PYROPHOB
Strategies for developing pyrophobic and climate change resilient forests on burned areas
Eight institutions are researching together how burned areas develop in the first years after the wildfire. Multiple organism groups (plants, fungi, insects, birds, mammals) and abiotic factors (f.e. soil, hydrology, microclimate) and their interactions are investigated. The project aims among others to develop pyrophobic (fire repellent) and climate change resilient forests and how forest management can influence this.
Find out more on the official project hompage PYROPHOB
Research area
Treuenbrietzen & Jüterbog (SW Brandenburg)
Term
05/2020- 04/2025
Selected media reports
- Botaniker über Brände in Brandenburg: Brandflächen bewalden sich rasch (TAZ, 22.06.2022)
- Schon jetzt mehr Waldbrände in Brandenburg als im gesamten Vorjahr (RBB, 25.08.2022, video clip with mit Thilo Heinken)
- Wälder in Flammen – Wie weiter nach den Feuern 2022 | Fakt ist! | (MDR, 05.09.2022, talk show with Thilo Heinken)
- Vegetation nach Waldbränden: Nach dem Feuer die Zitterpappeln (TAZ, 10.10.2022)
- What causes forest fires and how best to prevent them (DW News, 07.2023, video clip with Maren Schüle)
