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Forestry and Wood Processing

WOOD USE RESEARCH DIRECTION

  • development of a fire protection agent with a sustainable and low environmental impact, which can be used in wooden buildings and timber, and which is suitable for both interior and exterior work,

  • industrially manufactured facades (shield systems), for regulatory purposes,

  • development of wood composite materials and their use possibilities,

  • technical and economic research of wood gluing technologies,

  • research of wood cutting processes,

  • research of wood hydrothermal treatment processes,

  • furniture design and conformity assessment,

  • prediction of wood properties,

  • research on wood finishing issues,

  • use of lignocellulose-based materials in the production of insulation materials,

  • development and use possibilities of wood panel materials.

BIODIVERSITY OF FOREST AND MIDDLE ECOSYSTEMS

  • rare and protected species, their changes, adaptation and risk factors in the context of climate change,

  • anthropogenic impact on forest biodiversity and green infrastructure planning solutions,

  • innovative solutions for increasing forest ecosystem diversity (reforestation) and promoting resilience,

  • impact of economic activity on forest bird species.

URBAN FORESTRY AND ARBORICULTURE

  • opportunities to ensure microhabitats and other elements of biodiversity and their recognition,

  • social research on forest-human interaction and its use in forest policy decisions, including in shaping the image of forestry.

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON FORESTRY

  • the impact of coniferous and deciduous tree stand on carbon storage and GHG dynamics during the cycle,

  • the effectiveness of climate change mitigation in clear-cut forestry,

  • afforestation solutions with the greatest climate change mitigation effect.