EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

Pre-proposal No 4 ENHANCEMENT OF CARBON AND WATER RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
OF FORESTS THROUGH PATTERNS OF PRIMEVAL FORESTS DYNAMICS
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versity, biogeochemical cycling, slope and landscape stability and the results indicate very promising lines of research (Keim &
Skaugset 2003, Kropil et al. 1995, Kropil 1996, Saniga & Schuetz 2001, Holubets 1994, Chubatyi 1984). The permanent research
plots in virgin forests of Ukraine and adjacent forests will be identified, tracked and their forest stands screened for the provision
of various forest functions, biodiversity and environmental effects. The similar observations in forests located in the buffer
zones of primeval forest preserves, where a mix of natural dynamics and forestry intervention for various management purposes
has led to development of patterns that may come close to patterns providing the desired forest functions.
Methodology :
Methodology of the primeval forest structure development research that was developed by the Department of Silviculture, Faculty
of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August University in Göttingen and the Department of Silviculture, the Forestry
Faculty of the Technical University in Zvolen.
Task Input:
maps, experience on forest mapping, good knowledge of methodology
Result, milestones:
• list and a map of suitable plots (30. May 2007)
• report on the plots inventories (31.December 2007)
• Metadatabase of results from long-term research (31. December 2008)
4.2.2 Task Title:
Field research on water and solute transport in forest slopes and their stability
Task coordinator:
Prof. Jifií Kulhav˘ , belonging to team: CRT
Objectives:
The forests water regime features specific traits, e. g. nearly total dissipation of raindrops kinetic energy on the forest storeys and
surface humus, retention of water in the trees necromass, moderation of forest microclimate, irregular infiltration and preferential
flow in forest soils, efficient use of resources by forests indigenous to a given sites. Results will be used in action 4.
Methodology :
Methods suitable for intensity–capacity approach, e.g. electric resistivity tomography, Time Domain Reflectometry, dye (Duasyne)
tracing and others will be used to provide a quantitatively and qualitative description of processes that can be used for natural
enhancement of water management, erosion and slope stability control in forest management.
Task Input:
The task is depending on : Synthesis of prior knowledge and identification, selection and screening of permanent research plots
• set of the permanent research plots
• inventory of forest functions
• results of prior research
Result, milestones:
• development of new rapid method for the measurement of soil hydraulic properties (October 2007)
• dominant transport processes in forests soils determined (31. December, 2008)
4.2.3 Task Title:
Field research of organic carbon spatial variability, accumulation and decomposition in forests
Task coordinator:
Dymitrij Sukharyuk, belonging to team: URT