Climate change and forests

CLI-MIT : Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Irish forests

Carbon sequestration in forests and climate change adaptation

The aims and structure of the CLI-MIT programme

Frequently asked questions:

• climate change
• the role of forests in mitigating climate change

For further information contact the programme manager:

Kevin Black (PhD)
Forest Ecologist/Adjunct Research Fellow
FERS Ltd/UCD
117 East Courtyard
Tullyvale
Cabinteely
Dublin 18
Ireland

Tel: +353 1 2814717 or +353 86 333 6475

Email: kevin.black@ucd.ie

The CLIMIT programme comprises the following projects:

• CARBiFOR II: Strategic research project supporting national reporting including ecosystem fluxes, litter dead wood, soils and biomass stock changes (see CARBIFOR website - click here)
• CARBWARE: The national forest carbon stock reporting project
• ESC-IRELAND: Ecological site classification, productivity and climate change risk assessment
• FORESTC: Strategic research supporting national reporting including ecosystem and soil fluxes, and soil stock changes
• WOODCARB: Carbon storage in harvested wood products