Current Research Projects

Dead spruce stands of medium age - potentials of deadwood management (PoToMa)

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. habil. Dominik Thom
Project manager:  

Graduate forest manager Alexandra Wehnert
Dr. Katharina Tiebel
Project partner:  

Friedrich Schiller University
Forest Research and Competence Center Gotha
Funding:  

Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR); Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Duration:  

12/2024 to 11/2027

Development of a novel provenance test using the example of the tree species Castanea sativa Mill. and a model approach for the pre-selection of provenances in climate change

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. habil. Dominik Thom
Project assistant:   M.Sc. Karola Plümpe
Funding: M.Sc:  

German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)
Duration:   08/2024 to 07/2027

Strengthening social dialog to promote the acceptance of reforestation measures in the context of sustainable forest management (DIA-WALD)

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. habil. Norbert Weber
Dr. Franka Huth
Prof. Dr. habil. Sven Wagner
Project manager:  

Florian Kumichel
Project partner:  

TU Dresden, Chair of Forest Policy and Forest Resource Economics
State enterprise Sachsenforst (SBS)
ThüringenForst A.ö.R. (Forest Research and Competence Center Gotha)
Landesstiftung Natur und Umwelt (LaNU) - Nature Conservation FundLandesstiftung Natur und Umwelt (LaNU) - Academy
Düben Heath Nature Park, Association Düberner Heide e.V.
Church Forest Community Vogtland
Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald, Landesverband Sachsen (SDW)
Forest for Saxony Foundation
HS Timber Productions GmbH
Saxon Forest Owners Association e.V.
Thuringia Nature Conservation Foundation (SNT)
Forest Owners Association for Thuringia e.V.
Funding:  

Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR)
Duration:  

06/2022 to 5/2025

Silviculture in climate change: Procedure for the conversion of existing stands to climate change-friendly forests (WAIKLIM)

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. habil. Sven Wagner
Project assistant:  

Dr. Katja Skibbe
Project partner:  

State enterprise Sachsenforst
TU Dresden, Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology
TU Dresden, Chair of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
Funding:  

Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) - Forest Climate Fund; Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Duration:  

11/2022 to 10/2027

Retrospective analysis of weather-related extreme events, large-scale disturbances and silvicultural strategies. A lesson for future recommendations for action in the model regions Thuringian Forest and Ore Mountains (RETROWALD)

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. habil. Sven Wagner
Dr. Franka Huth
Project manager:  

Graduate forest manager Alexandra Wehnert
Project partner:  

Forest Research and Competence Center Gotha
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Funding:  

Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) - Forest Climate Fund; Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Duration:  

01/2023 to 12/2024

Spatially-explicit simulation models for the natural regeneration of oak in pure pine stands of the northeast German lowlands (SIMONA-REX)

Project management:  

Prof. Dr. Uta Berger
Prof. Dr. habil. Sven Wagner
Project manager:  

Dr. Franka Huth
Graduate forester Alexandra Wehnert
M. Sc. Forestry Chris Wudel
Project partner:   Brandenburg State Forestry Office, State Forest Management Department
Funding:  

Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR); Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Duration:  

05/2021 to 8/2024

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