18.-20.09.2019
The 3rd FORMASAM meeting was held as planned on 18-20th September
2019 in Zvolen, Slovakia. FSOS contributions were consolidated and responsibilities were shared. Model protocols for model comparisons and related model activities were drafted. The results were presented and discussed by FOREXCLIM.
Find more information about the topics as well as some presentations here.
FORMASAM Group meeting in Wageningen (November 2018)
27.-29.03.2019
The 2nd FORMASAM meeting took place on 27-29th March 2019 in Grenoble, France. Contributions to the FSOS study was planned and break-out groups identified challenges for implementing scenarios at stand, landscape and European scale. The results were presented and discussed by FOREXCLIM.
More information about the meeting as well as the presentations can be found here.

FORMASAM Group meeting in Grenoble (March 2019)
01.02.2019
Project partner meeting in Freising: Setting common PFT parameters for modelling forest management and effects of extreme events on forests in Europe.

Project partner meeting
12.-14.11.2018
The 1st FORMASAM meeting took place on 12-14th November 2018 at the Wageningen Congress Centre in the Netherlands. Current and future drivers and challenges of forest management, an overview of how to manage forest models and first ideas for future forest scenario storyline were debated. The results were presented and discussed by FOREXCLIM.
More information about the meeting as well as the presentations can be found here.

FORMASAM Group meeting in Zvolen (September 2019)
25.04.2018-28.04.2018
Project partner meeting in Ljubljana and field excursion: Solutions for risk resilient management. In the meeting we evaluated the outcome from the expert workshop, analyzed the preliminary results of the risk attitude survey and individual discount rates of the participants. We discussed next steps in modelling and coupling the LPJ-GUESS simulation runs with YAFO optimizer. See Agenda for internal meeting…

Project partner meeting

Field trip to sites hit by ice storm, wind-throw and bark beetle attack
25.04.2018
First expert workshop on forest management and extreme weather events. In the first international expert workshop we looked at the views of different stakeholders on extreme weather events. Altogether nine presentations were listened to followed by plenary discussions and a World café on the specific issues identified during the day. See Programme and List of participants.

World Café on one of the topics: Which silvicultural and management adjustments should be taken in a changing climate?

Part of the participants
12.03.2018-15.03.2018
Project partner meeting in Lund: Choosing the management strategies for each participating country.

Data preparation and first simulation runs for case studies
17.10.2017
Our new project “Forests and extreme weather events: Solutions for risk resilient management in a changing climate” (FOREXCLIM) was presented at the Sumforest final conference in Barcelona by Prof. Anja Rammig. We had our first internal project meeting with our partners from Lund University, Sweden.