STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS

COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection
2. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY WORKING GROUPS
Only the scientists working at the Faculty of Forestry in Zagreb are engaged in scientific
and research work relating to wood preservation. As Institute za drvo (the Institute
for Wood Technology) stopped its work in 1989, and the chemical industry in Croatia
has been stagnant, as far as research is concerned, for quite a long time, the only
research has been conducted at the Faculty of Forestry:
• the Institute for Wood Science,
• the Institute for Forest Protection and Wildlife management
Working Group 1: PERFORMANCE
Scope: Traditional wood preservatives, specifying durability requirements, optimum
bio-effective life, creosote, field performance using soil, insects in Europe, climatic
conditions.
Classifying hazard including risk mapping
• decay processes and mechanisms
• diagnosis of damage to wood structures (biotic and abiotic)
• insect population ecology
Efficacy prediction (relationship between testing and practice)
• surface properties and protection of Fir-wood joinery (L-joints method)
Improved protection with minimum use of preservative chemicals
• impact of wood structure and natural durability to the wood properties, particularly
wood protection
Maximum protection with minimum use of preservative chemicals
• improvement of Fir-wood permeability caused by bacteria
• impact of wood structure and natural durability to the wood properties, particularly
wood protection
Scientific basis for realistic, end-use predictive tests
• surface properties and protection of Fir-wood joinery (L-joints method)
Working Group 2: IMPACTS
Scope: Risk assessment, optimum bio-effective life, remediation and wood wastes
Implementing remediation technologies
• remedial treatment of wood with inert gasses
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