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Āris Jansons
Position:
Senior researcher
Grade:
Dr.silv.
Phone number:
29109529
E-mail:
Activity:
Forest tree breeding and climate change
Active projects:
Development of decision support tool for prognosis of storm damages in forest stands on peat soils
GHG emsissions and CO2 sequestration in old forest stands
Forest management risks: prognosis and minimization
Methods for efficient practical application tree breeding results and adaptation tests for deciduous trees
Measures to increase resilience of Norway spruce forests against impact of climatic changes
Plasticity of development and xylogenesis of the native and introduced tree species under changing climate
Support to the LSFRI Silava for international collaboration projects in research and innovation
Finished projects:
Thirty-year programme of the state stock company "Latvijas valsts meži" for the breeding of commercially valuable tree species (Scots pine, Norway spruce, common birch) and aspen
FUTUREforest – Woodlands for Climate Change
Importance of genetic factors on formation of forest stands with high adaptability and qualitative wood properties
Adapting forest management to climate changes
Mixed species forest management. Lowering risk, increasins resilience (REFORM)
Potential of the Latvian forestry to react to expected climate changes in Europe and increase the value of wood as the raw material for industry
Research on increasing the forest productivity, quality, and genetic diversity
Tree breeding research for major commercially valuable tree species for regenerating highly productive and genetically diverse stands
Potential for maintaining and improving the productivity, resistance, and genetic diversity of conifers under global climatic changes
The Baltic Sea Region Bioenergy Promotion Project
Methods and technologies for increasing the value of forest capital
Keeping up and enhancing the resistance, genetic diversity, and propagation ability of coniferous against the background of global climate change
Management potential of even-aged spruce stands in fertile forest ecosystems
Adaptive capacity of forest trees and possibilities to improve it
Developing the methods of plantation cultivation of fast-growing forest crops and evaluating the suitability of their wood for pelletizing