Project Reports
Project reports - Coford's thematic research programme
click on links for project reports from 2007 COFORD Annual Report
Establishing and growing forests
- ASHGEN (pdf 76Kb) - Identifying the scale of suspected hybrid ash (F. excelsior x F. angustifolia) in Ireland and its potential for genetic pollution of indigenous ash germplasm
- ASHQUAL (pdf 236Kb) - Comparison of Irish ash seed sources
- BEECHQUAL (pdf 223Kb) - Testing seed stands of Irish beech
- BIHIP (pdf 70Kb) - British and Irish hardwood improvement programme
- BIRCH (pdf 291Kb) - Selection and improvement of Irish birch
- EUFORGEN (pdf 72Kb) - European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
- OAKPROV (pdf 241Kb) - Establishment of Irish oak seed stand and progeny trials
- QUALIBROAD (pdf 72Kb) - Improving the uniformity and quality of broadleaf planting stock
- SEEDSTANDS (pdf 77Kb) - The national catalogue of seeds
- XMASFIR (pdf 279Kb) - Trial of Danish noble fir Christmas tree sources
- BROADFORM (pdf 145Kb) - Silviculture of new broadleaved plantations: shaping and thinning
- CONTINUCOVER (pdf 70Kb) - An evaluation of continuous cover forestry in Ireland
- GBREVIEW (pdf 74Kb) - Growing Broadleaves review
- REDAREAS (pdf 395Kb) - Management options for forests on western peatlands
PLANSFM
- FORESTSCAN (pdf 72Kb) - Terrestrial laser scanning technology for multi-resource forest inventories
- NATFOREX (pdf 69Kb) - Establishing a national resource of field trials and a database for forest research and demonstration
- PractiSFM II (pdf 71Kb) - PractiSFM - implementation, communication and optimisation
- STANDMODEL (pdf 451Kb) - Development of dynamic yield models for conifers, broadleaves and mixtures
- TREEMODEL (pdf 70Kb) - Development of single tree volume models and stem profile models
- CLUSTER (pdf 158Kb) - A cluster based approach for identifying farm forest resources to maximise potential markets
- ABATE (pdf 287Kb) - Integrated reduced-chemical control of Hylobius abietis in Sitka spruce
- SQUIRRELSURVEY (pdf 188Kb) - Irish Squirrel Survey 2007
Harvesting and products
WOODTRANS
- GPSTRACK (pdf 157Kb) - Assessment of GPS tracking devices and associated software suitable for real time monitoring of timber haulage trucks
- LOADSENSOR (pdf 230Kb) - Evaluation of air bag pressure sensors/gauges as load weighing devices for use on timber haulage trucks
- FORESTENERGY (pdf 70Kb) - Harvesting and processing forest biomass for energy production in Ireland
- FARMFUNGI (pdf 69Kb) - Production of edible fungi in the farm forest
- FORESTFOLIAGE (pdf 70Kb) - Management, screening and evaluation of a range of forest trees and associated ornamental species for suitability as cut foliage
- FORESTFUNGI (pdf 444Kb) - Assessment of wild edible fungal production in selected Irish forest sites and an evaluation of the commercial potential of harvesting
- WILDFUNGI (pdf 67Kb) - Wild fungi of Ireland
Policy and public goods
FORPOLEC
CLIMIT
- CARBIFOR II (pdf 358Kb) - Carbon sequestration by Irish forest ecosystems
- CARBWARE (pdf 189Kb) - Development of tools and systems for reporting on forest carbon stocks and stock change under the Kyoto protocol and the UNFCCC
- CLIMADAPT (pdf 147Kb) - The use of Ecological Site Classification in adapting forests and their management to climate change
- FORESTSOILC (pdf 72Kb) - Soil carbon stock changes and greenhouse gas fluxes in Irish forests
PLANFORBIO
- FORESTBIO (pdf 287Kb) - Managing for biodiversity in a range of Irish forest types
- HENHARRIER (pdf 211Kb) - Optimum scenarios for Hen Harrier conservation in Ireland
- RHODO (pdf 277Kb) - Achieving effective rhododendron control
- FUNCTIONALBIO (pdf 272Kb) - Functional biodiversity in forests diversity of soil decomposers and predatory and parasitic arthropods
- FORFLUX (pdf 67Kb) - Biogeochemistry of Irish forests
- SANIFAC (pdf 282Kb) - Establishment of erodibility indices and soil and nutrients losses from forest soils
- SILTATION II (pdf 224Kb) - Quantification and management of erosion and siltation