Research infrastructures for adaptation to climate change
- Project start: 12-15-2023
- End of the project: 04-30-2027
- Financing: Interreg
- Call: Atlantic Area
- Reference number: EAPA_0005/2022
- Total project budget: €3,741,145.50 (75% co-financing) NEIKER budget: €337,000.00
- Partners: Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée (IEFC), Center National de la Propriété Forestière (CNPF), Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAe), Gestión Ambiental de Navarra, S.A. (GAN-NIK), Hazi Fundazioa Foundation (HAZI), Adra Engineering and Environmental Management, Axencia Galega da Calidade Alimentaria – CIF de Lourizán (AGACAL-CIF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa (ISA), Direção Regional do Ordinance of Territory and Water Resources (DROTH), Western Forestry Cooperative Society Ltd (Western Forestry Coop) and University of Seville.
- Web: www.reinfforce.iefc.net
General objective:
The project aims to protect the Atlantic area’s forests, a crucial resource, by providing decision-makers and foresters with concrete solutions to create resilient forests adapted to climate change. This is achieved This will be achieved through ecosystem-based approaches developed in demonstration sites with different types of forest management, diverse species (and genomes), arboretum trials, innovative data analysis, transnational cooperation and information dissemination to forestry stakeholders. and civil society.
Specific objectives:
- Improve REINFFORCE’s infrastructure, adding new trials dedicated to forest adaptation to climate change and establishing new links with partners further south in anticipation of a warmer climate.
- Demonstrate how forest tree species and adaptive forest management perform at demonstration sites where they have been tested. From there, we will validate and promote solutions on how to adapt forests to secure forest resources in the Atlantic countries.
