Description

Forests in Europe provide a range of ecosystem services, playing a vital role in fighting climate change. However, to manage these resources in the best possible way, it is essential to establish reliable forest monitoring systems, which will provide consistent and comprehensive forest information. The offered grants aim at developing capacities of Ukrainian researchers in the field of forest monitoring and explore the suitability and robustness of different monitoring procedures in the context of Ukraine. The grants will address the following topics:

• Topic 1: Evaluation of forest disturbances in Ukraine through remotely sensed data
• Topic 2: Mapping core forests in Europe
• Topic 3: Monitoring the effects of restoration interventions on biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Topic 4: Forest data infrastructures supporting the ForestWard Observatory to secure the resilience of European forests
• Topic 5: Ecosystem service monitoring in Ukrainian forests