Das Projekt "Tools for Sustainabiltity Impact Assessment of the Forestry- Wood Chain" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Hamburg, Department für Biologie, Zentrum Holzwirtschaft des Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei durchgeführt. The objective of EFORWOOD is to develop a quantitative decision support tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the European Forestry-Wood Chain (FWC) and subsets thereof (e.g. regional), covering forestry, industrial manufacturing, consumption and recycling. The objective will be achieved by:a) defining economic, environmental and social sustainability indicators ,b) developing a tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment by integrating a set of models ,c) supplying the tool with real data, aggregated as needed and appropriate,d) testing the tool in a stepwise procedure allowing adjustments to be made according to the experiences gained,e) applying the tool to assess the sustainability of the present European FWC (and subsets thereof) as well the impacts of potential major changes based on scenarios,f) making the adapted versions of the tool available to stakeholder groupings (industrial, political and others).The multi-functionality of the FWC is taken into account by using indicators to assess the sustainability of production processes and by including in the analysis the various products and services of the FWC. Wide stakeholder consultations will be used throughout the process to reach the objective. EFORWOOD will contribute to EU policies connected to the FWC, especially to the Sustainable Development Strategy. It will provide policy-makers, forest owners, the related industries and other stakeholders with a tool to strengthen the forest-based sector's contribution towards a more sustainable Europe, thereby also improving its competitiveness. To achieve this, EFORWOOD gathers a consortium of highest-class experts, including the most representative forest-based sector confederations.EFORWOOD addresses with a high degree of relevance the objectives set out in the 3rd call for proposals addressing Thematic Sub-priority 1.1.6.3 Global Change and Ecosystems, topic V.2.1. Forestry/wood chain for Sustainable Development. Prime Contractor: Stiftelsen Skogsbrukets Forskningsinstitut, Skogforsk; Uppsala; Sweden.
Das Projekt "Biologische Entgiftung von Fumonisinen" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Department für Agrarbiotechnologie, IFA-Tulln, Institut für Umweltbiotechnologie durchgeführt. The overall aim of this project is to find microorganisms or specific enzymes which are able to degrade and detoxify fumonisins, a recently found class of mycotoxins. Such microorganisms or enzymes should then be used as part of a feed additive which manages the degradation of these toxins in the intestinal tract of animals during feed digestion. The major project phase is the screening for such fumonisin degrading microorganisms or enzymes. In first place these organisms should be newly isolated strains out of various habitats, but also strain collections are investigated as well as commercially available enzymes. Characterisation of newly found microorganisms via morphological, physiological and molecular biological methods represents another phase within this project. The third major project phase includes the development of appropriate analytical methods for analysis of samples from degradation experiments out of various different matrices. HPLC, ELISA and LC-MS methods are investigated. The characterisation of metabolites evolving during the microbial and/or enzymatic degradation of fumonisins is defined as a working package as well. In order to show the real detoxification of fumonisin B1 by the microorganisms (or enzymes) several different toxicity test-systems (cell-culture assays, bioassays)are under investigation.