{"id":586,"date":"2020-02-25T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T13:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekosphera.org\/?p=586"},"modified":"2022-12-08T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T09:55:50","slug":"prosuvannya-mertvoyi-derevyny-dlya-stijkyh-lisiv-v-rumunsko-ukrayinskomu-transkordonnomu-regioni-resfor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekosphera.org\/en\/prosuvannya-mertvoyi-derevyny-dlya-stijkyh-lisiv-v-rumunsko-ukrayinskomu-transkordonnomu-regioni-resfor\/","title":{"rendered":"Promote deadwood for resilient forests in the Romanian-Ukrainian cross-border region (RESFOR)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deadwood<\/b>\u00a0(i.e. veteran trees, standing dead or dying trees, fallen logs and branches, decaying biomass)\u00a0is a critical component in forest structure and its functioning<\/b>, playing a key role for maintaining forest productivity, natural regeneration, biodiversity conservation, increase resilience to climate change and enhance provision of ecosystem services to local communities and public in general. Thus, adequate management of deadwood brings an important contribution to sustainable forest management and clearly contributes to mitigation of some of the impacts of climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

However,\u00a0deadwood management is a relatively new conservation concept for Romania and Ukraine<\/b>\u00a0barely promoted since the years 2000 and which is yet, most\u00a0often not understood in practice<\/b>. For decades, forestry governance in Romania and Ukraine considered deadwood to be an \u201cenemy of the forest\u201d and efforts were put into systematically removing it from forests through forestry operations, following forestry norms and regulations (e.g. sanitary feelings, harvesting rules). This has led to the disappearance of certain valuable species from forest ecosystems (e.g. Dendrocopos leocotus) unbalancing the ecosystem and\u00a0leading to vulnerabilities<\/b>\u00a0related to capacity for natural regeneration of forests, ensuring soil nutrients, climate change resilience,\u00a0and thus contributing to negative economic impact<\/b>. These vulnerabilities have ultimately led to additional costs for the installation or completion of artificial forests, and interventions to ensure socio-ecological balance (works to prevent and \/ or combat pests, reduce the bonity of the forest soil, solve the lack of edible mushroom species important to the local economy).<\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking up the myth about deadwood<\/b>\u00a0(something to be removed from forests as a necessary part of \u201ccorrect\u201d forest management since dead trees were supposed to harbor disease)\u00a0via joint project cooperation and research between Romania and Ukraine throughout the project, is thus essential<\/b>\u00a0to preserve healthy forest ecosystems and the ecosystem services they provide.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Project \u201dPromote deadwood for resilient forests in the Romanian-Ukrainian cross-border region (RESFOR)\u201d is a\u00a0trans-boundary research project in the forestry domain, particularly on the issue of deadwood<\/b>, as an important element:<\/span><\/p>\n

I) in securing forests productivity, the biodiversity of forest ecosystems, and ecosystem services valuable for local communities; and,<\/span><\/p>\n

ii) in improving forests resilience to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, an important component within the project is the\u00a0communication and promotion of results<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

PROJECT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n