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PROJECT LOCATION: Greece

Project title and/or acronym: «Verenike»

Title: « Use of innovative practices and new tecknology in the production of wide variety and high

quality forestry seedlings in order to enhance regenration success and increase biodiversity. »

Experimental sites

NAGREF-FRI, D.A.M.T-RE.DE.C.M,D.A.M.T-Fo.Co.Di, Nursery of Chalkidona

BUDGET INFO:

Total amount: 1,306,725

% EC Co-funding: 653,362

DURATION: Start: 01/09/10 - End: 31/12/13

Project title and/or acronym: «Verenike»

Title: « Use of innovative practices and new tecknology in the production of wide variety and high

quality forestry seedlings in order to enhance regenration success and increase biodiversity. »

PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS

Coordinating Beneficiary: National Agricultural Reseach Foundation/Forest Research Institute (NAGREF-FRI)

Associated Beneficiaries: 1.Decentralized administration of Macedonia & Thrace-Reforestation Department of Macedonia (DAMT-RE.DE.C.M)ex RCM-RIDETH, 2.Decentralized administration of Macedonia & Thrace-Forest Coordination Directorate (DAMT-Fo.Co.Di) ex RCM-Fo.Di,

3. Vivai Torsanlorenzo (VTS).

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BACKGROUND

More economic methods in producing regenerative planting matterial

Increased demaned of high quantity of seedlings

Better seedling quality for succesful regeneration

Increase biodiversity with greater number of plant species for regeneration

Inovative techniques for regeneration of foreted ecosystems, where ever is possible.

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AIMS

Introduce a new technology based on pre-cultivation in mini plugs for large-scale production of forest regeneration material

Develop seed germination protocols for valuable forest plant species

Use a transnational approach for the training and the use of new technology for the production of a wide range of forest species by the forest nursery staff

Develop cultivation protocols for ecologically important forest species

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AIMS

Integrate the new technology into a functional and flexible system for large-scale production of reforestation material for a wider range of species

Evaluate the quality of seedlings that will be used for regeneration

Introduce this system to other public forest service nurseries in Greece

Use of a wide range of forest species in restoration of burned ecosystems in order to increase biodiversity levels

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MAIN EU POLICY(IES) TARGETED

Law 998/1979 is one of the oldest and most important concerning the protection and management of the forests in Greece.(L. 998/1979 Greek Official Journal Issue A’ 289/29-12-1979 )

Law 3208/2003 deals with the protection of the forest ecosystems.(L. 3208/2003 Greek Official Journal Issue A’ 24-12-2003)

The above law is important for the protection of forests and biodiversity as it regulates the process of obligatory forestal mapping one month after fire. (L. 3818/2010 Greek Official Journal Issue A’17/16-02-2010)

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION A.1: Kick-off meeting

ACTION A.2: Seed collection

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION A.1: Assess the experimental design

ACTION A.2: A detailed list of the collected seeds

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MAIN ACTIVITIESACTION C.1: Identification of suitable means to ensure seed vitality and overcome seed dormancy of targeted species

ACTION C.2: Transfer of knowledge on production protocols of ecologically important forest species

ACTION C.3: Identification of suitable mini-plug systems for large-scale production of targeted species

EXPECTED RESULTSACTION C.1: Development of protocols for germination and breaking seed dormancy for the targeted species.

ACTION C.2: Protocols for cultural practices

ACTION C.3: Growth manuals based on suitable mini-plugs

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION C.4: Establishment of a prototype unit for large-scale production

of ecologically important forest species

ACTION C.5: Evaluation of seedlings’ quality

ACTION C.6: Evaluation of seedling field performance

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION C.4: Prototype production unit at the N. Chalkidona nursery

ACTION C.5: An evaluation report of the new production technology

ACTION C.6: An evaluation report regarding the seedling performance

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION D.1: Notice boards

ACTION D.2: Project’s Website (Temporary

https://sites.google.com/site/life2009verenike)

ACTION D.3: Layman’s Report

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION D.1: At least 4 notice boards

ACTION D.2: Communicate with similar projects and evaluate our

project

ACTION D.3: A layman’s report that would be downloaded from the

project’s website

ACTION D.4: Evaluate the results through the production of

newsletters.

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION D.4: Meetings with interest groups on biodiversity

issues

ACTION D.5: International scientific conference on biodiversity

ACTION D.6: Seminars

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION D.4: Evaluate the results through the production of

newsletters.

ACTION D.5: Evaluation of the project through high attendance

ACTION D.6: Seminar notes Seminar notes

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION D.7: Guided visits

ACTION D.8: Project’s brochure

ACTION D.9: Technical publication

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION D.7: Raising public awareness on biodiversity

ACTION D.8: A 100 copies of the project’s brochure

ACTION D.9: A book of technical publication and scientific

articles

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION E.1: Coordination and management of the project

ACTION E.2: Scientific monitoring of seedling performance

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION E.1: Meeting repots of the Steering Committee, an

Inception report, a Mid-term and a Final

ACTION E.2: A database containing information on seedling

performance

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

ACTION E.3: Networking with other LIFE projects

ACTION E.4: Audit

ACTION E.5: After-LIFE communication plan

EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTION E.3: The networking of similar LIFE projects

ACTION E.4: The financial report

ACTION E.5: An “After-LIFE Communication Plan” report

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