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Projects - prof.dr. PA (Pieter) Zuidema
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My research projects deal with sustainable forest management and effects of forest fragmentation and climate change on tropical forests. The most important projects are described below.
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Climate response of carbon and water dynamics in a subtropical forest
Climate response of carbon and water dynamics in a subtropical forest - WUR Project Climate response of carbon and water dynamics in a subtropical... -
Methods for timber tracking in tropical forests
Methods for timber tracking in tropical forests - WUR Project Methods for timber tracking in tropical forests To support the implementation of... -
Ecophysiology and nutrition of cacoa
Ecophysiology and nutrition of cacoa - WUR Project Ecophysiology and nutrition of cacoa The immediate environment where cocoa trees are grown has an... -
Pruning in Cocoa
Pruning in Cocoa - WUR Project Pruning in Cocoa We aim understand and quantify cocoa response to pruning in relation to shading and to design optimal... -
The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests
The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests - WUR Project The lifecycle of wood from tropical forests To better understand the role that tropical... -
TIMTRACE
An estimated 50-90 percent of the traded volume of tropical timber is illegally sourced. To implement new European legislation intended to eliminate... -
TROFOCLIM - Tropical forests and climate change: understanding links to predict future responses
Tropical forests cover just 7% of the Earth’s surface, but store 25% of the global terrestrial carbon pool and account for a third of net...