Actions IM1-M8 (2009-2010):

• Project management and the monitoring of its quality by the coordinating beneficiary.
• Management of the actions in the particular EU-Member State or German Land by the responsible associated beneficiary.
• Validation and storage of the monitoring data by the coordinating beneficiary.
• International dissemination of information by the coordinating beneficiary, involving technical and scientific reports, layman’s reports and a website.
• National dissemination of information by the associated beneficiaries, involving notice boards on their monitoring plots.

Action group L1 (2009-2010):

• Revision of large-scale monitoring systems aiming at maximising synergies between Level I and NFIs: Resulting “FutMon large-scale plots” will ideally be a subset of the NFI plots.
• Creation of the basis for future provision of data on core forest variables from coordinated national monitoring systems.

Action group L2 (2009-2010):

• Field assessments on FutMon large-scale plots, aimed at continuation of time series on forest condition.
• Tests of reference methods and development of bridging functions to be applied in NFIs leading to harmonised results on core variables throughout the EU.

Action group IM1 (2009-2010)

• Intensive monitoring on about 300 basic monitoring plots, including crown condition, mortality, removals, forest growth, foliar chemistry and litterfall, ground vegetation, soil condition and soil solution chemistry, deposition and meteorology.
• Selection of plots and monitoring attributes for future intensive monitoring, together with results from demonstration actions (D1-D3, see below) including the development of selection criteria.

Action group D1 (2009-2010)

• Demonstration actions focusing on the collection of more comprehensive data on tree vitality, including assessments of leaf area index, monitoring of phenological events using webcams, continuous measurements of stem circumference, assessments of damage causes, assessments of litterfall.
• Conclusions regarding the selection of and the monitoring on intensive monitoring core plots.

Action group D2 (2009-2010)

• Demonstration actions focusing on the monitoring of element fluxes and nutrient cycling with a view to critical loads assessments.
• Conclusions regarding the selection of and the monitoring on intensive monitoring core plots.

Action group D3 (2009-2010)

• Demonstration actions focusing on the development and application of water budget models with a view to the response of drought stress of trees e.g. as a consequence of climate change, as well as to nutrient uptake and growth.
• Conclusions regarding the selection of and the monitoring on intensive monitoring core plots.

Action group C1 (2009-2010)

• Coordination, development and implementation of quality assurance and control (QA/QC) procedures in the areas of ground vegetation, water analysis, laboratory QA/QC, tree health and damage assessments, soil condition and soil solution chemistry, foliage chemistry, nutrient cycling, deposition, ambient air quality, and tree health (crown condition, growth, phenology, visible ozone injury), by means of expert meetings, questionnaires, ringtests, laboratory inter-comparison exercises, field intercomparison courses, training courses, and the development of standards and references to be laid down in manuals.
• Evaluation of monitoring data in connection with action A1 (see in the original contract).