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QLK5-2000-00701
Strategy and technology development for a sustainable wood+cork forestry chain
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| Contract No: |
QLK5-2000-00701 |
| Project Type: |
RS (Research and Technological Development Project)
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| Start Date: |
01-01-2001
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| Duration: |
48 months
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| Total Cost: |
932,680 EUR
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| EC Contribution: |
821,750 EUR
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| Scientific Officer: |
Ignacio SEOANE
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Abstract:
The objectives are:
- to maintain the socio-economic and physical sustainability of the cork-oak system and to
increase its competitiveness as an integrated natural system with a more efficient use of renewable
resources, by improving the technology of their use and by the adoption of novel management tools;
- to bring into the European market another wood species for high value uses.
The project will
develop a growth and yield model for cork oak growth (wood and cork). The simulation of different
options in a wood+cork forestry chain will be made and evaluated for socio-economics and sustainability
The relevant technological properties of cork oak wood will be studied with an industrial testing in
saw-mills, veneer cutting and panel production as well as its use in resin-assembled wood components.
Contacts
Coordinator
EC Scientific Officer
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