EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

Two key publications:
Commarmot, B., Bachofen, H., Bundziak, Yo., Bürgi, A., Ramp, B., Shparyk, Yu.,
Sukhariuk, D., Viter, R., Zingg, A., 2005: Structures of virgin and managed forests in
Uholka (Ukraine) and Sihlwald (Switzerland): a comparative study. For. Snow Landsc.
Res. 79, 1/2: 45–56
Dovhanych Ya.E., 1986: Carnivores of the Carpathian Reserve. Moscow, 12–14.
LJU – Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Partner #4,
Tasks # 1, 5. Leader of the team, prof. J. Diaci made highly significant contributions to the
“Nature-based Management of beech in Europe – a multifunctional approach to forestry”, an
international project supported by the EU fifth framework program. The project has delivered
scientifically founded policy recommendations and management guidelines for sustainable
forest management. His team specializes on ecophysiological research on gap dynamics in
virgin forests and on indicators for monitoring and evaluation of forest biodiversity in Europe.
Two key publications:
Christensen, M., Hahn, K., Mountford, E. P., Odor, P., Standovar, T., Rozenbergar, D., Diaci,
J., Wijdeven, S., Meyer, P., Winter, S., Vrska, T., 2005: Dead wood in European beech
(Fagus sylvatica) forest reserves. Forest ecology and management, 210 (1–3): 267–282.
Diaci, J., Pisek, R., Boncina, A., 2005: Regeneration in experimental gaps of subalpine Picea
abies forest in the Slovenian Alps. European journal of forest research 124 (1): 29–36.
TOR – Department of Agronomy, Silviculture and Land Management, University of
Turin, Turin, Italy: Partner #5, leader of the task #3. The team headed by prof. R. Motta, an
associate editor of Dendrochronologia, an interdisciplinary scientific journal of tree ring
science, is devoted to dendroecological analysis of the conifer trees, the studies of forest
stands histories, and the research on the impact of the global climate change on forests. They
also conduct silvicultural experiments, such as small gaps or elongated cuts, established in
order either to maintain the current status using natural regeneration or to improve the
structures and the “naturalness” of the forest stands.
Two key publications:
Motta R, Garbarino F, 2003: Stand history and its consequences for the present and future
dynamic in two silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) stands in the high Pesio Valley (Piedmont,
Italy). Annals of Forest Science, 60 (4): 361–370.
Motta, R., Edouard, J., 2005: Stand structure and dynamics in a mixed and ultilayered forest
in the Upper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italypper Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy. Canadian
journal of forest research,35 (1): 21–36.
DUB – Department of Environmental Resource Management, Faculty of Agriculture,
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: Partner #6, leader of the task #2. The team of
Prof. E. P. Farrell has made significant contribution on the assessment of forests
environmental functions, mainly soil protection, the provision of clean water and carbon
accumulation, under the global climate change. Prof. Farrell acts as Member of the COST
Action E21 Management Committee (Contribution of Forests and Forestry to the Mitigation
of Greenhouse Effects) and COST Action E25 Management Committee (European Network
for a Long-term Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Research Programme).
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