Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

Date of latest update: 2023-08-11

Description

Description (EN):

In natural hazard management and disaster risk reduction worldwide, but especially in the Alpine Space , forests are increasingly considered equal to technical or civil engineering measures. Forests can, e.g. lead to increase slope stability and reduce the risk to an acceptable level in many locations. Where forests are present, the implementations of technical measures for risk reduction are often redundant or cheaper. Beautiful examples are the numerous forests throughout the Alps that prevent the release of snow avalanches instead of expensive snow racks and the large scale afforestation in the late 19th century that nowadays prevent upslope erosion and sedimentation problems in the lower parts of the Alpine catchments. The preservation and enhancement of the protective role of forests against natural risks are key to an efficient strategy for strengthening the liveability of the AS. The 6 Pan EU Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forest held since 1990, have all stressed the need for a common approach to value Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) as a basis for developing a Sustainable Forest Management. Priorisation of FES has to be done on the basis of societal needs. Although it is widely recognised that reduction of natural hazard risks is one of these, harmonised methods mapping this FES are currently not available. Within this context, ROCKtheALPS will capitalise the knowledge gained in previous EU projects and fulfil its main objectives to provide the 1st AS regional rockfall risk zoning tool, as well as the 1st AS wide harmonised map of rockfall risk and protection forests, these innovative maps will contribute to enhance action 8 of EUSALP (improving risk management), and the action 5 of Europe 2020 biodiversity strategy (FES mapping/valuing).These outputs will support local/regional/national/EU governance authorities in risk prevention/forest management. An interdisciplinary/transnational partnership has been set up with a 1.86 M€ ERDF budget.

Achievements (EN):

Forests cover 40% of the Alpine area. In addition their many other functions, they are an effective and low cost natural protection from rock falls. RockTheAlps project made the first step towards integrating forests in local protection policies. During the project, researchers gathered data of 10.620 rock falls in the Alps and beyond, calculated a rock fall and a protection model and used them to map protection forests across the 400.000 km of the Alps. Now, this knowledge is accessible foranyone involved in rock fall protection policy-making, thanks to the RockTheAlps toolbox.

Website: http://www.alpine-space.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Level of integration of the ecosystem services approach in the policy systems of the Alpine Space

Expected Outputs (EN):

Operational: the 1st entire AS harmonized mapping of rockfall risk/protection forest, protection forest management integrative approach also to gravity natural risks (e.g. avalanche). Strategic: generating scenarios and their economic valuation for decision makers to improve territorial resilience facing with rockfall risk. Policy: production of the first AS harmonized statistics on protection forest ecosystems service, recommendations for developing forest based rockfall prevention policy.

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Sustainable management of natural resources Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Enhance the protection, the conservation and the ecological connectivity of Alpine Space ecosystems

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (15)

Lead Partner: Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Department: INRAE Grenoble regional centre, Laboratory Ecosystems and Society in Mountains Research Unit (LESSEM)

Address: rue de la papeterie BP76 2, 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères, France

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.inrae.fr/

Total budget: EUR 233 858.85

ERDF budget: EUR 198 780.02

PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO – SERVIZIO FORESTE EFAUNA

Name: PROVINCIA AUTONOMA DI TRENTO – SERVIZIO FORESTE EFAUNA

Department: FOREST AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

Address: Via G. B. Trener 3, 38121 Trento, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.foreste.provincia.tn.it

Total budget: EUR 155 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 131 750.00

Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft

Name: Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft

Department: Department of silviculture and mountain forest

Address: Hans-Carl-von Carlowitz-Platz 1, 85354 Freising, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lwf.bayern.de/

Total budget: EUR 170 495.00

ERDF budget: EUR 144 920.75

Università degli Studi di Padova

Name: Università degli Studi di Padova

Department: TESAF – DEPARTMENT OF LAND, ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Address: Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tesaf.unipd.it

Total budget: EUR 182 350.00

ERDF budget: EUR 154 997.50

Zavod za gozdove Slovenije

Name: Zavod za gozdove Slovenije

Department: Forest technique and rural development

Address: Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zgs.si/

Total budget: EUR 154 312.45

ERDF budget: EUR 131 165.58

Bundesministerium für Land und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt undWasserwirtschaft

Name: Bundesministerium für Land und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt undWasserwirtschaft

Department: Forest Department (FD) section III/4

Address: Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): https://www.bmlfuw.gv.at/

Total budget: EUR 122 460.00

ERDF budget: EUR 104 091.00

Alp'Géorisques

Name: Alp'Géorisques

Department: Alp'Géorisques

Address: rue du Moirond 52, 38420 Domène, France

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.alpgeorisques.com

Total budget: EUR 76 511.50

ERDF budget: EUR 65 034.78

Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek zagozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire

Name: Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek zagozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire

Department: Biotechnical Faculty, Department for Forestry and Renewable Resources

Address: Kongresni trg 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bf.uni-lj.si

Total budget: EUR 153 963.90

ERDF budget: EUR 130 869.32

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Name: Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Department: Direction régionale Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur

Address: avenue de Luminy ( BP 168) 117, 13276 Marseilles (Cedex 9), France

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.brgm.fr/

Total budget: EUR 151 050.25

ERDF budget: EUR 128 392.71

Bundesforschungs - und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald,Naturgefahren und Landschaft

Name: Bundesforschungs - und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald,Naturgefahren und Landschaft

Department: Department of Natural Hazards, Unit for Water Balance in Alpine Catchments

Address: Rennweg 1, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://bfw.ac.at/

Total budget: EUR 170 587.60

ERDF budget: EUR 144 999.46

Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije

Name: Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije

Department: Department of Forest and Landscape Planning and Monitoring

Address: Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gozdis.si/domov/

Total budget: EUR 158 693.85

ERDF budget: EUR 134 889.77

Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste -Regione Lombardia

Name: Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste -Regione Lombardia

Department: Department knowledge and development of innovation in Agro Forestry

Address: via Pola 12, 20124 Milano, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ersaf.lombardia.it

Total budget: EUR 155 294.00

ERDF budget: EUR 131 999.90

Politecnico di Torino

Name: Politecnico di Torino

Department: DIATI – Department of Territory, Land and infrastructure Engineering

Address: Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.polito.it/

Total budget: EUR 147 045.45

ERDF budget: EUR 124 988.63

Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Forestali e Alimentari,Università degli studi di Torino

Name: Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Forestali e Alimentari,Università degli studi di Torino

Department: Forestry sector

Address: Via Verdi 8, 10100 Torino, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.disafa.unito.it/do/home.pl

Total budget: EUR 152 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 129 965.00

Berner Fachhochschule / HAFL

Name: Berner Fachhochschule / HAFL

Department: Department of Forest Sciences

Address: Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.hafl.bfh.ch/

Total budget: EUR 61 893.65

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AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF TRENTO – FOREST AND WILDLIFEDEPARTMENT

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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University of Padova

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Slovenia Forest Service

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Austrian Federal Ministery of Agriculture, Forestry, Environmentand Water Management

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Alp'Géorisques

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department forForestry and Renewable Resources

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, NaturalHazards and Landscape

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Gozdarski Institut Slovenije

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Regional Agency for Services in Agriculture and Forest –Lombardia Region

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Politecnico di Torino

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Department of Agricoltural, Forest and Food Sciences,University of Turin

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Bern University of Applied Sciences / HAFL

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment

Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

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Summary

Project name (EN): Harmonized ROCKfall natural risk and protection forest mapping in the ALPine Space

Project acronym: RockTheAlps

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2019-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 246 416.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 856 844.42

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 856 844.42.

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ASFORESEE: an AS harmonized methodology for protection FORest Ecosystem Services Economic Evaluation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case studies database for testing ASFORESEE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.alpine-space.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2019-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Alpine Space

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2023-08-11

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64 / 64 (100%)

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752 / 752 (100%)

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