Forests are under pressure from accelerating global change. To cope with the multiple challenges related to global change but also to further improve forest management we need a better understanding of (1) the linkages between drivers of ecosystem change and the state and management of forest ...
There are also questions about whether sustainable management is practical when it comes to protecting areas of great-bio-diversity such as the world’s tropical forests. In theory, the principle should be the same as with elephants―allow logging companies to cut down a certain number of trees...
The materials derived from wood are thus associated with less greenhouse gas emissions on the condition of trees being harvested from sustainably managed forests. But in order to capture the full potential of this material, a plethora of techniques and modifications have evolved with the purpose of...
Native forests and plantations occupy a central role in the discussion of the international policy agenda during the last decades. Policy discussions centre on the role of forests in addressing the global challenges for economic development and the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on ec...
Fire is an integral process to numerous cultural and ecological communities across BCs ~ 94 million hectares. Broadly across BC, major ecosystem types adapted to fire include northern boreal forests that sustain moderately frequent crown fire (100-150 year mean interval), interior sub-boreal to...
Climate change is projected to drive renewed spongy moth attacks on North American forests For almost 30 years, an insect fungal disease has repressed defoliation caused by the spongy moth in North American hardwood forests. The fungus needs cool, moist weather, but computer models project that the...
The first technology, poses questions about social forestry cropping systems and site suitibility for them. It discusses research to assess and correlated field experience with different social forestry system, design system "packages" that can be planted with reasonable confidence in different ...
People often ask me "Why did you come to China to work and why on earth did you come to this remote area of China?" These questions would be easy to answer if I used the word destiny. A combination of intended and unintended decisions and external factors have brought me here this tro...
Regional patterns of wild animal hunting in African tropical forests Wildlife hunting can support diets and socio-economic well-being in communities around the world, but overexploitation can have cascading ecosystem effects. This study examines socio-cultural, economic and landscape factors associated with...
Invasive species articles from across Nature Portfolio Atom RSS Feed Invasive species are non-native species that have been introduced to an ecosystem and have established there causing ecological damage. The study of invasive species involves questions about the traits that cause their damaging ...