Solsona, 18/01/2012
Who we are?
CTFC is a consortium of various public bodies:
CTFC is a public body
Research
Innovation transfer
Training
Expertise services
Centre for research, training and technology and Kn transfer
Organisation chart
CTFC BOARD
President
DirectorManager
International and Cooperation Programmes Auditing / Legal
University-CTFC Research Committee Sectorial Committee
Research Direction Technology TransferDirection
TrainingDirection
FinancialDirection
ServicesDirection
Program Groups /Research Lines and Departments
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Contribute to the modernisation and competitiveness of the forestry sector, to the rural development and to the sustainable management of natural resources… through research, training and transfer of technology and knowledge to society.
MISSION
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Become a centre of reference on the local, national and international levels in the fields of forestry and rural
development
VISION
The CTFC in the world
Headquarters
* 3.500 m2
* Heating system: Biomass boiler . Wood Chips consumption.
* Solar panels (hot water)
* Rain recycling system
A young team, dedicated, outstanding and ever-growing!
Let’s talk People120 employees
22 PhDs
8 M€ anual budget (2012)
88% self-financing
Team
Multidisciplinary
Flexible
Proactive
Confident and Professional
Sensitive to society
Different approaches and Methodologies
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Social demands and problem solving
oriented
Flexible, multidisciplinary, adaptable to
demands and multiproduct…
RESEARCH
Researching real world problems!
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RESEARCH PRODUCTSScientific papers
Divulgative papers GuidelinesPolicy recomendations
Technical guidelines
Action plans
Prototypes
Others
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Work programs
Multifunctional management of natural systems
Governance and socioeconomics of rural environments
Agroforested ecosystems dynamics
Interconnection, dynamic
SustainabilityGlobal change
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Work programs
Multifunctional management of natural systems
Governance and socioeconomics of rural environments
Agroforested ecosystems dynamics
Interconnection, dynamic
Forest Hydrology
Ecophysiology
Ecology and dynamics of communities
Nutrient cycles and carbon sequestration
Biological diversity
Landscape ecology
Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems
… Some examples
Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems
Vulnerability of silvopastoral systems to use change: effects of the abandonment in the carbon and nitrogen dynamic
Role of soil as a hydrological regulator and carbon sink in mountain basins
… Some examples
Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems
Ecophysiology, Nutrient cycles, carbon sequestration
CARBOMONT CARBOPASCARBOEUROPE
de Bello F, Leps J and Sebastià MT (2006). Variations in species and functional plant diversity along climatic and grazing gradients. Ecography 29(6):801-810
Sebastià MT (2007). Plant guilds drive biomass response to global warming and water availability in subalpine grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 44(1): 158-167
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Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems
Landscape changes and biodiversity answers: the role of perturbations (wild forest fire)
Sirami C, et. al. (2008). Is land abandonned having an impact on biodiversity? A metaanalytical approach to bird distribution in the north-western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation 141: 450-459
Brotons L, Pons P and Herrando S (2005). Colonisation of dynamic Mediterranean landscapes: where do birds come from after fire?. Journal of Biogeography 32(5): 789-798Brotons L, Herrando S and Martin JL (2004). Bird assamblages in forest fragments within Mediterranean mosaics created by wild fires. Landscape Ecology 19: 663-675
Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems
Biodiversity patterns of wild mushrooms in mediterranean forests
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Work programs
Multifunctional management of natural systems
Governance and socioeconomics of rural environments
Agroforested ecosystems dynamics
Governance and socio-economics of rural environments
Assessment and promotion of rural areas
Territorial planning
Rural socioeconomics
Public use of natural areas
Forest policy
Ecological and forest economics
Social perception communication
… Some examples
Governance and socio-economics of rural environments
New tools and mechanism to ensure the sustainable provision of goods and services
WTP for dehesas (leisure, carbon, plants, etc)
Forest management as a tool to prevent forest fires: cost-efficiency analysis of the risk of big wild forest fires
CTFC – Visit to EFI, Joensuu 22/08/08
Socioeconomical valuation of the mushroom picking as a recreational activity
… Some examples
Governance and socio-economics of rural environments
New socioeconomical activities to the development and valorisation of the agroforestry sector
Forest and society: Analyzing relationship between people and forest areas
Researching in equal opportunities between men and women
… Some examples
Governance and socio-economics of rural environments
Government and governance. The social component in the multicriteria decision making in the environmental policy design
Organizing information: Elaboration of data base and sectoral and territorial information gathering
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Multifunctional management of natural systems
Governance and socioeconomics of rural environments
Agroforested ecosystems dynamics
Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems
Silviculture and forest modelling
Wood and non-wood forest products
Conservation biology
Forest fires and other natural risks
Ecological restoration
Silvopastoralism
Multi-target planning
… Some examples
Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems
Biomass as a renewable source of energy
Technology and improvement of wood crop and forest roads
… Some examples
Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems
Tuber Melanosporum as a means to rural development
Biological control of Cryphonectria pararysitica in chestnut
Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems
Multifunctionaliy in mediterranean silvopastoral systems
Integration of fauna conservation in forest management
Multifunctional Management of Natural Systems
Use of predictive modelization of species distribution for the biodiversity conservation and territorial planning
Departments’ Activities balance between research, training and
knowledge transfer
Department of Forest Biomass
and Wood Mobilization
Department of Forest Economics
Department of Sustainable Forest Management
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Research
DevelopmentTraining
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INNOVATION TRANSFER & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Forest vocational training
- Rural and Forest Guards
- Administration services
- European system of knowledge for Internet supported distance learning in sustainable forestry
- European Forestry Master (associated)
Professional training programmes
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Customer specific projects
• Forest Policy Plans (Catalan Government)
• Methodology to implant Forest Resources Management Plans -PORF- (Catalan Government)
• Forest Technology Platform (Spain)
• Manuals and Good Practises (mushrooms, PAM, …)
• Strategic Plans (National Parks, protected areas, …)
• Viability of biomass infrastructures
• Planning and Management Plans
• Other projects …
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Publication and web Services• GIS SERVICE (NOAA)
• CATALAN FOREST OBSERVATORY www.observatoriforestal.cat
• CATALAN FOREST SECTOR GUIDE
• MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR FOREST OWNERS (DRIADA)
• Rural and Forest Magazing (trimestral publication)
• Saps què (What about!). Digital CTFC Review
• AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS REVIEW
• …
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“CLIENTS & PARTNERS”
Universities
Research Centres
Technology CentresPublic
Administrations
Forest owners
Civil society Companies, …
PRODUCTSBasic and applied researchStudies, technical projects
Courses, meetings, seminars, forums, etc.Educational material, books, articles
Technical and administrative managementof national and international projects
… NETWORKING!
… About TT and ServicesINITIATIVES PROMOTED BY THE CTFC
& EFIMED
Catalan Wood Institute (INCAFUST)
Rural Development Centre of Catalonia (CEDRICAT)
Franco-Spanish Pyrenean Forest Association
Solsonès Telemàtic centre
Companies incubation Centre
Emerging research group: multifunctional management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems in a
context of global change
Structural Timber Association (AFE)
Catalan Association of Aromatic and Medicinal Plant Producers (ACPPAM)
Life Association of Fungi and Truffle Producers spin off …
Interreg / FEDER Life / Natura 2000
Education/Training Energy
InternationalCooperation
FP
European Programmes
CCentre TTecnològic FForestal de CCatalunya
EXPE
RIE
NC
EEX
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CEEuropean Programmes
FP R&D 11 projects
Territorial Cooperation 19 projects/actions
Development Aid 11 projects
Education and Training 6 projects
1. Economy, growth, research and development
2. Environment
3. Urban, Rural and Human development
European NetworkingMajority member
of FORESPIR
R&D Committee & Technical network at CEPF
8 on-going COST actions (5 in forestry)
R&D support of ArcMED & COSE
Representation in the EC ad-hoc
group on forests
Board member of the EBCC
Board member of the EFI
Board member of the Spanish
FTP
Advisory body to the Spanish FP7 negotiating group
Some of our participations
GIS-Integrated management of Grasslands (Interreg III-A)
Sustainable development and management of Pyrenean Forests (Interreg III-A)
With EFI: EFORWOOD, FIRE PARADOX, … (6PM)
Carbon cycle in mountainous ecosystems (5PM)
CarboEurope (6PM)
Distribution of ecological mediterranean forest products (Interreg III Med)
Five pilot projects with renewable energies (Intelligent Energy Europe)
Learning to advance in rural forests (Gruntvig)
Forest sub-products in Taouanate, Morrocco (Gencat)
Technical assistance to women in agroforestal communities in Salvador (Spain)
Thank you very much for your attention!
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