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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Characterizing and predicting forest disturbance with satellite data and artificial intelligence
Current technological developments in satellite imaging and artificial intelligence hold an unprecedented potential for better forest monitoring from... -
EU forest bioeconomy
The overall objective of this project is to determine to which extent Climate Smart Forestry measures, including its downstream wood products... -
Key drives on tropical forest succession
Tropical forests are among the most indispensable ecosystems on Earth. However, mature tropical forests have been lost at the alarming rate, and thus... -
From understanding to actions using a hydrological model and role-playing games
My PhD project is expected to better understand the forest-people-water nexus to promote collaboration among stakeholders for achieving hydrological... -
Broadleaf temperate trees growth pattern response to increasing the frequency of freeze-thaw cycles
The future of temperate forests is highly uncertain because we do not know how different species will respond to ongoing climate change. One of the... -
Fertilization impacts on interactions between ungulates and trees
Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition leads to eutrophication and soil acidification globally, which may change vegetation composition and cause... -
Biodiversity and recovery of tropical forests across the globe
The aim of PANTROP is to understand the mechanisms underlying tropical forests’ resilience to human disturbance, hereby looking at the effects... -
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... -
PANTROP-Biodiversity and recovery of forest in tropical landscapes
Tropical forests are global hot spots of biodiversity, play key roles in the global carbon and water cycle and deliver crucial ecosystem services but...