The project Adaption strategies in forestry under global climate change impact (ASFORCLIC) has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°952314. It will complete its project cycle in 36 months. The project was launched on 1 January 2021.
The ASFORCLIC focuses on the ambitious goals of raising the research profile and strengthening research excellence of the selected fields at the Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic, in the highly demanding global climate change impact on the forest and whole bio-based sector.
The project is implemented through four work packages (WPs) and three working groups (WGs). They are excessively using MENDELU's Forest training enterprise Masarykův les to pilot and evaluate research-based activities.
The project is implemented by a consortium comprised of 8 partners:
- Mendelova univerzita v Brně (Mendel University in Brno, MENDELU) - coordinator
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT)
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (Bavarian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, LWF)
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei (Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute - Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, THUENEN)
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SLU)
- Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Technical University of Munich, TUM)
- Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, BOKU)
- Univerza v Ljubljani (University of Ljubljana, UL)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°952314.