German project coordinators

Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn (Lin4Carbon) Phone: +49 551 39-9830

Email: lin4carbon@uni-goettingen.de

Prof. Dr. Heinrich Spiecker (Lin4Wood)

Phone: +49 761 203 3736

Email: instww@iww.uni-freiburg.de

Chinese project coordinator Prof. Dr. Yuanchang Lu

Phone: +86 10 62888448

Email: ylu@caf.ac.cn, ylu01@188.com

www.lin2value.de

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Innovative Technologies and

Services for Sustainable and

Multifunctional Land Use

Systems in China

Subproject Lin4Carbon

A statistically sound, transparent and operation-

ally integrated carbon inventory and monitor-

ing system

Silviculture guidelines for the treatment of dif-

ferent stand conditions for local use

A common simulation framework to analyze

risks under different climate change impacts

A business model to operationalize carbon for-

estry

Scientific basis and outline of forest carbon

stock enhancement validation methodology

A young researcher network

A capacity building platform

Efficient and effective project implementation

Subproject Lin4Wood

Terrestrial laser scanning for precise biomass

estimation

Well-adapted and efficient wood harvesting

and processing

Knowledge about the suitability of biomass re-

sources for pellet producers

New method for model-based estimation of

nutrient stocks

Innovative and efficient method for quality

analysis of woody biomass

Information on important factors for sustainable

woody biomass production

Management Strategies for important biomass

production regions in China

Expected OutcomesExpected OutcomesExpected Outcomes

Project duration: 03/2012—03/2015

Coordinated by

German project partners

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UoG)

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (UoF)

Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

Chinese project partners

Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)

International Center for Bamboo and Rattan

(ICBR)

Project associated partners

Niedersächsische Landesforsten (NLF)

State Forestry Administration, China (SFA)

Unique Forestry and Land Use GmbH

ARGUS Forstplanung

China National Bamboo Research Center

(CBRC)

Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry (ECTF)

Forestry Department of Anhui Province

RINNTECH e.K.

Dold Holzwerke GmbH

Zoller + Fröhlich GmbH

Partners and supporting InstitutionsPartners and supporting InstitutionsPartners and supporting Institutions

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Project Objective Project Objective Project Objective

China has established more than 50 million ha of for-

ests in the last 30 years, equivalent to 1/4 of all global

afforestation during this period.

However, the condition of many of these forests is not

optimal, especially in the subtropical regions of China,

due to different limiting factors. Thus, they likely do

not optimally provide environmental services such as

water and soil protection.

Background and MotivationBackground and MotivationBackground and Motivation Project Structure and Division of WorkProject Structure and Division of WorkProject Structure and Division of Work

The objective is to develop and analyze new technolo-

gies and innovative methodological approaches for

strategic improvement of the management, harvesting

and utilization of young and middle aged plantation

forests in subtropical regions of China in the context of

land use improvement under climate change, and to

contribute to the establishment of a global partnership

for development and environmental sustainability by

focusing on the sustainable scientific dialogue between

Germany and China.

The joint project consisting of 2 subprojects

Lin4Carbon (1) and Lin4Wood (2) is subdivided into

10 work packages (WPs) in order to ensure achieve-

ment of project objectives. Each WP has a focus.

However, there is a clear inherent linkage among

WPs, especially those in the same subproject.

In general, Chinese and German partners will work

collaboratively within each WP as seen in the figure

below.

With an extensive land area, China has significant po-

tential for carbon sequestration to mitigate climate

change. This can be accomplished by improving forest

management to increase the quantity and quality of the

biomass in existing forests in addition to expanding

forest area. The role that Chinese forests can play in

combatting climate change is therefore of global signif-

icance.

The scientific and technical cooperation in forestry

between Germany and China has a long history and

continues to be promoted. This project is motivated by

their common interest and efforts to establish multi-

functional forestry and adapt forest management strate-

gies to climate change. For example, “close to nature

forestry” is implemented as the guiding silvicultural

principle in the German Federal State of Lower Saxo-

ny (Partner State of Anhui Province, and its forest ad-

ministration is an associated partner of this project)

since 1990 and also in a few Chinese provinces in re-

Project Provinces Anhui

Guangxi Jiangxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang