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Pushing the Boundaries with Research and Innovation in Forest Engineering
- Project Leader
- Stampfer Karl, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.09.2010-31.12.2011
- Project partners
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Austrofoma, Hamerlinggasse 3, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Contact person: Dipl.Ing. Franz Thoma, Leiter des Referates;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
COST Action FP0902 - Development and Harmonization of New Operational Research andAssessment Procedures for Sustainable Forest Biomass Supply, P.O.Box 68, 80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Contact person: Dominik Röser;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING
, 620 SW 4TH STREET, 97333 CORVALLIS, OR, United States (USA).
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
IUFRO International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (Secretary), Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Ministery of Agriculture, Stubenring 1, A-1010 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, 8140 Christchurch, New Zealand.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
Further information: http://formec.boku.ac.at
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Forest Engineering
- Funded by
- Abstract
- MEETING OBJECTIVES
Bring together researchers, practitioners and government officials from different countries to share state-of-the-art knowledge of harvesting operations, with a focus on steep terrain
Provide an opportunity to see state-of-the-art timber and biomass harvesting technology at the Austrofoma machine exhibition
Strengthen the effort to establish and enhance an international forest engineering network
- Keywords
- renewable energy; forestry engineering; forest technology; renewable resources;
- Ergonomics; Steep terrain harvesting; Road network planning; Wood chip supply;