Thesis topics
The following entries are research questions that can be conveyed and used as thesis topics by students. These research questions have been contributed by Benwood partners for public use:
- Selection of willow and poplar clones for SRF
- Application of the Benwood business model on a small typical farm in Ukraine
- Impact on water quality and quality after extensive establishemnt of SRF in former agricultural areas
- Possible impact on soil quality when SRF replaces agricultural crops - how can we increase such impacts?
- CDM and short rotation forestry: How Non Annex I countries can benefit from the Kyoto Protocol.
- How to increase the participation of African countries in the CDM through short rotation forestry.
- Assessing, modeling and prognosis of carbon sequestration in SRF/agroforestry plantations
- Biomass production and carbon sequestration potential of different landuse systems.
- Estimation of above ground biomass of trees using crown area.
- Carbon dynamics in tree based systems in various agro-ecological regions.
- Estimation of above and below ground biomass to map carbon sequestration in different landuse systems.
- Impact of SRF on natural resources like soil, water, biodiversity, etc.
- Tree species adaptation to climate change and atmospheric carbon enrichment.
- Study of fertigation on short rotation tree species for biomass production
- Effect of whole tree harvesting on nutrient loss/ Nutrient budgeting of fast growing tree species.
- Water use efficiency of Short rotation forestry tree species
- Bio-mitigation of carbon through SRF on farmland
- Assessment of carbon sequestration and phyto-remediation potential of SRF.
- Analysis of bio-energy production models and social impact.
- Energy crops: long term effects on soil nutrients and carbon pool.
- Coppice management for higher biomass under energy plantations.
