EU-Australia Research on Climate Change Impacts and Forest Management
1. Transferring Research between EU
and Australia-New Zealand on
FORestry and Climate Change
progress report – month 18
Jean-Michel Carnus (INRA)
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Agronomique
3. 7 FP People Programme
Marie Curie Actions
International Research Staff
Exchange Scheme
IRSES
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4. IRSES
What is it for? - Objectives
– Strengthen research collaborations with the rest of the
world
– Strengthen sustainable research partnerships between
research institutions (or companies)
– [not mobility programme for individual career
development!]
– S&T agreement and Neighbourhood policy countries
– Based on joint programmes, with commitment from
both EU*/AC** and Third countries
*European Union
**Associated Countries to the RTD Framework Programme
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5. IRSES
Exchange programme
– Multi-annual joint exchange programme (balanced
& coordinated)
– Short term exchanges (up to 1 year per person in
total)
– Researchers, management, technical staff
– Staff are seconded (maintain salary in institution of
origin and have the right to return)
– Partner institutes select their staff for exchange
– No restriction for size of programme
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6. IRSES
Financial rules/Community contribution
– Balanced exchange expected out/in Europe (in
person years)
– Each partner funds its own outgoing researchers
– Community contribution for EU/AC partners
– Fixed 1800€/person/month (incl. travel, subsistence)
– Only for EU/AC partners
– Non-EU/AC partners may apply their own rates
– Community funding of ICPC and Neighbourhood
policy countries in exceptional cases
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7. IRSES
IRSES 2008 (first call)
Scientific panel/Non ICPC countries
Country
Panel AU CA JP KR NZ US
CHE 1 3
ENG 2 1 3
ENV 7 3 7
LIF 1 2 1 2 3
MAT 2 2 1 2 4
PHY 1
SOC 2 1
Grand Total 16 6 1 1 10 17
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9. TRANZFOR project - context
• rapid climatic change, a contemporary reality (4th IPCC report
2007)
• major role of forests and forestry in influencing earth systems
(CBD, UNCCD, UNFCCC, 2008)
• sensitivity of forest resources and forest-based sector to CC:
• increasing biotic and abiotic disturbances
• variations in productivity (+/-)
• mitigation of CC through renewable wood-products and energy
• deforestation and GHG emissions (# 20% - 1990s)
Rapid Climate Change is a major issue for future forests and
a key theme in policies and research strategies at national, EU
and international level
OECD « Forestry and Climate Change » 2007
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10. TRANZFOR project (1)
aim :“strengthening research partnership through
staff exchanges, networking and dissemination
activities”
– within an integrated framework and a comprehensive long term
joint programme on forestry & climate change
– on the basis of bilateral cooperation and complementarities
between 5 individual countries and partners
– balanced exchange of 75 staff members for periods ranging from
2 to 12 months over 4 years
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11. TRANZFOR project (2)
• focus on forests, forestry and climate change
interactions
• assessment of impacts of CC and development of
adaptation and mitigation strategies
• 5 partners’ countries share common features:
– key tree species of common interest
– Mediterranean to temperate biogeographic conditions in N and S
– strategic importance of planted forests for wood-based sector
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12. TRANZFOR project (3)
• Genomics and tree breeding strategies (WP1): for the groups of species of common
interest, characterize diversity of adaptive traits, identify adaptive genes of likely
significance in the changing climates and integrate into breeding programme.
• Forest models (WP2): enhance quality and consistency of forest modelling for the
simulation at various scales of forest resources dynamics under alternative
management and climatic scenarios.
• Environmental services (WP3): evaluate effects of changing climate on main
environmental services provided by forest ecosystems (carbon sequestration,
biodiversity conservation, water regulation, soil protection)
• Risk assessment (WP4): assess main abiotic (wind, fire, drought) and biotic (pest
insects, pathogens) risks under changing climate, and develop simulation tools to
evaluate the sensitivity of forests to hazards under alternative management strategies,
integration of risk management in Sustainable Forest Management.
• Bioenergy (WP5): develop sustainable management strategies and quality standards
for dendro-biomass production and renewable supply of ligno-cellulosic biomass to
substitute for fossil fuels.
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13. TRANZFOR project (4)
added-value and gained knowledge will be mainly obtained from:
(1) exchange of ideas, concepts and methodologies;
(2) exchange of data and cross-validation of models ;
(3) application and test of conceptual and generic models in contrasted
situations;
(4) comparative analysis of data and research results and joint synthesis
and publications.
It is expected that there will be a joint publication for each topic and
partner, giving a total of 15 Joint Publications in Peer-reviewed
scientific Journals.
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14. Project description (1)
Work Work package title Lead Start End
package Partner mont mont
No organisation h h
short name
1 Genomics and Tree Breeding Strategies INRA 1 48
2 Forest models ISA 1 48
3. Environmental services SCION 1.. 48
4 Risks assessment CSIRO 1 48
5 Bioenergy FR 1 48
6 Project management INRA 1 48
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16. Project description (3)
Work package number 1 Start date or starting event: Month1
Work package title Genomics and Tree Breeding Strategies
Partner short name INRA
Objectives
exchange and increase knowledge on adaptive genes of likely significance in changing climates and integrate into breeding programme
for key forest tree species of common interest.
Description of work
Activities will include staff exchange, joint research and networking, and will be organised in three main tasks:
Task 1.1: characterization of the diversity of adaptive traits (e.g. bud phenology, disease resistance, tolerance to abiotic constraints...),
as well as of related candidate genes with emphasis on comparative approaches of the same traits and genes in different forest tree
species of common interest.
Task 1.2: review and adaptation of breeding strategies, using description of gene and trait diversity in trees of common interest for
optimising the choice of plant material for the regeneration of forests with respect to expected altered climate conditions.
Task 1.3: identification of tree species potentially adapted to expected climate and environmental changes over the next 100 years in
Western-Southern EU and Australasia.
Work will combine complementary approaches such as assessing and modelling environmental response functions in contrasted
situations, identifying the genetic control of traits and response functions, detecting QTL, developing association studies, and
gene / protein expression profiling, and comparative analysis of breeding strategies.
Deliverables
D1.1: joint seminar at EU scientific conference on challenges of forest regeneration faced with climate change (yr 2)
D1.2, 1.3, 1.4: joint publications on (1) adaptive traits and related genes, (2) optimisation of breeding strategies, and (3) future tree
species (yrs 2, 3, 4)
Researchers involved
Partner 1 (INRA): A Kremer, J-C & C Bastien , C Bresson, C Plomion, A Raffin, L Bouffier, C Douthe, P Gere.
Partner 4 (CSIRO): H Wu
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Partner 5 (SCION): , P Wilcox, E McRae, C Hargreaves, C Devilliard
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17. Project description (4)
Work package number 6 Start date or starting event: Month1
Work package title Project management
Partner short name INRA
Objectives
ensure project objectives are fulfilled and deliverables provided according to time schedule through co-ordination of staff exchange and
WP activities, and effective dissemination.
Description of work
Work will include project management activities and related exchanges, as well as dissemination activities, and will be organised in
three main tasks:
Task 6.1 : organisation of 3 project workshops (kick-off, mid-term, final)
Task 6.2: elaboration of annual operational plans of exchange & activities, and preparation of progress reports (interim and final
reports for each reporting period)
Task 6.3: dissemination including setting-up and maintenance of a dedicated website, production of dissemination material (leaflets,
posters) and coordination of project seminars and publications.
The PMT (project management team) will update the exchange scheme jointly on a yearly basis and an annual operational plan of
exchange and activities (OPEA) will be prepared at the start of each year. A mid-term review will be conducted to ensure objectives of
the programme are being met and that future exchanges in the programme are well planned and resourced. During the project duration,
it is anticipated that the PMT will physically meet three times in combination with TRANZFOR workshops; otherwise, quarterly
telephone meetings will be organised as necessary.
Deliverables
D6.1 : TRANZFOR dedicated website (yr 1)
D6.2 (1, 2, 3, 4): annual operational plan of exchange (yrs 1, 2, 3, 4)
D6.3 (1, 2, 3, 4): progress report (interim and final reports - yrs 1, 2, 3, 4)
D 6.4: TRANZFOR leaflet
Researchers involved
JM Carnus (INRA), P Freer-Smith (FR), M Tome (ISA), M Battaglia (CSIRO), T Payn (SCION)
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18. Project description (5)
Milesto Milestone name WPs Lead partner Delivery Comments
ne no's. organisation date
no. short name (month)
1 TRANZFOR kick-off workshop 6 INRA 2 planned date: week 10 -2009
Contribution to Forest
2 4 SCION 2 Week 11 – 2009*
Biosecurity Conference
including a library of partner research
3 TRANZFOR website 6 INRA 6 programmes on forests and climate
change
as part of VIth international
4 Forest Fire Research Seminar 4 ISA 17
conference on forest fire research *
Seminar on Forest Environmental as part of IUFRO 2010 international
5 3 SCION 19
Services congress *
6 Seminar on Forest Regeneration 1 INRA 21 as part of Evoltree final conference *
TRANZFOR mid-term in conjunction with project mid-term
7 6 CSIRO 25
workshop review
8 Bioenergy Training Seminar 5 FR 30
as part of COST FP 603 final
9 seminar on Forest Models 2 ISA 34
conference *
contribution to Forest Adaptation as part of Cost Action FP 703 final
10 6 INRA 40
conference conference *
11 TRANZFOR final workshop 6 FR 45
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19. Project description (6)
ERA – 6 and 7 FP TRANZFOR
links to on-going links to on-going
Topics corresponding participants and
major FP projects COST actions
thematic areas names
Global change and INRA (A Kremer, C
Genomics and tree ecosystems EVOLTREE NoE - Plomion, A Raffin, C
breeding Food, agriculture and NOVEL TREE - Bastien)
biotechnology + FR
INRA (JM Carnus, C
FP603 - Forest
Meredieu)
Global change and models for research
Forest models EFORWOOD IP ISA (M Tome, J
ecosystems and decision support
Borges)
in SFM
FR (B Gardiner)
FP601 - Forest
Environmental Global change and CARBOEUROPE INRA (D Loustau, H
management and the
services ecosystems BACCARA Jactel)
Water Cycle
Global change and
ISA (F Moreira)
ecosystems FireParadox IP, COST action on post-
Risk assessment INRA (H Jactel)
Environment (inc. EFORWOO IP fire management
FR (H Evans)
climate change)
Food, agriculture and ERANET
Bioenergy - FR (A Hall)
biotechnology BIOENERGY
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20. Project decsription (7)
participant country exchanged indicative total EC
short name researcher total partner contribution
months costs (K€) (K€)
INRA France 128 1280 230
Forest United 40 600 72
Research Kingdom
UTL-ISA Portugal 52 416 94
CSIRO Australia 78 1248 -
SCION New 78 1248 -
Zealand
TOTAL 376 4792 396
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21. Project progress – mid term (1)
signature of Consortium and EU Grant Agreements, February 2009
(end of year 1 – 10 exchanges for 28 months)
• 25 exchanges (1/3) representing 75 months
• 18 exchanges from EU and 7 from AU-NZ (+ STSM)
• 8 ESR out of 25 exchanges
• all WP concerned (WP1>WP2>WP3>WP4>WP5)
• 10 joint publications under preparation
• 5 milestones reached (out of 10)
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22. Project progress – mid term (2)
calendar of activities 2009-2010
1. kick-off meeting , Bordeaux, 02–03 March 2009
2. stakeholder seminar in Wellington, April 2009
3. presentation to COST forestry domain, Sept 2009
4. seminar in CSIRO centre, Canberra, Nov 2009
5. session at IUFRO congress – Aug 2010
6. Mid-term workshop, Hobart, Oct 2010
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23. Project progress – year 1 (3)
name Sending Hosting Period(s) Number of WP - topic
organisation organisation months
Douthe Cyril INRA CSIRO – co-host: 01/08/2009 to 12 WP1
University of Sydney 31/07/2010
Bresson INRA CSIRO – co-host: 01/10/2009 to 5 WP1
Caroline University of Tasmania 28/02/2010
Palma Joao ISA CSIRO -SCION 01/08/2009 to 2 WP2
30/09/2009
Fontes Luis ISA CSIRO 01/10/2009 to 2 WP2
01/12/2009
Beets Peter SCION INRA 01/09/2009 to 2 WP3
31/10/2009
Pawson SCION INRA 01/05/2009 to 2 WP3
Steve 01/07/2009
Brin Antoine INRA SCION 01:10:2009 TO 5 WP3
01:03:2010
Evans Hugh FR SCION 03/2009 1 WP4
Moreira ISA CSIRO -SCION 15/10/2009 to 2 WP4
Francisco 15/12/2009
Carnus INRA CSIRO -SCION 10/03 to 30/04/09 3 WP6
Jean-Michel 25/10 to 10/12/09
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24. Project progress – year 2 (4)
name Sending Hosting Period(s) Number of WP - topic
organisation organisation months
Dreyer Erwin INRA CSIRO – co-host: University of 01/2010 10/2010 2 WP1
Sydney
Bouffier Laurent INRA CSIRO – SPBC / SCION 01 – 03 / 2011 3 WP1
Loustau Denis INRA CSIRO 10/2010 1 WP2
Mason Dean SCION FR 09/2010 to 10/2010 2 WP2
Yao Richard 2 WP3
Moreaux Virginie INRA CSIRO – co host: Macquarie 01/08/2010- 31/12/2010 5 WP2
University
Pawson Steve SCION INRA 10-11/2010 2 WP3
Barbaro Luc INRA SCION 01-02/2011 2 WP 3
Van Halden Inge 12-02/2011 3
Evans Hugh FR SCION 09-10/2010 1 WP4
Rego Francisco ISA CSIRO 04-05/2010 2 WP4
Catry Filipe ISA CSIRO 01-03/2010 3 WP 4
O’Connell CSIRO FR 05-06/2010 2 WP5
Deborah
White Don CSIRO FR 2 WP5
Carnus Jean- INRA CSIRO -SCION 10-12/2010
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25. Project overall progress
• building up of the network in year 2 (+50%/yr1)
• satisfactory number of exchanges
• milestones and deliverables (>50%)
• under consumption of funding
• unbalanced exchange between EU and AU-NZ
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26. Thank you for
your attention
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