Presentación de PowerPoint©sentati… · Some examples. Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems. Ecophysiology, Nutrient cycles, carbon sequestration. CARBOMONT. CARBOPAS

Solsona, 18/01/2012

Who we are?

CTFC is a consortium of various public bodies:

CTFC is a public body

Research

Innovation transfer

Training

Expertise services

Centre for research, training and technology and Kn transfer

Organisation chart

CTFC BOARD

President

DirectorManager

International and Cooperation Programmes Auditing / Legal

University-CTFC Research Committee Sectorial Committee

Research Direction Technology TransferDirection

TrainingDirection

FinancialDirection

ServicesDirection

Program Groups /Research Lines and Departments

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Contribute to the modernisation and competitiveness of the forestry sector, to the rural development and to the sustainable management of natural resources… through research, training and transfer of technology and knowledge to society.

MISSION

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Become a centre of reference on the local, national and international levels in the fields of forestry and rural

development

VISION

The CTFC in the world

Headquarters

* 3.500 m2

* Heating system: Biomass boiler . Wood Chips consumption.

* Solar panels (hot water)

* Rain recycling system

A young team, dedicated, outstanding and ever-growing!

Let’s talk People120 employees

22 PhDs

8 M€ anual budget (2012)

88% self-financing

Team

Multidisciplinary

Flexible

Proactive

Confident and Professional

Sensitive to society

Different approaches and Methodologies

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Social demands and problem solving

oriented

Flexible, multidisciplinary, adaptable to

demands and multiproduct…

RESEARCH

Researching real world problems!

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RESEARCH PRODUCTSScientific papers

Divulgative papers GuidelinesPolicy recomendations

Technical guidelines

Action plans

Prototypes

Others

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Work programs

Multifunctional management of natural systems

Governance and socioeconomics of rural environments

Agroforested ecosystems dynamics

Interconnection, dynamic

SustainabilityGlobal change

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Work programs




Interconnection, dynamic

Forest Hydrology

Ecophysiology

Ecology and dynamics of communities

Nutrient cycles and carbon sequestration

Biological diversity

Landscape ecology

Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems

… Some examples


Vulnerability of silvopastoral systems to use change: effects of the abandonment in the carbon and nitrogen dynamic

Role of soil as a hydrological regulator and carbon sink in mountain basins

… Some examples


Ecophysiology, Nutrient cycles, carbon sequestration

CARBOMONT CARBOPASCARBOEUROPE

de Bello F, Leps J and Sebastià MT (2006). Variations in species and functional plant diversity along climatic and grazing gradients. Ecography 29(6):801-810

Sebastià MT (2007). Plant guilds drive biomass response to global warming and water availability in subalpine grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 44(1): 158-167

… Some examples


Landscape changes and biodiversity answers: the role of perturbations (wild forest fire)

Sirami C, et. al. (2008). Is land abandonned having an impact on biodiversity? A metaanalytical approach to bird distribution in the north-western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation 141: 450-459

Brotons L, Pons P and Herrando S (2005). Colonisation of dynamic Mediterranean landscapes: where do birds come from after fire?. Journal of Biogeography 32(5): 789-798Brotons L, Herrando S and Martin JL (2004). Bird assamblages in forest fragments within Mediterranean mosaics created by wild fires. Landscape Ecology 19: 663-675


Biodiversity patterns of wild mushrooms in mediterranean forests

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Work programs




Governance and socio-economics of rural environments

Assessment and promotion of rural areas

Territorial planning

Rural socioeconomics

Public use of natural areas

Forest policy

Ecological and forest economics

Social perception communication

… Some examples


New tools and mechanism to ensure the sustainable provision of goods and services

WTP for dehesas (leisure, carbon, plants, etc)

Forest management as a tool to prevent forest fires: cost-efficiency analysis of the risk of big wild forest fires

CTFC – Visit to EFI, Joensuu 22/08/08

Socioeconomical valuation of the mushroom picking as a recreational activity

… Some examples


New socioeconomical activities to the development and valorisation of the agroforestry sector

Forest and society: Analyzing relationship between people and forest areas

Researching in equal opportunities between men and women

… Some examples


Government and governance. The social component in the multicriteria decision making in the environmental policy design

Organizing information: Elaboration of data base and sectoral and territorial information gathering

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Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems

Silviculture and forest modelling

Wood and non-wood forest products

Conservation biology

Forest fires and other natural risks

Ecological restoration

Silvopastoralism

Multi-target planning

… Some examples


Biomass as a renewable source of energy

Technology and improvement of wood crop and forest roads

… Some examples


Tuber Melanosporum as a means to rural development

Biological control of Cryphonectria pararysitica in chestnut


Multifunctionaliy in mediterranean silvopastoral systems

Integration of fauna conservation in forest management


Use of predictive modelization of species distribution for the biodiversity conservation and territorial planning

Departments’ Activities balance between research, training and

knowledge transfer

Department of Forest Biomass

and Wood Mobilization

Department of Forest Economics

Department of Sustainable Forest Management

90%

5%5%

Research

DevelopmentTraining

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50%

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Research

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DevelopmentTraining

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INNOVATION TRANSFER & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

- Forest vocational training

- Rural and Forest Guards

- Administration services

- European system of knowledge for Internet supported distance learning in sustainable forestry

- European Forestry Master (associated)

Professional training programmes


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Customer specific projects

• Forest Policy Plans (Catalan Government)

• Methodology to implant Forest Resources Management Plans -PORF- (Catalan Government)

• Forest Technology Platform (Spain)

• Manuals and Good Practises (mushrooms, PAM, …)

• Strategic Plans (National Parks, protected areas, …)

• Viability of biomass infrastructures

• Planning and Management Plans

• Other projects …


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Publication and web Services• GIS SERVICE (NOAA)

• CATALAN FOREST OBSERVATORY www.observatoriforestal.cat

• CATALAN FOREST SECTOR GUIDE

• MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR FOREST OWNERS (DRIADA)

• Rural and Forest Magazing (trimestral publication)

• Saps què (What about!). Digital CTFC Review

• AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS REVIEW

• …

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“CLIENTS & PARTNERS”

Universities

Research Centres

Technology CentresPublic

Administrations

Forest owners

Civil society Companies, …

PRODUCTSBasic and applied researchStudies, technical projects

Courses, meetings, seminars, forums, etc.Educational material, books, articles

Technical and administrative managementof national and international projects

… NETWORKING!

… About TT and ServicesINITIATIVES PROMOTED BY THE CTFC

& EFIMED

Catalan Wood Institute (INCAFUST)

Rural Development Centre of Catalonia (CEDRICAT)

Franco-Spanish Pyrenean Forest Association

http://www.medforex.net/

http://www.incafust.org/index.htm

Solsonès Telemàtic centre

Companies incubation Centre

Emerging research group: multifunctional management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems in a

context of global change

Structural Timber Association (AFE)

Catalan Association of Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Producers (ACPPAM)

Life Association of Fungi and Truffle Producers spin off …

Interreg / FEDER Life / Natura 2000

Education/Training Energy

InternationalCooperation

FP

European Programmes

CCentre TTecnològic FForestal de CCatalunya

EXPE

RIE

NC

EEX

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CEEuropean Programmes

FP R&D 11 projects

Territorial Cooperation 19 projects/actions

Development Aid 11 projects

Education and Training 6 projects

1. Economy, growth, research and development

2. Environment

3. Urban, Rural and Human development

European NetworkingMajority member

of FORESPIR

R&D Committee & Technical network at CEPF

8 on-going COST actions (5 in forestry)

R&D support of ArcMED & COSE

Representation in the EC ad-hoc

group on forests

Board member of the EBCC

Board member of the EFI

Board member of the Spanish

FTP

Advisory body to the Spanish FP7 negotiating group

Some of our participations

GIS-Integrated management of Grasslands (Interreg III-A)

Sustainable development and management of Pyrenean Forests (Interreg III-A)

With EFI: EFORWOOD, FIRE PARADOX, … (6PM)

Carbon cycle in mountainous ecosystems (5PM)

CarboEurope (6PM)

Distribution of ecological mediterranean forest products (Interreg III Med)

Five pilot projects with renewable energies (Intelligent Energy Europe)

Learning to advance in rural forests (Gruntvig)

Forest sub-products in Taouanate, Morrocco (Gencat)

Technical assistance to women in agroforestal communities in Salvador (Spain)

Thank you very much for your attention!

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Presentación de PowerPoint©sentati… · Some examples. Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems. Ecophysiology, Nutrient cycles, carbon sequestration. CARBOMONT. CARBOPAS