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LIFE CLIMARK - Newsletter n. 2 - March 2019
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The third semester of the Life CLIMARK project has concluded with the selection of all the stands in which the impact of different forest management practices on climate regulation, the regulation of the water cycle and biodiversity and the subsequent assessment will be determined. of climate credits. The stands are located in different Landscape Units in Catalonia and work is carried out to mitigate and adapt to climate change based on multifunctional forest management and the planting of different forest species. Some of the selected stands were treated as part of other projects, which will allow us to obtain valuable information over time.
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The selection of the stands has had the local participation, especially with the associations of the forest property (Image 1). A total of 42 stands have been demarcated. In 25 of these, an improvement is expected in carbon sequestration and the protection of current stocks, in the quality and quantity of water resources and in the biodiversity they host. The other 17 stands are part of actions carried out in the past on which very important basic information can be obtained on the reference indicators. (Image 2).
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Prior to climate change mitigation and adaptation actions, all forest inventories have been carried out, with measures on the air and soil carbon stock and the evaluation of the Biodiversity Index of the Potential of Catalonia ( IBPC), among others (Images 1 and 2).
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Plantations and analysis of their carbon sink capacity are carried out according to three different schemes: forest plantations with grafted Stone pine (Figure 1); agroforestry plantations with fast-growing species or to produce quality wood in the midst of crops; and enrichment plantations in Aleppo pine (Image 2), with different species adapted to each microstation. In the design of the plantations and the subsequent follow-up, it collaborates with IRTA and Forestal Catalana.
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The multifunctional forest management for the increase of water resources focuses on two very different stands from an environmental and landscape point of view, in the Capçaleres del Llobregat and the Serra d’Ancosa. This study has the collaboration of the CSIC and the ACA for the monitoring of water flows at the stand and basin scale (Images 1 and 2).
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Improving biodiversity is a cross-cutting action that affects all selected stands. In the Vall de Rialb, biodiversity has been integrated into forest management for the production of Scots pine and Black pine with the maintenance and generation of microhabitats and other unique elements (large diameter trees, dead wood) (Images 1 and 2). For the development of this action, there will be an exchange of experiences with the LIFE BIORGEST project.
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