Projects
The Forest Ecology and Forest Management group is leading or is involved in many research projects around the world.
This page lists only a selection of ongoing projects.
Ongoing Projects
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Effect of rock dust on forest and its inhabitants
Soil nitrogen concentrations have been rising for decades and in combination with growing wild ungulate populations poses great threats to the... -
Understanding restored forests for benefiting people and nature in the Atlantic Forest
Large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil needs novel upscaling from thousands to millions of hectares. The... -
Drought resilience of tropical forests
In the Tropics, droughts will increase in intensity and frequency in the future. Nevertheless, how tropical forests will respond to such disturbances... -
European Forests & Climate Change – Long-term impacts and wood supply
This project systematically investigates the long term impacts of climate change and forest management on European forests resources. The research is... -
Secondary succession in tropical dry forests
Pioneer Mimosa species dominate the early secondary succession in the tropical dry forest in Mexico.
The effects that these pioneers can have to the... -
TIMTRACE
An estimated 50-90 percent of the traded volume of tropical timber is illegally sourced. To implement new European legislation intended to eliminate... -
Sustainable forest management
The effects of biomass harvest on nutrient budgets, productivity, and resilience of forests on poor sandy soils are unknown, since we lack... -
Ecophysiology and nutrition of cacoa
The immediate environment where cocoa trees are grown has an direct impact on how the crop performs during each development stage and each season. Due... -
Cocoa – Climate – Forest Interactions
To improve understanding of impacts of climate change on cocoa yield, this project links cocoa crop modeling and spatial analysis to identify...