People: Flavio Storino, Ultan O'Donnell, One postdoc, Marialaura Destefanis (DAFM), Amanda Brechon (DAFM), Annmarie Hamilton (Coillte), Archie Murchie (AFBI), Niall Farrelly (Teagasc) Conor McGee (DAFM), Richard O'Hanlon (DAFM), Jon Yearsley (UCD)
This research is pillar 3 of the project entitled "Adaptation, mitigation and protection strategies to increase resilience of Irish forests to address the impacts of climate change (ADAPTForRes)". The ADAPTForRes project main website is here.
The ADAPTForRes project is a multidisciplinary collaboration between seven institutions (UCD, Teagasc, AFBI, University of Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, DAFM, and the National Botanic Gardens) across the Ireland of Ireland. The project aims to protect the ecosystem services delivered by Irish forests in the face of environmental perturbations by developing the resilience of forest ecosystems in three strategic pillars:
Pillar 3, will conduct research in forest protection, including a global horizon scanning and pest risk assessment of key forest species, and examine the potential of an innovative risk-based surveillance network (using sentinel sites) to detect and track the progression of pathogens in Irish forests. There is provision for the development of an authenticated reference pest collection for assisting plant health regulations.
This work is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
