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4th COST Action FP0902 Training School

Work study methodologies for wood energy supply chains from forest thinnings

 Mendel University, Brno – Mar.25^th- Apr.1^st, 2012

Objectives:

The 4^th COST Training School will focus on wood energy supply chains from forest thinnings. Thinning is a silvicultural treatment where a proportion of the trees are removed to improve growth of remaining trees. However, this harvested material can be efficiently used as an energy source. The training school will deal with methods of harvesting trees in thinnings, methods of extraction, seasoning and processing into usable wood fuel. As much as possible will be demonstrated directly in the University’s forest. This event is hosted and organized by: Mendel University in Brno with close co-operation of University Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest in Křtiny.

Programme outline:

March 25^th, Sun:   Arrival at Mendel University, Brno and transfer to Křtiny

March 26^th, Mon:   Morning: Welcome, lessons structure, terminology and materials,

                                  Afternoon: field trip demonstrating practices in thinning, extraction and processing of available energy sources

March 27^th, Tue:    Harvesting bioenergy from young dense stands

March 28^th, Wed:   Large and small scale extraction methods and processing

March 29^th, Thu:     Time studies and their relation to logistics

March 30^th, Fri:       Methods of estimating moisture content along the supply chain

March 31^st, Sat:       Conference and Trade Fair Exhibition

April 1^st, Sun:           Departure

All you need to know:

The Applicant:

Applicants should normally be engaged in a programme of research as a post graduate student or postdoctoral fellow or be employed in an institution of a COST Country having accepted the MoU of the Action.

Financial Support:

The financial support is a contribution to the costs of the Training School and may not necessarily cover all the costs in each case. The grant will typically cover all travel and subsistence of the participant.  

Application procedure:

Any interested students and young scientists who wish to attend the Training School should send the following information by January 15^th, 2012 to the Training school co-ordinator Tom Kent (tkent@wit.ie):

• Curriculum Vitae
• Short description why you want to participate in the Training School

The Cost Action Management Committee will choose a maximum of 25 students to participate in the Training School. COST supports and promotes gender balance and applications from female Ph.D. students and young scientists are strongly encouraged.

Venue:

The event is held in Křtiny, a small town located 20 km north from Brno, where the Head office of University Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest is located. For more details about Forest Enterprise you can visit http://www.slpkrtiny.cz/en/. The COST training school coincides with the international conference “Forest biomass in the Czech Republic and around the world”, which is organised as part of Silva Regina 2012 International Forestry and Hunting Fair (http://www.bvv.cz/en/silva-regina/silva-regina-2012/facts-figures/). Attendance at the conference and trade fair is arranged as part of the training school.

For more information please contact the Training School Co-ordinator of the Cost Action or the Local Organizer:

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