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Project partners: pixelparker, Höttinger Au 26, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Contact person: Roland Schellhorn;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Technische Universität Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation: Dr. Markus Hollaus;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff: Nopp-Mayr Ursula, Sub Projectleader; Vacik Harald, Project Staff; Baier Peter, Project Staff; Suppan Franz, Project Staff; Kirisits Thomas, Project Staff; Netherer Sigrid, Project Staff; Immitzer Markus, Project Staff; Kunz Florian, Project Staff; Griesberger Paul, Project Staff; Amon Matthias, Project Staff; Knufinke Jörg Fabian, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units: Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection; Institute of Geomatics; Institute of Silviculture; Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management

Funded by: Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Abstract: DECIDE develops and tests a decision-making tool to inform management of protective forests to help ensure climate adaptation. The DECIDE-tool supports decisions in silviculture regarding sustainable and preventive forest management for the preservation and creation of climate-safe forests. An essential pillar is the modeling and forecasting of damage susceptibilities of Austrian forests with special consideration of climate-resilient tree species. Also under this pillar, the project provides a comprehensible visualization of adaptive capacities for sustainable and preventive forest management. The second pillar is the decision tool, which accounts for predisposition assessments and options for forest management. Both pillars are developed for model regions of Styria and Lower Austria, which provide test cases for an Austrian-wide application.

Keywords: Forest protection; Knowledge management;; Decision support; decision support tool; insects; climate change; sustainable forest management; predisposition; preventive forest protection;