Naturstiftung David – Die Stiftung des BUND Thüringen
Trommsdorffstr. 5
99084 Erfurt
Dr. Dierk Conrady – project manager
Telephone: +49 (0) 361 5550-335
E-mail: dierk.conrady@naturstiftung-david.de
Adrian Johst – further contact person
Telephone: +49 (0) 361 5550-332
E-mail: adrian.johst@naturstiftung-david.de
Prof. Dr. habil. Sabine Tischew – project manager
Telephone: +49 (0) 3471 355-1217
E-mail: sabine.tischew@loel.hs-anhalt.de
Dipl. Ing. (FH) Annett Baasch – further contact person
Telephone: +49 (0) 3471 355-1173
E-mail: annett.baasch@hs-anhalt.de
Dipl. Biol. Karen Runge – further contact person
Telephone: +49 (0) 3471 355-1136
E-mail: karen.runge@hs-anhalt.de
Prof. Dr. habil. Norbert Grosser – project manager
Telephone: +49 (0) 361 6700 229
E-mail: grosser@fh-erfurt.de
Available only in German.
The project “fuel wood and biodiversity” analyses the beneficial effect of using wood from landscape management for energy production with regard to the conservation of endangered habitats in cultural landscapes. Of a prior importance in this project are habitats with species-rich plant and animal communities. On up to 41 plots in Thuringia and Brandenburg, which were selected exemplarily for representative habitats in Germany, different methods of harvesting, biomass processing and transport will be tested and optimised. With the usage of a well-adapted technique the costs of wood production should be reduced without negative effects on these national important habitats.
In this project cost-effective methods for using fuel wood will be developed in areas with a high value regarding nature conservation to maintain these valuable habitats. These methods will be also tested in areas of contamination with ammunition. Existing methods for estimating the woody biomass will be adjusted, and if possible simplified. Technology, which is currently used for harvesting woody biomass, will be evaluated to identify the potentials for a further optimisation of technology. The obtained product – wood chips – will be analysed, evaluated and based on changes in the process chain the quality will be improved. Process chains which are effective and gentle with regard to the CO2 balance and to nature conservation efforts should be developed.
Naturstiftung David
The organisation and monitoring of harvesting activities in 41 project areas in Thuringia and Brandenburg is the main focus of the project. Previous to the harvesting activities the woody biomass for each project area will be estimated. Subsequent to the harvesting, actual values of the biomass that was harvested effectively will be calculated and compared to the estimated biomass. Within the project different adapted process chains, according to the project areas, will be tested and evaluated economically as well as the ecologically (CO2 balance). The quality of the resulting wood chips will be analysed.
LOEL
Ecological effects of harvesting biomass on species and communities are being monitored by the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (vegetation surveys; 03KB020B) and the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences (faunistic investigations; 03KB020C). We collect data using permanent plots and transects to survey the vegetation and animal groups (e.g. grasshoppers, birds, reptiles). Surveys are carried out yearly starting in the year before harvesting. Technology effects are recorded and assessed with respect to their potential impact on the development of plant and animal communities.
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
Investigation of the effects of the using energywood to the protected resource fauna.
Naturstiftung David
LOEL
Data collected in the subprojects (03KB020B, 03KB020C) should provide information about the applicability of particular technologies and logistics for harvesting woody biomass in areas of high nature conservation value, as well as information about the potential and problems in the energetic use of (woody) biomass as a tool in restoration and management of overgrown grasslands.
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
