Description of the work in partner programmes

Germany

• Research for Sustainability - Invitation flyer (pdf) and programme (pdf).
• Future-oriented Forestry (1998-2003), Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany;
  The focus of the program is the stimulation of sustainable forest management processes and the ecological conversion of the forests. Of particular interest are the opportunities and impacts of forest conversion from pure and even-age tree stands (single tree species like spruce or pine) into mixed forests (like beech-fir-spruce woods).
  www.zukunftsorientierte-waldwirtschaft.de
  www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/index.php?index=2188
  www.bmbf.de
• Solution Oriented Concepts for Sustainability – Sustainable Forestry (2004-2008), Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany;
  Topics:
  1. Sustainable forestry and wood production
  2. Multifunctional forestry
  3. Optimised forest-wood-product chain for better quality at reduced costs
  4. Modelling / up scaling
  This programme seeks the future strategic consolidation of national (German) funding-activities (sectors “Forestry” and “Wood Material Science /Timber Industry”) into one funding-activity “Sustainable Forestry” from 2004 onwards, and to ensure complementarities with international research activities (for example large-scale activities in the Framework Programmes incl. integrated projects, networks of excellence as well as ERA-Net).
  www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/index.php?index=51
  www.fona.de - wald_und_holzwirtschaft/index.php
  www.nachhaltige-waldwirtschaft.de/
  www.bmbf.de
• Integrated environmental protection in timber industry (2000-2003), Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany;
  The funding priority of this programme was established for R&D projects developing new wood-based materials and applying them in numerous products - in furniture, timber frame houses or industrial buildings. The focus of the programme was on the stimulation of sustainable industrial processes, environmental protection in the timber industry and sustainable wood-based product development.
  www.holz-und-umwelt.de
  www.fz-juelich.de/ptj/index.php?index=2189
  http://www.bmbf.de/