Lignosilva
Lignosilva – centre of excellence of forest-based industry
LignoSilva is a collaborative initiative aiming to enhance research, development, and innovation in the forest-based sector. Its primary objectives include promoting sustainable wood production, biomass and bioenergy development, advanced pulp and paper technologies, and efficient recycling systems for wood products (European Forest Institute) (Lignosilva).
The LignoSilva objective will be reached by concentrating the research and infrastructure capacity of the forestry, wood and pulp and paper processing industry in Slovakia by involving two major Slovakian research organizations ― the National Forest Centre (NFC) in Zvolen and Pulp and Paper Research Institute (PPRI) in Bratislava. They will build up and foster cooperation with the advanced partner Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute (Germany), a globally successful research institute conducting wood research.
Demonstration cases (DC) - a core element for innovation and technology transfer - are planned in the project toward regional and macro-regional stakeholders, which will benefit through knowledge exchange in workshops, conferences, consultancy, training and other activities. DC represent a flexible way to link LignoSilva Coordination and Support Actions with the LignoSilva Infrastructure development program and Research and Innovation program, combine their impact into tangible outputs. The efficiency and visibility of LignoSilva outputs for the regional innovation environment will be substantially increased through these synergies. The implementation process is strongly supported by CSA activities and will be co-financed by related R&I or infrastructure projects. DCs are therefore considered as a crucial activity of the LignoSilva CoE and will be implemented during the project lifetime.
A DC D5.8 is called WoodPests. A WoodPests demonstration case main objectives are to build capacities for forest pest advisory services, to propose innovative biotechnological methods for the management of pests and diseases in forest stands/logs/lumbers/wood chips/admixtures from recycling waste, and to develop the internet-based forest and wood pest’s electronic identification, monitoring systems. Results will be shared with stakeholders through the annual conference Actual problem in forest protection and the WoodPests website.
