About the Research Group

TERMS OF REFERENCE
 

Analysis, design and continuous improvement of the facilities and networks of technical and transaction processes required to establishing and tending forest stands. Clusters of primary processes are (1) nursery operations, (2) site preparation, (3) regeneration, and (4) stand tending and protection. Classes of transaction processes are (5) procurement, (6) order fullfillment, (7) data exchange, and (8) system monitoring and control.

MISSION
  • organising or encouraging the holding of meetings or conferences to discuss research problems and results,
  • ensuring that the proceedings of these meetings are published and made available to interested people, and
  • issuing of newsletters to ensure those on the mailing lists of the groups are informed of activities of interest.

 

STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
  • Anonymous. 1985. Nursery Management Practices for the Southern Pines International Symposium on Nursery Management Practices for the Southern Pines, Montgomery, Alabama, USA, August 4-9. Department of Research Information, 103 Comer Hall, Auburn University, Alabama 36849.
    (available online at https://www.auburn.edu/academic/forestry_wildlife/nurserycoop/pubsanddocs/manuscripts/symposium/intro.pdf)
  • MCNABB, K. 2004. Nursery Operations. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. BURLEY, J. EVANS, and J. YOUNGQUIST, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 649-657.

Research Group Representatives

Coordinator
Deputy Coordinator
Italy

Past Research Group Events

Conference

Silviculture 4.0 (Smart Technology from nursery to field)

Report by Muedanyi Ramantswana, Deputy Coordinator Division 3.00.00 – Forest operations engineering and management and Deputy Coordinator of Working Party 3.01.02 – Road engineering and

Congress
Conference

Advancing Silvicultural Technology

The objectives of the conference are to present ongoing R&D in the Nordic-Baltic region on forest management systems and technology and to discuss future R&D

Research Group Resources