ROCKFOR: Rockfall - forest interrelation; efficiency of the protective function of mountain forest against rockfalls.

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 00.0231-1
• Projekttitel Englisch: ROCKFOR: Rockfall - forest interrelation; efficiency of the protective function of mountain forest against rockfalls.

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Rockfall; protection forest; hazard assessment; monitoring; modelling;
Agriculture; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Life Sciences; Resources of the Sea; Fisheries

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: QLK5-2000-01302

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.5 Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

See abstract

Partner und Internationale Organisationen (Englisch)

Coordinator: Centre National du Machinisme Agricole (CEMAGREF) (F)

Abstract (Englisch)

Forests are multi-functional ecosystems, the sustainable management of which being one of the priorities of the European Union nowadays. Forest managers have this multi-functional perception of forest lands. However, a major function of forests is not taken into account: the protective function against rockfalls risks. The objective of this project is to develop measures, methods to characterise the efficiency of forest stands against rockfalls. All the results of this project will be used to develop a Strategic Planning Tool (SPT) dedicated to optimise sustainable management of different types of forests stands with respect to their protective function against rockfalls. To achieve those objectives 8 workpackages are planned. This SPT will be a decision support system, used by forest managers, construction engineers and local authorities in mountain land management.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0231-1