DIVERSA

Coordination & carbon storage

DIVERSA SP1 - Coordination of the future climate lab DIVERSA and investigation of carbon storage in forests.

Coordination of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA, e.g. internal and external project communication. Investigation of carbon storage in forests under climate change induced disturbances.

Laser scan data as digitally displayed in the programme in FARO Connect Viewer. A stand of broadleaf trees is shown. The trees and surrounding area are not shown in natural colours. The lower levels are shown in blue, which changes to turquoise in the middle levels and green in the upper levels. Many details such as branches and twigs are visible. A red band represents the path of the scanner and runs twice through the image.Laser scan data as digitally displayed in the programme in FARO Connect Viewer. A stand of broadleaf trees is shown. The trees and surrounding area are not shown in natural colours. The lower levels are shown in blue, which changes to turquoise in the middle levels and green in the upper levels. Many details such as branches and twigs are visible. A red band represents the path of the scanner and runs twice through the image.
Laser scan data of a stand of deciduous trees including the path (red) as displayed in the programme in the FARO Connect Viewer.
© Christoph Tewes

Coordinated and focused teamwork is crucial for the success of integrated and complex projects such as DIVERSA. Subproject 1 (SP1) is therefore responsible for the overall coordination of the Climate Future Lab, in particular for the development of joint analysis concepts, the organisation of field work, documentation, data management and the dissemination of results.

A direct state indicator of climate change impacts on forest ecosystems is changes in forest structure and forest composition. Here, digital forest inventory data based on terrestrial laser scanning provide diverse relevant information. As a central service for all subprojects, SP1 provides high-resolution forest structure data for all sample plots. In addition to providing these data within the Climate Future Lab, subproject 1 analyses and evaluates aboveground carbon sequestration and storage in Lower Saxony's forests as a dependence of geophysical site conditions, tree species composition, age structure and management regime (management intensity, managed vs. rewilding) as well as climate change disturbances. To this end available datasets from NWE-Monitoring (226 sample plot clusters, recorded in 2022 and 2023), national forest inventory in Lower Saxony (carried out in 2022), and, depending on suitability check, airborne laser scanning, long-term observational data from strict forest reserves and the independent ongoing NWE-Monitoring are employed within DIVERSA.

Another work package focuses on synthesising the inter- and transdisciplinary research and providing meaningful implementations for a climate-smart forest management.

In summary, the main objectives of SP1 are therefore:

  • Organisation and coordination of the Future Lab activities
  • Public relations and collaboration with other Future Labs and the Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research (ZKfN)
  • Terrestrial laser scanning as central service providing high resolution forest structure and carbon storage information
  • Evaluation of disturbances and management regime on forest carbon storage and sequestration in Lower Saxony
  • Syntheses of the different subprojects and spin-off

Contact person

Dr. Sandra PetersDr. Sandra Peters
Dr. Sandra Peters
Coordinator of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA, Northwest German Forest Research Institute
T+49 (0)551 69401 303
MBildnachweis: Sandra Peters

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  • Portraitpicture of Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt, Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSAPortraitpicture of Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt, Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

    1.5 – one scientist, five questions with Prof. Dr. Andreas Schuldt

    Head of the Department of Forest Nature Conservation at Georg August University of Göttingen and sub-project lead at the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

    7 min. Reading time
  • Group photo of participants in the DIVERSA Climate Future Lab at the kick-off meeting on 31 March and 1 April in Göttingen.Group photo of participants in the DIVERSA Climate Future Lab at the kick-off meeting on 31 March and 1 April in Göttingen.

    Kick-off event of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA

    At the kick-off in Göttingen, around 30 participants of the Climate Future Lab DIVERSA laid the foundation for six years of interdisciplinary research

    3 min. Reading time
  • FoResLab spokesperson Prof. Alexander Knohl together with DIVERSA research coordinator Dr. Sandra Peters and DIVERSA spokesperson Dr. Jonas Hagge (from left to right) in front of their project posters at the conference of the Forest Research and Testing Facilities of the German-speaking countries. FoResLab spokesperson Prof. Alexander Knohl together with DIVERSA research coordinator Dr. Sandra Peters and DIVERSA spokesperson Dr. Jonas Hagge (from left to right) in front of their project posters at the conference of the Forest Research and Testing Facilities of the German-speaking countries.

    Conference on carbon sequestration in forests

    Climate Future Labs DIVERSA and FoResLab introduce themselves

    2 min. Reading time