Structure and Organisation

FutMon is being carried out by 38 beneficiaries from nearly all EU member states. All participating organisation already have broad experience in the field of forest monitoring. The tasks covered by the project are structured in 9 Action Groups that involve 246 individual actions.

Action Groups

Name	Main objective	Head
M1-M8	FutMon Project Management Validation and Storage of data Publication of Results	martin [dot] lorenz [at] vti [dot] bund [dot] de (Martin Lorenz)
L1	Creation of large scale representative monitoring grid (based on Level I and NFIs)	martin [dot] lorenz [at] vti [dot] bund [dot] de (Martin Lorenz) gherardo [dot] chirici [at] unimol [dot] it (Gherardo Chirici)
L2	Large scale representative monitoring Test of methods for adapting data from NFIs (based on Level I and NFIs)	martin [dot] lorenz [at] vti [dot] bund [dot] de (Martin Lorenz) ab [at] life [dot] ku [dot] dk (Annemarie Bastrup-Birk)
IM1	Selection of plots and attributes to be monitored in the future (integration of D actions, see below) (based on Level II)	oliver [dot] granke [at] vti [dot] bund [dot] de (Oliver Granke)
D1	Improvement of methods for collecting data on tree vitality and adaptation (based on Level II)	Johannes [dot] Eichhorn [at] NW-FVA [dot] de (Johannes Eichhorn)
D2	Refinement and development of monitoring methods in the field of nutrient cycling and critical loads (based on Level II)	pasi [dot] rautio [at] metla [dot] fi (Pasi Rautio)
D3	Improvement of methods for collecting data on water budgets (based on Level II)	Stephan [dot] Raspe [at] lwf [dot] bayern [dot] de (Stephan Raspe)
C1	Coordination of quality assurance and quality control of monitoring data (QA/QC) Quality assurance in laboratories (all applied methods)	ferretti [at] terradata [dot] it (Marco Ferretti) nils [dot] koenig [at] nw-fva [dot] de (Nils König)
A1	Scientific analysis of monitoring data	susanne [dot] iost [at] vti [dot] bund [dot] de (Susanne Iost)