WOOD-EN-MAN project has few specific objectives - to evaluate and assess the nutrient vulnerability of forest ecosystems relevant to an increased use of marginal wood resources for biofuel; the ecological and biological effects of wood ash recycling; the wood ash contents of ecotoxic components and risk of release to soil and seepage water when wood ash is applied to forest ecosystems; the effects of temporary storage of marginal wood resources on the insect fauna and the risk of bark beetles attacks on living trees; to introduce how to analyse the effects of producing wood-based biomass for energy from pre-commercial thinning and clear-cut on stand level management.

11 work packages (WP) of the WOOD-EN-MAN project have been clustered into 5 key-topics. The clustering of work packages and the relationship between key-topics are shown in table:

Key-topic	Work package (WP)	Partners responsible for the work in WP	Leading institutions
1. Ecosystem nutrient vulnerability	WP 1 Nutrient balances WP 2 Soil nutrient release capability	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.	1.
2. Ecological consequences of wood ash recycling	WP 3 Wood ash recycling and ecotoxic components WP 4 Integrated field experiments	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.	2, 5.
3. Biodiversity and insect pests	WP 5 Biodiversity WP 6 Insect pests	1, 2, 5, 6.	2.
4. Socioeconomics	WP 7 Forest management level economy WP 8 Policy analysis	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.	3, 4.
5. Management and policy	WP 9 Operational level guidelines WP 10 Policy recommendations WP 11 Dissemination	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.	1, 3, 4.

Consortium


Project co-ordinator:
Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute. (Partner 1, see table)