Funding for ForSite
The ForSite project was supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007-2013.
The project was additionally made possible by support from staff in the partner institutions.
ForSite partner institutions
Thanks to these individuals
Anne Killion provided lab support; Antonio Cachinero Vivar Worked on field installations, lab operations and data; Brian Doyle helped with installations at Dooary, and operated the sampling system from Feb 2015; Brian Reidy provided soil samples; Brian Tobin provided support with installations at the Dooary Level II site; Caoimhe Saunderson undertook forest biomass sampling; Connie O'Driscoll was a PostDoc on the project, and operated field sampling at Brackloon; David Farrell operated field sampling at Dooary in the early part of the project; Dermot Ryan developed the ForSite tool and database; Eamonn Hynes set up the forsite server; Eva Ros Mangrinan undertook forest biomass sampling as an MSc research study; Gillian McGrath worked on sample processing; Hellen Altman supported financial reporting; Kevin Adkinson managed the TrentU lab; Kieron Cushen scripted php for the ForSite tool; Mandy Nsofor undertook forest biomass sampling; Mohammad Sadegh Askari prepared sampling equipment; Niamh Ryan supported financial reporting; Paul Hynes helped with installations at Level II sites; Paul Keane undertook forest biomass sampling; Peter Murphy undertook forest-floor sampling; Philip Fanning Worked on installations and monitoring; Rachel Creamer provided soil samples and data; Ricardo Filho prepared sampling equipment; Richard Boakye undertook forest biomass sampling; Ted Farrell advised on the principles and theory of forest nutrition, reminding us not to forget the old works; and a whole lot of people worked over the previous two and a half decades in many projects, bringing us to where ForSite became possible.
Enduring thanks to all.
Disclaimer
The research presented at both of:
http://www.ucd.ie/forsite
and
http://forsite.ucd.ie/
and specifically the ForSite Calculator at http://forsite.ucd.ie/calculator.php
are provided on a strictly as-is basis. No fitness-for-purpose is expressed or implied; the logic and data may be erroneous; graphical and textual elements are not guaranteed in any way. Responsibility for action, including in decisions relating to land management or policy formulation, rests with the user, and the individuals and institutions identified or acknowledged here do not accept any liability for direct or consequential harm of any kind.