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

该研究提案旨在缩小目前正在运行的DFG项目GU 406/12埃塞俄比亚天然林的再生，维护和可持续利用中存在的差距。Munessa森林的跨学科项目的总体目标是为当地科学家和林业工作者提供埃塞俄比亚高原森林可持续管理的建议。为此，在树木和景观水平进行了调查。然而，为了制定适当的管理概念，需要林分信息和林分层面的调查。研究建议的目的是在林分一级评估适当的造林管理选择，这是专门为埃塞俄比亚的高地情况。因此，在邻近的穆尼萨森林新的野外工作站，将在最重要的人工林（两个树种：蓝桉Labill.和墨西哥柏（Cupressus lusitanica Mill.）在自然森林里。为了评估造林措施的效果，将深入研究成熟林、更新和地面植被。土壤学、地植物学、植物生理学和社会经济学的调查将有助于完成造林措施的评估。

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.