Democritus University of Thrace

DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS – DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE (DUTH)

Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) operates since the academic year 1974-1975. The University is currently operating eight Schools and nineteen Departments in four cities of Thrace. DUTH is currently participating in 919 projects (EU-funded programmes – FP7, H2020, JUST Grants, Life actions, Erasmus+, Jean Monnet Chair etc.) and transnational and national projects).

DUTH participates through the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, the staff of which has more than 15 years’ experience in forest management inventories, model development and sustainable management of forest ecosystems, climate change and carbon estimation.

In the last years, the Department has gained experience in sustainable exploitation of forest resources, regional development, CO2 emissions reduction and estimation of Life Cycle impact of forest products on the environment and climate change, through the participation in one Intelligent Energy Europe (BioEUparks 2013-16) and one H2020 (SEEMLA 2016-18) projects, dealing with these issues, in a EuropeAid project (2017-18) to develop a protocol to assess the impact of forest management practices on climate change, following European policies and LULUCF norms and is currently involved in a LIFE19 project regarding Strategic Environmental Management in Mount Athos under Climate Change (CCA/GR/001185 LIFE_STEMMA_ATHOS, 2020-2025) and in two national projects, one dealing with the Pilot Implementation of the National Plan for Reforestation and Upgrading of Public Forest Nurseries (Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, 2021-2023) and a second concerning Science at the service of the State and Society for tackling Climate Change (CLIMPACT2, 2023-2025).