WEEVIL STOP
"Development of a cost-effective and sustainable insecticide-free plant protection method, eliminating widespread catastrophic damage in the forestry caused by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis"
| Coordinatore | NORSK WAX AS
Organization address
address: OVRE STEINSTREDET 7 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Norway [NO] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.weevilstop.com/ |
| Totale costo | 3˙333˙540 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙512˙174 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2012 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-10-01 - 2015-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NORSK WAX AS
Organization address
address: OVRE STEINSTREDET 7 contact info |
NO (LARVIK) | coordinator | 808˙420.25 |
| 2 |
NORGES SKOGEIERFORBUND
Organization address
address: ROALD AMUDSENS GATE 6 contact info |
NO (OSLO) | participant | 345˙964.25 |
| 3 |
ELECTROZETA DI ZANNIER GUERRINO & CSNC*
Organization address
address: VIA CAMILLA KECHLER 12 contact info |
IT (SAN GIORGIO DELLA RICHINVELDA) | participant | 304˙274.75 |
| 4 |
CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES PROPRIETAIRES FORESTIERS ASBL
Organization address
address: RUE DU LUXEMBOURG 66 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 263˙013.25 |
| 5 |
EESTI ERAMETSALIIT - ESTONIAN PRIVATE FOREST UNION
Organization address
address: VILJIANDI MNT 18A contact info |
EE (TALLINN) | participant | 210˙913.25 |
| 6 |
SKOGSAGARNA MELLANSKOG EKONOMISK FORENING
Organization address
address: BOX 127 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 175˙876.50 |
| 7 |
LATVIJAS MEZA IPASNIEKU BIEDRIBA
Organization address
address: Udensdzirnavas contact info |
LV (LIMBAZU NOVADS) | participant | 138˙032.00 |
| 8 |
BERGVIK SKOG PLANTOR AB
Organization address
address: TROTZGATAN 25 contact info |
SE (FALUN) | participant | 60˙960.00 |
| 9 |
FIN FORELIA OY
Organization address
address: KIL AVANTIE 664 contact info |
FI (ROYKKA) | participant | 46˙920.00 |
| 10 |
VERDERA OY
Organization address
address: Kurjenkellontie 5 B contact info |
FI (Espoo) | participant | 42˙870.00 |
| 11 |
PLANTEX AS
Organization address
address: VALGUSE TEE LOHKVA 7 contact info |
EE (LUUNJA VALD TARTUMAA) | participant | 30˙760.00 |
| 12 |
TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT AS
Organization address
address: Akersveien , St Hanshaugen 24 C contact info |
NO (OSLO) | participant | 23˙290.00 |
| 13 |
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 22˙160.00 |
| 14 |
LABOR S.R.L.
Organization address
address: via della Scrofa 117 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 19˙360.00 |
| 15 |
UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
Organization address
address: Problemveien 5-7 contact info |
NO (OSLO) | participant | 19˙360.00 |
| 16 |
CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES PROPRIETAIRES FORESTIERS ASBL
Organization address
address: RUE DES FOYERS 6 contact info |
LU (LUXEMBOURG) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The WeevilSTOP project will significantly increase competitiveness and sustainability for the large number of SMEs in the European Forestry and Forest-based Industries. About 16 million Private Forest Owners manage 60% of Europe’s forest, generating 3 million jobs and create a total turnover of €300Bn annually. Our community has a great and urgent need for innovation in order to substitute currently used insecticides that are banded by new EU Regulations and by certification bodies due to health and environmental issues. To prevent a huge economical loss in the range of annually €140 M in EU-27 for the forestry sector, we need alternative insecticide-free plant protection methods. Our idea is to develop a cost-effective and sustainable insecticide-free pest management method for young forest trees that is even more effective than insecticides. We propose to create innovative technology for environment-friendly, toxicologically safe, and sustainable pest management of one of the most destructive pests in tree planting and re-forestation of conifer forests – the pine weevil Hylobius abietis. We will achieve this by 1) using a refined wax formulation, which mechanically protects the stem bark from feeding damages inflicted by the adult pine weevil; 2) developing a new Waxing System that precisely coats the main stem of conifer seedlings with wax, and 3) developing a new Pick-and-Place System to handle all kinds of containerized grown spruce seedlings. Our innovation will prevent the private forest owners from an economical loss of annually €140 M in EU-27. Moreover, the private forest owners will benefit from substantial savings in costs for pest management, increased revenues from up to 8% higher wood production resulting from 10% lower seedlings mortality rate, and new market opportunities for certified wood, improved working environment for protecting human health, CO2 savings, and an improved environment.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Researchers are developing an environmentally friendly method using wax to protect forest conifer seedlings from pine weevil feeding damages as an alternative to toxic chemical insecticides.