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News from forest and wood research
Here we keep you up to date on findings from current dialogue platforms, completed research projects within the framework of the Swiss Forest and Wood Research Funding Switzerland (FOWO-CH), as well as past events.
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Dec 14, 2023
Forest as a landslide breaker
WHFF project 2019.16 Project leader: Prof. Dr. Luuk Dorren, Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food...
Nov 30, 2023
Softsystems for Hardwood
WHFF project: 2021.11 Project leader: Astrid Zabel (Universität Bern), Veronika Schick (ETH Zürich), Eva Lieberherr (ETH Zurich)...
Nov 21, 2023
Drought & beech: effects of the 2018 summer drought on beech on the northern side of the Alps
WHFF project: 2019.15 Project leader: Thomas Wohlgemuth The short video about the project on YouTube can be watched at the following link...
Nov 2, 2023
Climatic conditions for wildlife overpasses built in wood
WHFF project: 2020.08 Project leader: Prof. Andreas Müller (BHF), Dr. Karim Ghazi Wakili (BFH) Partners: Timbatec Holzbauingenieure...
Oct 31, 2023
Protective effect after forest fire
WHFF Project: 2016.10 Project leaders: Jean-Jacques Thormann and Massimiliano Schwarz The most important facts in brief The succession of...
Oct 19, 2023
Biomass energy in the municipality of Bregaglia
WHFF Project: 2021.17 Project leader: Stephan Gasser, Molinari Projects AG On behalf of : Mr. Ueli Weber, Vice-President of the...
Oct 5, 2023
Upgrading potential of Robinia wood from the south side of the Alps: barrels for grappa aging
WHFF Project: 2018.06 Authors: Mark Bertogliati (WSL / Federlegno.ch / EcoEng SA) Danilo Piccioli (Federlegno.ch) Marco Conedera (WSL)...
Jun 8, 2023
Timber construction renovation digital
WHFF Project: 2017.06 Project manager: Andreas Müller The main points in brief The research project investigates the technical...
May 25, 2023
Quality assurance of timber structures
WHFF Project: 2016.17 Project leader: Prof. Dr. Steffen Franke The short video about the project on Youtube can be watched under the...
May 19, 2023
Monitoring ungulate density with SEM & FDS as a basis of forest wildlife management
WHFF Project: 2018.07 Authors: Lorenzo Manghi and Urs Rutishauser The most important facts in brief The methods the Random Encounter...
May 4, 2023
New principles for efficient rope line planning
WHFF Project: 2019.04 Authors: Leo Bont, Laura Ramstein, Fritz Frutig and Janine Schweier. The most important facts in brief The project...
Apr 27, 2023
Study on the production potential for high-quality spruce wood in the forests of the Jura Arc
WHFF Project: 2016.05 Authors: Sylvain Jacot, forest engineer HES (field surveys) , Fabien Langenegger, Laboratoire de dendrochronologie...
Apr 20, 2023
Fir wood - a good alternative as a facade material
WHFF Project 2018.16 Project Management: Thomas Volkmer The short video about the project on Youtube can be watched under the following...
Apr 13, 2023
Optimizing forest planning for the provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services
WHFF Project 2019.09 Projektleitung: Leo Gallus Bont The most important facts in brief For many ecosystem services, there is still no...
Mar 23, 2023
Hardwood columns
Compressive strength and modulus of elasticity parallel to the grain direction and influence of wood moisture content WHFF Projekt:...
Mar 23, 2023
Determination of shear stiffness and shear strength of beams, esp. hardwood glulam
WHFF Project: 2019.10 Authors: Ernst Gehri ( ETH Zurich), Pedro Palma & René Steiger (Empa) and Thomas Strahm (neue Holzbau AG) The...
Mar 16, 2023
Improving the hail resistance of wood coatings through reinforcement with nanofibrillated cellulose
WHFF Project 2016.01 Projektleitung: Dipl. Ing. Tina Künniger The short video about the project on Youtube can be watched under the...
Jan 23, 2023
Light availability, tree growth and sustainability in permanent beech forests
WHFF Project 2017.15 Project management: Harald Bugmann The short video about the project on Youtube can be watched under the following...
Jan 23, 2023
Robustness of hardwood bonding
WHFF Project 2019.02 Project management: Martin Arnold, Walter Risi The most important facts in brief In the project, the inclusion of...
Jan 23, 2023
JuWaPfl – IT-based models for young forest maintenance
WHFF Project 2019.07 Project Management: Martin Geiser The most important facts in brief As early as 1996, WSL created calculation models...
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