Silvicultural contributions towards sustainable management and conservation of forest resources in the highlands of Ethiopia

这项研究提案旨在缩小目前正在实施的DFG项目GU 406/12埃塞俄比亚天然林的再生、维护和可持续利用方面的现有差距。穆内萨森林的跨学科项目的总体目标是为当地科学家和林农提供可持续管理埃塞俄比亚高原森林的建议。为此，进行了树木和景观层面的调查。然而，为了制定适当的管理概念，林分信息和林分一级的调查是必要的。该研究提案的目的是在林分一级评价专门为埃塞俄比亚高原情况制定的适当的营林管理备选办法。因此，在邻近的Munessa森林的新野外站，将在最重要的种植园(两个树种：蓝桉)进行试验，包括在不同树龄或不同发育阶段的三种不同的营林措施。和卢斯柏木(Cupressus lusitanica Mill.)在天然森林里。为了评估营林措施的效果，将对成熟林、更新和地面植被进行深入研究。对土壤科学、地球植物学、植物生理学和社会经济的调查将有助于完成对营林措施的评估。

This research proposal aims at closing the existing gap in the presently running DFG-project GU 406/12 Regeneration, Maintenance, and Sustainable Use of Natural Forests in Ethiopia . The interdisciplinary project in the Munessa-forest has the overall objective of providing recommendations for the local scientists and foresters for the sustainable management of highland forests in Ethiopia. For this reason, investigations at tree and landscape level were conducted. However, for developing an appropriate management concept, information on stands and investigation at the stand level are necessary. The aim of the research proposal is to evaluate at the stand level appropriate silvicultural management options, which are developed specifically for the highland situation in Ethiopia. Therefore, in the neighbouring new field station in the Munessa-forest, experiments including three different silvicultural measures at different ages or development phases will be installed in the most important plantations (two species: Eucalyptus globulus Labill. and Cupressus lusitanica Mill.) and in the natural forest. For assessing the effect of the silvicultural measures, mature stands, regeneration and ground vegetation will be studied in depth. Investigations of soil science, geobotany, plant physiology and socio-economy will help to complete the evaluation of the silvicultural measures.