know-how;
- the implementation of efficient mountain timber resources mobilization strategies across all Alpine space countries.
The project brings together researchers and managers from the six alpine space countries. The NewFor consortium includes 14 institutes:
Cemagref/Irstea. Grenoble regional center, Mountain Ecosystems Research Unit (project leader)
Cemagref/Irstea, Groupement de Grenoble, Unité de Recherche Ecosystèmes Montagnards
www.irstea.fr
TORG. Office of the Tyrolean Regional Government – Tyrolean Forest Service
Amt der Tiroler Landesregierung Abt. Forstorganisation
www.tirol.gv.at/wald
BFW. Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape – Department of Natural Hazards and Alpine Timberline
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft – Institut für Naturgefahren und Waldgrenzregionen
bfw.ac.at
Stand Montafon – Forstfonds
www.stand-montafon.at
ERSAF Lombardia. Regional Agency for Development of Agriculture and Forestry
Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste
www.ersaf.lombardia.it
PAT-SFF. Autonomous provinve of Trento : Flora and Fauna Department
Provincia Autonoma di Trento – Servizio Foreste e Fauna
www.foreste.provincia.tn.it/
FCBA. Technological Institute for Forestry, Cellulose, Construction Timber and Furniture
Institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois-construction Ameublement
www.fcba.fr
SFI. Slovenian Forestry Institute
Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije
www.gozdis.si
LWF. Bavarian Forest Institute – Forest Management Department
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft – Abteilung Waldbewirtschaftung
www.lwf.bayern.de
UNITO. Università degli Studi di Torino – Dipartimento di Agronomia, Selvicoltura e Gestione del Territorio (AGROSELVITER)
www.agroselviter.unito.it
TeSAF. Università degli Studi di Padova – Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali
www.tesaf.unipd.it
TU Wien – IPF. Vienna University of Technology – Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Technische Universität Wien – Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung
www.ipf.tuwien.ac.at/
SFS. Slovenia Forest Service
Zavod za gozdove Slovenije
www.zgs.gov.si/
WSL. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research – Research Programme Forestry and Climate Change
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, Forschungsprogramm Forstwirtschaft und Klimawandel
www.wsl.ch
