SNS-110: Leaching of carbon, nitrogen and phosporus from forest land in the Nordic and Baltic countries (2011-2013)
Project leader: Associate professor Lars Högbom, Skogforsk – The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, lars.hogbom@skogforsk.se
Financing: 370.000 DKK/year for 3 years

The overall aim is to quantify carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosporus (P) leaching in the Nordic and Baltic countries, in order to describe the background leaching from forest land as well as to quantify losses following various forest management operations (i.e. clear felling, site preparation, ditching, and ditch cleaning, N fertilisation and wood-ash recycling). These estimates will be based both on soil solution data in plot studies and run-off data from the catchment studies.