The aim is to generate knowledge and technology aimed at optimising the management of natural areas in a complex context and in a changing world through the integration of knowledge of the nature of forest ecosystems and their socio-economic reality. Methods are established aimed at optimising the management of the productive and non-productive services deriving from the sustainable operation of natural systems. Finally, predictive modelling techniques are developed for the integrated evaluation of the impact of different management scenarios.

• Valuable broadleaves for high quality timber production, forest restoration and landscape diversification.

• Use of the forestry biomass as a renewable source of energy.

• Technology to improve the harvesting of timber and the track network.

• The sustainable wild harvesting of plant species as a measure for landscape conservation and development of the rural environment.

• Black truffle (Tuber melanosporum) cultivation as a tool for rural development in catalonia.

• Biological control of chestnut blight in catalonia.

• Multifunctionality of Mediterranean silvopastoral systems.

• Management, biodiversity and patterns of change in Mediterranean forest landscapes.

• Integration of wildlife conservation into the management of agroforest systems.

• Integrating fire risk models into forest management planning.

• The application of predictive modelling of species distribution to biodiversity conservation and territory planning.

• Using advanced simulation and optimization techniques in response to Mediterranean forest management planning challenges.

• Silvicultural models and multifunctional forest planning in Mediterranean context.