Programme Training

The PLANFORBIO programme has a specifically focussed emphasis on outreach and information dissemination. Workshops and seminars will be arranged with target audiences such as forestry contractors and managers, and farm forest owners.

The programme has a significant training component, including PhDs and Bachelor’s projects. The research materials from the project will also be incorporated into the curriculum of the Certificate in Biodiversity Components of Forestry at UCC and other such courses.

MSc studies currently underway are as follows (please click for further details):

• An investigation in to usefulness of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in forest biodiversity assessment.

   
PhD studies currently underway are as follows (please click for further details):

• Invertebrate biodiversity in Irish forests
• Successional change in ground flora diversity in a range of Irish forest types

PhD studies completed are as follows (please click for further details):

• The biodiversity of canopy arthropods in a range of Irish forest types.

• Bird diversity in native and plantation woodlands.

• Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) ecology and requirements for conservation.