This project used climate data to forecast the ranges of European tree species under different climate change scenarios. Researchers then identified the main threats to forests and assessed how they might adapt to different climatic conditions. Forest Research worked with 20 other partners from 13 countries to develop the project’s main output: a decision support system for adaptive forestry planning.
Forest Research contributes to all parts of the MOTIVE project, leads activities on ‘Assessment of abiotic and biotic risks’ and ‘Stakeholder interactions’, and will work, in particular, on growth and risk modelling and social science tasks within the project.
Forest Research activities are focused on a ‘Regional case study’ of forest areas of Wales. This is one of 10 regional case-studies across Europe that cover major forest types and bioclimatic regions within the EU. This case study will initially concentrate on using available tools and models to help integrate climate change adaptation into local forest planning in Gwydyr and Clocaenog forests in North Wales.
Forest Research activities in this project received 75% funding through the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), and 25% from the Forestry Commission.
Forest Research was one of 20 European partners and the only partner from the UK. Other partners included research institutes and universities from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
2009-2013
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