Our consideration of multifunctional forest management is based on knowledge and the development of tools that ensure the ecological, social and economic values of the forest ecosystems, guaranteeing the sustainable provision of goods and services.
We analyse and evaluate the modelling of forest dynamics to promote a silviculture aimed at adapting to environmental and social changes, based on knowledge of how forests function. Research and innovation at various scales of multifunctional forest planning and the development of agroforestry planning and management support tools are key. We also develop research on the ecology of fire, the capacity of forest systems to adapt and respond to natural disturbances, and the prevention of large forest
/ Impacts of climate change and improved resistance of forest systems to various disturbances
/ Effects of soil use changes in the dynamics and operation of forests
/ Silviculture models and recommendations for forest management and planning, adapted to the current context (natural disturbances, multifunctionality and provision of ecosystem services)
/ Modelling forest dynamics and operation under different climate conditions and forest management
/ Prevention of large forest fires and integration of fire in forest management and post-fire restoration
/ Development of tools for analysis of the spatial variation and temporal dynamics of the composition and structure of the forest and undergrowth
/ Detection of forest pathogens via innovative techniques
/ Sustainable management of agrosilvopastoral systems and their integration on livestock farms
/ Forest plantations and agroforestry systems of high productive and environmental value
/ Chemistry of organic soil material, humic amendments and fertilisers
/ Land carbon cycle and recovery of carbon stocks in agroforestry systems
