LIFE CO2PES&PEF – Forest ecosystem services and carbon

2020–2023 · LIFE Programme · Coordinator: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

LIFE CO2PES&PEF developed tools to integrate sustainable forest management, climate mitigation and the economic valorisation of ecosystem services. The project worked across three Alpine and Apennine pilot areas, assessing carbon, natural hazards, wood value chains and mechanisms for ecosystem-service certification.

ForestLab contributed to forest monitoring, carbon modelling and the assessment of vulnerability to wildfire and windthrow. A total of 113 plots and more than 5,000 trees were surveyed, while carbon-dynamics models were used to compare alternative management and wood-use scenarios.

Related research lines: Forest carbon, climate mitigation and bioeconomy · Sustainable forest management and planning

Reports and outputs: LIFE CO2PES&PEF website · deliverables