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DECIDE - Decision support for climate adapted protective forest management

Subproject of: DECIDE - Decision support for climate adapted, protective forest management (WF-Projekt DECIDE)

Project Leader

Netherer Sigrid, Project Leader

Duration:

01.11.2021-31.12.2024

Programme:

Waldfonds - DAFNE 90 - Maßnahme 8

Type of Research

Applied Research

Staff

Staubmann Gabriel, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units

Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection

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;

Insects; Climate change; Sustainable forest management; Predisposition; Preventive forest protection;