<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">The School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD Forestry is
seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for up to 24 Months. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The overall demand for roundwood in Ireland is expected to
increase from to an estimated net realisable volume of 85 Mm3 . There will be
an increase in the timber traffic on public roads, in accordance with this forecasted
increase in timber supply. Therefore, a more sustainable, safer and cost
effective approach in the form of a GIS based agreed routes map is needed to
manage the transport of this increased woodflow. This map will be used by
timber hauliers as part of the timber extraction planning process. The routes
will be agreed between local authorities and district forest managers and
private forest owners, identifying the strongest and safest routes, to avoid
increased congestion around small towns and villages, reduce excess wear and
tear on vulnerable roads and avoid excessive weight across roads. The
development of the road database and GIS map will look at developing a road
cost matrix to determine whether timber access routes are either fail or based
on 4 main criteria – agreed routes, consultation routes, severely restricted
routes and excluded routes. In addition, this map will be used to identify
important routes that need maintenance and upgrading work. A mobile app
RouteTagger will also be developed to help build a database of road conditions,
primarily for the lower class timber access routes for use in planning for all
state and private harvesting sites. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If interested in this position please go to the UCD HR
Vacancies website <a href="http://bit.ly/1gktVf2">http://bit.ly/1gktVf2</a> and
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<p class="MsoNormal">Search by Reference Number 006423 </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Charles Harper<br>
</font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Research Manager<br></font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">UCD Forestry<br></font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">University College Dublin<br>
</font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">T: +35317167358<br></font></div></div>
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