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MULTIFOREVER!
A project to crosslink knowledge from foresters with science.
Adding alternative tree propagation methods for conifer plantation and sustainable wood supply.
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How to build a sustainable plantation forestry of productive conifers?
Conifers have large economic, ecological and societal values. However seeds are visibly running short in the context of climate change, which is already challenging the traditional seed-based plantation forestry with improved varieties to produce wood and withstand pests, droughts and late frosts. Complementary strategies must be introduced to propagate trees efficiently.
Our intentions are to:
- Increase transparency between public and forest science knowledge and benefits.
- Present traditional breeding as well as planting strategies and technologies in forestry.
- Introduce a complementing system based on biotechnological possibilities, multi-varietal forestry, to provide enough plant material for future woods together with addressing the rising problem of seed shortage.
- Offer access to current scientific research.
- Report on the news and results of a joint EU/Argentina scientific collaboration.
Benefits for society
In the context of climate change, several advantages will arise from multi-varietal forestry in conifers:
- More wood, sustainably: response to increasing wood demands - producing and planting more valuable trees.
- Sustained productivity: growing productive and diverse improved varieties.
- Efficient multiplication of valuable trees: constant supply of adapted varieties through vegetative propagation.
- Real-time plantation forestry: reduced need for time and manpower consuming breeding efforts.
- Addressing public concerns related with vegetative propagation of trees and plantation forestry.
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