• For many forest ecosystems, fire is a primary disturbance agent that significantly drives species diversity and other ecosystem functions, especially nutrient dynamics. (mdpi.com)
  • Comprehensive Analysis of Land Tenure Effects on the Structure and Services of Regional Forest Ecosystems. (routledge.com)
  • He has published papers on productivity and succession, carbon cycle, uncertainty analysis, and the development of empirical, succession (gap), and process-based models for forest ecosystems. (routledge.com)
  • The foundation of ecological restoration is how to preserve biocoenoses (i.e. functional ecosystems) and how to restore and reconstruct them where they were destroyed. (researchgate.net)
  • Maintaining the resilience of forest ecosystems is therefore a critical element in planning and implementing SFM independently from the type of forestry that is practised. (fao.org)
  • It is necessary to reduce pressures on forests, restore ecosystems, use biological resources sustainably, and share the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources in a fair and equitable manner. (fao.org)
  • In areas in which wood harvesting may take place ("production forest"), SFM should ensure that genetic resources, including vulnerable, threatened and endangered species, as well as the diversity of ecosystems, are maintained. (fao.org)
  • Global views of ecological history in the long term are provided as well as sophisticated models quantifying the flow of energy across regional ecosystems. (powells.com)
  • She has worked in the private, public, and non-profit sectors researching ecological processes and managing ecosystems. (frc.edu)
  • The Ecosystems and Environment Research Theme is developing basic science and designing innovative solutions to address key global environmental challenges. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • In comparison with graphic paper and cardboard produced from fresh fibres, graphic paper and cardboard made from recovered paper saves resources such as forest ecosystems. (blauer-engel.de)
  • The REFORLAN project aimed to identify and promote approaches for the sustainable management of arid and semi-arid forest ecosystems in Latin America, in order to protect biodiversity while supporting local populations' livelihood. (europa.eu)
  • Furthermore, spatially explicit process-based models of ecosystems, closely integrated with GIS, were developed and applied to evaluate the ecological impact of land use change at a landscape scale. (europa.eu)
  • Gain the advanced tools and understanding to take on contemporary environmental challenges in natural and human-dominated ecosystems, and where they intersect, lakeshores to peatlands. (mtu.edu)
  • Monbiot takes readers on an enchanting journey around the world to explore ecosystems that have been "rewilded": freed from human intervention and allowed-in some cases for the first time in millennia-to resume their natural ecological processes. (google.ca)
  • Net primary production (NPP) is considered by the world scientific community as an important indicator that reflects the features of the condition and peculiarities of the functioning of forest ecosystems. (researchgate.net)
  • The study of forest gaps dynamics is essential to understanding ecosystem function and predicting how forest ecosystems respond to disturbance and to forest management. (sisef.it)
  • It follows from our results that environmental change may in the future lead to alteration of the phenolic signatures of present beech forest ecosystems, probably with a cascading effect on ecological processes such as decomposition. (ufz.de)
  • Those who damage forest ecosystems will be permitted to purchase forest carbon credits as an alternative to paying compensation, under a new interpretation published by China's supreme court. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Does this mean those who damage forests will be able to reduce or avoid their legal responsibilities via these purchases, leaving ecosystems unrestored? (chinadialogue.net)
  • In China, those who damage forest ecosystems can be held to account through civil, criminal and administrative routes. (chinadialogue.net)
  • In cases of environmental pollution and harm to ecosystems, China's 2021 Civil Code made a distinction between liability for damage to private interests, such as the health or property of another person, and damage to the environment or ecosystem itself - the public interest. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Ecological restoration , the process of repairing sites in nature whose biological communities (that is, interacting groups of various species in a common location) and ecosystems have been degraded or destroyed. (britannica.com)
  • Ecological restoration focuses on repairing the damage human activities have caused to natural ecosystems and seeks to return them to an earlier state or to another state that is closely related to one unaltered by human activities. (britannica.com)
  • Ecological restoration is distinguished from the practice of conservation , which is primarily concerned with preventing further losses to ecosystems. (britannica.com)
  • The research focuses on for example the interactions between climate change and forest and peatland ecosystems and new methods of managing forest information. (helsinki.fi)
  • We study the processes and responses of boreal forest ecosystems on different levels, from the scale of tree parts and soil particles to the scale of landscape. (helsinki.fi)
  • With an updated map of Swedish primary forests, I will investigate for any patterns in their location, how their carbon uptake has varied over the last decades, and report any differences in biodiversity between those ecosystems and managed forests. (lu.se)
  • Within the H2020 project, InnoForEst, I am collaborating with the Universeum Science Centre in Gothenburg to study how school children interact with forest ecosystems, and how they can learn more about climate change through multi-actor collaborations. (lu.se)
  • BECC focuses on three Grand Challenges that must be tackled to assess the combined consequences of anthropogenic emissions, climate and land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services and provide a basis for informed societal responses, with a focus on critical changes in forest, agricultural, urban and arctic ecosystems, including interactions between terrestrial and aquatic systems. (lu.se)
  • Biodiversity underpins the ecological functions and processes that give rise to the benefits provided by ecosystems ("ecosystem services"), including purification of water and air, pest and disease control, pollination, soil fertility, and resilience to climate change. (who.int)
  • Forests are valued not only for their economic potential, but also for the biodiversity they contain, the ecological services they provide, and the recreational, cultural, and spiritual opportunities they provide. (routledge.com)
  • The need for ecological forestry is palpable both socially and ecologically as forests and biodiversity are declining around the world. (frontiersin.org)
  • The study [17] reports on this phenomenon by which the urban forest gains in biodiversity and subsequently serves as a reservoir and relay of biodiversity: Site colonization by native species was particularly high at sites ≤100m from existing native vegetation, suggesting that even small patches of native vegetation in urban landscapes will be valuable as seed sources for accelerating native plant establishment at nearby receptive sites. (researchgate.net)
  • Half to two-thirds of global terrestrial biodiversity is found in forests ( Raven, 1988 ), the majority in tropical forests (which contains 50-90 percent of the world's species, WRI, 1992). (fao.org)
  • Biodiversity underpins forest environmental services, productivity and resilience. (fao.org)
  • Ecological processes such as tree growth, carbon sequestration, pollination, seed dispersal and nutrient recycling depend on biodiversity, which is also fundamental to food security and nutrition. (fao.org)
  • Forest biodiversity is decreasing in some areas due to forest loss, degradation and fragmentation. (fao.org)
  • Only a relatively small part of the biodiversity of tropical forests is known, which is a constraint on conservation efforts. (fao.org)
  • Biodiversity conservation should be practiced in all types of forests, whether they are managed for production, protection or other purposes. (fao.org)
  • The Committee on Forestry (COFO), in its 24th session, supported FAO's initiative to serve as a Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform covering forestry, fisheries and agriculture, in an integrated manner, and recognized that the implementation of sustainable forest management is important for mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry. (fao.org)
  • and continuously searching for new ways to monitor, predict and mitigate environmental and biodiversity change across the living planet. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Hypotheses regarding restoration were tested via the use of experimental and modelling methodologies, while the rates of forest fragmentation and biodiversity loss were estimated using novel GIS techniques. (europa.eu)
  • 1 These forests, particularly the primary tropical rainforests around the equator, are extremely rich in biodiversity. (janegoodall.org.au)
  • Each of these species has its own distinct ecological niche within the forest, occupying different microhabitats and contributing to the overall biodiversity of the area. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • From its snow-capped peaks and lush valleys to its dense forests and sparkling rivers, the state is a treasure trove of biodiversity. (saded.in)
  • In the last 25 years, he worked with landscape ecology and biodiversity conservation in highly fragmented landscapes, essentially in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest region. (fapesp.br)
  • This biodiversity loss is one of the most pressing environmental problems of our time. (senckenberg.de)
  • The biodiversity patterns and ecological processes in such complex, fragmented landscapes have hardly been examined so far. (senckenberg.de)
  • In general, biodiversity observation systems and environmental data are not evenly distributed and the collation and provisioning of high-quality environmental data to stakeholders is considered of critical importance. (senckenberg.de)
  • Against this background, the EU BON project (Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network) proposes a new framework to integrate biodiversity information covering environmental data ranging from on-ground to remote sensing data, in order to address policy and information needs in a more efficient and customized way. (senckenberg.de)
  • Monitoring and conserving genetic diversity of forests and trees, especially of wild species as outlined in the UN Convention of Biological Diversity's Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, does not only promote a healthy ecosystem but also makes the environment more resilient to climate and environmental changes. (cgiar.org)
  • (http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/biodiversity-human-health/en/, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • Biodiversity and human health ( https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop-12/cop-12-dec-21-en.pdf, accessed 21 February 2018). (who.int)
  • Mangrove forests play an important role in facilitating biogeochemical pathways and cycling acting as blue carbon sinks. (frontiersin.org)
  • Shifts in microbial community composition were influenced by fluctuations in environmental factors within the mangrove forests of the Red Sea influenced by seasonal changes in sea level. (frontiersin.org)
  • Mangrove forests are among the world's most productive habitats providing essential ecosystem services including coastal protection, fisheries, nutrient cycling and nursery habitat. (frontiersin.org)
  • Tannins play vital roles in regulating ecological processes in mangrove forests. (bvsalud.org)
  • Forest gaps are a critical factor of the disturbance regime in Hyrcanian temperate forests. (sisef.it)
  • In this study, we leveraged a 30-year-old forest management-driven experiment that incorporated harvesting and prescribed fire, further affected by wildfire, to explore the recovery of woody species composition, regeneration of charismatic forest tree species Larix occidentalis , and vegetation and soil carbon and nitrogen pools. (mdpi.com)
  • A comparison of spruce budworm outbreaks to harvesting shows some similarities between the disturbances but also differences in the size of openings, species targeted and subsequent forest dynamics ( Kneeshaw et al. ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The results suggest that forest management techniques that were employed in the past target the least susceptible tree species and favor recruitment of the most vulnerable species. (frontiersin.org)
  • In such forests, tree saplings, mainly composed of native late-successional tree species, are planted at high densities (20,000-120,000 trees/ha) on improved soil in order to achieve canopy closure within a short period (Nakashima et al. (researchgate.net)
  • This study revealed that, without additional management intervention, restoration of mature, late-successional forest cannot be achieved by simultaneous planting of native species. (researchgate.net)
  • Although one-time planting of late-successional species is practiced in many restoration sites across Japan (Miyawaki 2004) , such practices are unlikely to lead to natural forest stand structure because, in natural forest, regeneration of late-successional species occurs gradually over many years. (researchgate.net)
  • The research degree requires candidates to demonstrate advanced ability in course work and innovative research work related to molecular genetics of a forest species, and/or applying that knowledge to development of industrial products and processes. (mtu.edu)
  • Based on the data collected in two large forest observational field studies, the taxonomic structures of the plant communities were analyzed at different sampling scales using taxonomic ratios (number of genera/number of species, number of families/number of species), and the relationship between the number of higher taxa and the number of species. (biomedcentral.com)
  • According to the theory of niche conservation [ 9 ], species belonging to a particular genus or family could have similar ecological traits and habitat tolerance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Environmental filtering will therefore decrease the number of genera and families for a given number of species [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additionally, understanding the interactions between reptile species within this complex ecosystem can shed light on broader ecological processes occurring not only in Jerusalem Forest but also in similar habitats worldwide. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • Species diversity within the Jerusalem Forest is impressive, with numerous reptile species calling this ecosystem home. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • Furthermore, conservation efforts must be prioritized to ensure the long-term survival of these remarkable reptilian species within the Jerusalem Forest. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • Twenty-five international environmental organizations are calling for immediate action to protect and restore Vancouver Island's endangered old-growth rainforest and its species diversity, carbon storage and benefits for a diverse economy including forestry, tourism and wild salmon in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities on Canada's west coast. (focs.ca)
  • Globally, the loss of primary forests - characterized by ecological processes largely undisturbed by human activity - is threatening species, carbon storage, and environmental services. (focs.ca)
  • We first developed a process-based mechanistic model that simulates the development of conifer tracheids from a simple sugar signal that we discuss together with the main kinetics and environmental variables leading to the formation of micro-density in black spruce, the main conifers species in the boreal forest of Canada. (copernicus.org)
  • But astonishingly many species -- like the Critically Endangered Lake Titicaca Giant Frog (Telmatobius culeus) from Peru -- are greatly impacted by ecological processes at the landscape scale. (phys.org)
  • Many freshwater species, such as frogs and other amphibians, are threatened by environmental changes to watersheds or river basins impacted by pollution, deforestation or dams. (phys.org)
  • Although the spatial and temporal variation of the phenolic signature within species is well documented, it remains unclear whether intraspecific variation is due to genetic differences between individuals or to environmental conditions. (ufz.de)
  • For example, in temperate coniferous forests , plant species provide food and shelter for various animals. (britannica.com)
  • To remain healthy, many forest species rely on periodic disturbances such as wildfires . (britannica.com)
  • Studying especially the outcrossing species with large population sizes, such as forest trees is important for understanding how adaptation to various environmental conditions arise. (helsinki.fi)
  • Hunt throughout the forest for numerous game species, including white-tailed deer, turkey and small game. (iowadnr.gov)
  • Of the astonishing diversity of tens of thousands of tropical and sub-tropical tree species, only a fraction have been analyzed for genetic diversity, while extensive forest loss, degradation, and environmental change continue to push species towards extinction, signifying a permanent loss of genetic diversity that underlie ecological processes. (cgiar.org)
  • However, the scale of hunting occurring in Central Africa poses a threat to many tropical forest species. (traffic.org)
  • Other things that in recent years have attracted researchers to the Nordic herbarium are among other things the possibilities to obtain from the collections unique information about the phenology of species (like flowering time), chemical contents (like environmental toxins) and parasites (like micro-fungi and bile-forming insects), and how these have changed over time and space. (lu.se)
  • The Rhine-Main-Observatory (RMO) is a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site located in central Germany. (senckenberg.de)
  • Becky A. Ball ([email protected]) is a postdoctoral research associate with the Environmental Studies Program at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, and the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) station, and is formerly a graduate student at the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, in Athens, with the Coweeta LTER. (bioone.org)
  • How do social and ecological processes along urban-to-rural gradients affect land use and forest conservation? (nsf.gov)
  • Your journey here will be a transformative experience, equipping you with the knowledge and skills to drive innovation and positive change in the realm of forest science and conservation. (mtu.edu)
  • This article aims to provide an academic overview of the reptilian community within the Jerusalem Forest, highlighting their ecological roles, distribution patterns, and conservation significance. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • Conservation significance cannot be overstated when it comes to preserving the reptilian community within the Jerusalem Forest. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • In conclusion, studying the reptiles of the Jerusalem Forest provides valuable insights into their ecological roles, distribution patterns, and conservation needs. (sustainable-jerusalem.org)
  • The agreements met science-based conservation levels, strengthened First Nations rights, enabled conservation financing and forest carbon credit projects, and gave forestry companies certainty for logging under stringent standards. (focs.ca)
  • The study found that 20 percent of threatened amphibians, and no less than 40 percent of threatened freshwater turtles, depend on broad-scale conservation action to address changes in freshwater processes. (phys.org)
  • Economic growth and ecological conservation must go hand in hand. (saded.in)
  • His main research focuses are related to landscape connectivity, ecological thresholds and time-lag responses to landscape changes, and conservation planning. (fapesp.br)
  • Interest in forming a Loess Hills State Forest had been expressed for some time prior to its being recommended in the Iowa Conservation Commission's 1985 Forest Resources Plan. (iowadnr.gov)
  • At the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, we have been working on taking action in conserving forest genetic resources through restoration and conservation while working closely with partners in Asia. (cgiar.org)
  • Dr. Guy R. Larocque is a research scientist for the Canadian Forest Service, a sector of Natural Resources Canada, at the Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec City, Québec, Canada. (routledge.com)
  • He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Ecological Modelling and the International Journal of Forestry Research , and is also associate editor of Ecoscience . (routledge.com)
  • and a reflection on differences between ecological forestry in Europe and North America. (frontiersin.org)
  • The forests of Ukrainian Carpathians are an important structural component of economics of sustainable development in mountainous region, where forestry should be balancing environmental protection and socio-economic development of local communities. (researchgate.net)
  • In protecting forests from anthropogenic threats, it is vital for various actors in the forestry and other land use sectors to work together in a strategic partnership that enables knowledge sharing, shared responsibilities, and collective action to prevent further genetic diversity loss in the tropics. (cgiar.org)
  • This master thesis explores sustainability discourses and framings in Finnish forestry and forest-related legislation to consider how the spirit and ideas of Rio 1992 got translated and retranslated (or lost in translation) into existing Finnish forest policies and strategies. (helsinki.fi)
  • Forest Management and Climate Change: Adaptive Measures for the Temperate-Boreal Interface of Eastern North America. (routledge.com)
  • Moreover, northern forests endure some of the largest seasonal temperature fluctuations and climate change-induced warming on earth. (frontiersin.org)
  • In the RMO we examine long-term effects of habitat fragmentation, land-use and climate change, as well as other environmental variables on animal and plant communities. (senckenberg.de)
  • Forest Ecosystem Health and Biotic Disturbances: Perspectives on Indicators and Management Approaches. (routledge.com)
  • An adaptive management with controlled disturbances also benefit wild pollinators, which depend heavily on forest habitats and play a vital role in the reproduction process of most flowering plants. (fao.org)
  • However, some disturbances, such as deforestation , are so damaging that they may instead impair the normal functioning of the forest by increasing soil erosion or by eliminating wildlife habitat. (britannica.com)
  • Thus, restorationists must understand the ecosystem's pattern of ecological disturbances. (britannica.com)
  • Will our forests grow more in the future, or will various disturbances counterbalance the potential gains in growth? (helsinki.fi)
  • My Ph.D. project focuses on the states and changes in primary forests. (lu.se)
  • These are forests, whose structure, composition and function has been shaped by natural dynamics without substantial anthropogenic influence over the long period. (mdpi.com)
  • The palynological, archaeological and historical data document only a weak anthropogenic fingerprint compared to other European lowland forests in Holocene history. (mdpi.com)
  • However, the supreme court ruled in 2019 that the responsibilities of perpetrators for harming the public's environmental interests are not limited to paying compensation. (chinadialogue.net)
  • An increased understanding of the spatial and temporal variation of bacterial communities is critical when assessing delivery of ecosystem services and their role in soil biogeochemical processes. (frontiersin.org)
  • The climate system encompasses the global atmosphere, oceans, land surface, cryosphere (snow, sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets), vegetation and various biogeochemical processes such as the carbon and nitrogen cycles. (lu.se)
  • Horgan says her most pressing concerns - one shared by many other local residents - are unforeseen ecological impacts from the removal of kelp from the bay. (earthisland.org)
  • Given the higher risk typically associated with emerging market assets and a general growing interest in socially responsible investing (SRI), it is important to be able to assess whether emerging debt meets certain criteria related to economic stability, good governance, and environmental and social impacts. (kbc.com)
  • These catastrophes are a consequence of climate impacts that have been intensifying in past years, paired with deforestation and forest degradation. (focs.ca)
  • The models allow us to investigate quantitatively the impacts of environmental change on forest growth and functioning. (helsinki.fi)
  • Social and natural scientists must work together to understand how human societies and ecological systems depend on each other,' says Peter Alpert, CNH program director in the Directorate for Biological Sciences. (nsf.gov)
  • Influences of forest gaps on soil physico-chemical and biological properties in an oriental beech (Fagus orientalis L.) stand of Hyrcanian forest, north of Iran. (sisef.it)
  • Changes in physico-chemical and biological soil properties in 15 harvest-created gaps under single-tree selection and the adjacent closed canopies, with five replications for each, were studied 6 years after gap creation in an oriental beech ( Fagus orientalis L.) stand of the Hyrcanian forest. (sisef.it)
  • Previous studies have shown that soil physic-chemical and biological features were affected by gaps in different forest types. (sisef.it)
  • A broad variety of biological and environmental data are available. (senckenberg.de)
  • The physical disturbance caused by the removal and replacement of soil and overburden, together with the waste material from ore processing, affect the chemical, physical, and biological process within the disturbed soil or waste. (cdc.gov)
  • Trees of life : saving tropical forests and their biological wealth / Kenton Miller and Laura Tangley. (who.int)
  • The impact of processes of production and consumption upon the natural habit (clearing of forests, soil erosion), of high pollution densities in urban centers (smoke, stench, water pollution) are demonstrated: it is shown, how people reacted to it and how efficient the measures were to control it. (powells.com)
  • Understanding the effects of silvicultural practices including single-tree selection on soil properties is essential for forest management in temperate broadleaved beech forests. (sisef.it)
  • Therefore, if aimed at preserving an uneven aged structure along with soil quality in temperate broadleaved deciduous forest as the oriental beech stands in the Hyrcanian region, single-tree selection practice for harvesting trees can be recommended as sustainable forest management type. (sisef.it)
  • Indeed, gaps influence the forest soil which is a vital part of the ecosystem functioning ( [37] ). (sisef.it)
  • For example, the soil microbial biomass plays an important role in the nutrients cycle ( [36] ), resulting an important indicator of soil fertility for the ecological research and sustainable forest management ( [26] ). (sisef.it)
  • Knowing about the amount of soil nutrients and its relationship to gap dynamics can afford valuable insights on forest ecosystem functioning. (sisef.it)
  • In old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests (USA), Scharenbroch & Bockheim ( [31] ) reported that the value of exchangeable cations in the 0-25 cm mineral soil depth was lower in gaps than in closed canopy. (sisef.it)
  • In order to restore a deforested site, restoration ecologists often attempt to reverse the ecological changes caused by the removal of trees and other plants, the displacement of animals, and changes to the now-exposed soil (which may be more prone to drying and erosion after deforestation). (britannica.com)
  • The forest sits in the heart of the Loess Hills, a unique geological ridge formed over time by wind-blown soil, known for its unusual terrain and scenic natural areas. (iowadnr.gov)
  • The primary objectives of mine land reclamation are to minimize environmental degradation and to facilitate the reestablishment of a functional plant-soil system. (cdc.gov)
  • The climate we experience results from and is mediated by the action of a host of processes in the atmosphere, soils, oceans, and snow and ice components. (lu.se)
  • This includes the book titled Fire and Vegetation Dynamics which was published in 1992, which explores the dynamics of fires in the North American boreal forest. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Chipko movement, led by Gaura Devi in Uttarakhand's villages, embraced trees to protect forests. (saded.in)
  • The aim is to protect forests and repair any damage, with the three approaches coordinated to achieve this. (chinadialogue.net)
  • The Forest Modelling Group at the Department of Forest Sciences focuses on ecological and physiological research questions related to forest growth and production. (helsinki.fi)
  • The Urban Environment and Public Health core area focuses on these and other environmental, geological, and geomedical aspects of urban life. (cuny.edu)
  • In addition, they will examine conflict and fisheries in the Lake Victoria Basin in Africa and study the influence of the size of protected areas on ecological and economic effectiveness. (nsf.gov)
  • Not very well, yet quite consistent with extremely degenerative processes in socio-ecological-economic neo-apartheid. (links.org.au)
  • The Bantry Bay Kelp Forest group was formed to voice local concerns about potential ecological and economic damage that could result from mechanically harvesting kelp in Bantry Bay. (earthisland.org)
  • The models are already being used in decision support in solving problems of multiobjective forest management and as a basis of economic analyses of forest production and ecosystem services. (helsinki.fi)
  • The new policies also instruct managers to give economic activity and ecological health equal priority in management decisions, and remove the requirement for environmental impact statements - effectively eliminating the public-comment process. (grist.org)
  • The research results indicate, that although the language used in the policies refers widely to sustainability, the consideration of ecological aspects of sustainability is weak and often only rhetoric whereas economic values have a dominant role and are defined and translated towards action and practices. (helsinki.fi)
  • Furthermore, the results show that there are trade-offs between economic and ecological goals, and a lack of reflections and explicit discussion of them. (helsinki.fi)
  • To navigate and resolve the interplay of sustainable-related problems in real cases, being political displays of power, economic transfers of ownership, or environmental transformations, complex thinking becomes an appropriate state of mind. (lu.se)
  • Models are not one-to-one reflections of reality, however, if constructed with rigour they have the potential to be 'illuminating' abstractions [3] , and can be used to explain social, ecological and economic systems. (lu.se)
  • In this line of thought, this post introduces Agent-Based modeling (ABM) and System Dynamics (SD), both of them increasingly being used in environmental, social and economic sciences. (lu.se)
  • Published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education, JMS aims to provide an avenue for high-quality research in the fields of environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, economic sustainability and any disciplines concerning the interaction between management and enterprise sustainable development. (lu.se)
  • The ecological effects of phenolic compounds in plant tissues are related to their phenolic signature, i.e. the total content and structure of the phenolic compounds. (ufz.de)
  • He is also a member of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Centres of Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management, NSERC Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE), PAGSE (Royal Society of Canada), and he serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. (wikipedia.org)
  • He is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Natural Resources Management at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and the Forest Research Institute at the University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada. (routledge.com)
  • Research participants described different understanding of tropical peatswamp forests and fire. (bioone.org)
  • Research funded by CNH awards will provide a better understanding of natural processes and cycles and of human behavior and decisions--and how and where they intersect. (nsf.gov)
  • The research presented here shows increases in the production of both aspen and spruce in thinned stands compared to unthinned mixed conifer hardwood stands, suggesting that mixed forest stands may also benefit from this silvicultural approach ( Comeau ). (frontiersin.org)
  • She started on the faculty at Feather River College in 2012, after finishing her graduate degree working with the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at UC Davis. (frc.edu)
  • He comes to FRC after a career working for Berkeley Forests and working at the USFS's Fire and Environment Research and Applications Team. (frc.edu)
  • The Koffler Scientific Reserve at Jokers Hill hosts research in ecology, evolution, genetics, environmental science and cognate areas of study. (utoronto.ca)
  • It is awarded in recognition of demonstrated mastery of subject matter in forest science, and demonstrated competency through research investigations that represent a significant contribution to the cumulative knowledge in the field. (mtu.edu)
  • Our research aims at improving the understanding of forest ecological processes and the sustainable use of forests and peatlands through new information. (helsinki.fi)
  • Find out more of the discipline of Forest Ecology and Management through the websites of our research groups. (helsinki.fi)
  • Our major research focus is the application of biotechnology knowledge and tools for the determination of ecological, molecular and biochemical pathways required by emerging fungal and forest pathogens to infect and cause disease to trees worldwide as well as the basal mechanisms on how forest tree. (helsinki.fi)
  • The eLTER H2020 (European Long-Term Ecosystem and Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure) project aims to build and improve the development of European Long-Term Ecosystem Research infrastructures. (senckenberg.de)
  • John S. Kominoski is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, and formerly a graduate student with the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, and Coweeta LTER. (bioone.org)
  • Seoul, South Korea, 23rd August 2010 -Today marks the start of Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environment , the 23rd International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress, which runs until Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. (traffic.org)
  • In addition, her research investigates what are the implications of the identified dominant framings in forest policy with regard to the core aspects of sustainability. (helsinki.fi)
  • Hence, the aim of my research was to provide an analysis on how the concept of sustainability is framed and translated in Finnish forest policies. (helsinki.fi)
  • The Terrestrial, Estuarine, and Marine Studies (TEMS) specialization is designed for students interested in a wide range of environmental sciences encompassing both basic and applied research. (cuny.edu)
  • Environmental Research Letters, 14 (8), 084034. (lu.se)
  • Environment Research Group, GEPA) and their inclusion in the context of environmental psychology. (bvsalud.org)
  • A LibGuide on Library and Information resources for the students and research staff of the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund university. (lu.se)
  • Most of Jokers Hill, totaling 350 ha, is blanketed by a mosaic of wetlands and forests, including Ontario's largest remaining stand of old-growth hardwood. (utoronto.ca)
  • Hyrcanian hardwood forests are characterized by a significant set of characteristics that make them ecologically and economically attractive. (sisef.it)
  • One of the most important challenges is the restoration of complex, multilayer forests representing the potential natural vegetation. (researchgate.net)
  • Through vegetation surveys in Japan and South-east Asia, we have established basic principles in vegetation-ecological restoration of forests. (researchgate.net)
  • We aim for the sustainable development of human society through ecological restoration of living environments. (researchgate.net)
  • However, the Miyawaki method is an interesting tool to speed up forest restoration. (researchgate.net)
  • Options to promote the sustainable development of native forests by the local populations and stakeholders were developed as part of REFORLAN, including information systems, decision support tools, criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management and restoration. (europa.eu)
  • REFORLAN was the first project to employ satellite remote sensing imagery to analyse the conditions and dynamics of forests so as to develop restoration plans. (europa.eu)
  • He also uses extensive modeling and scenario approaches to link landscape-level processes with restoration processes. (fapesp.br)
  • The purchase of forest carbon credits is intended to apply mainly in the latter case, as a restoration of the public interest. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Orders to pay ecological compensation are normally given when restoration is not possible. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Heather E. Adams is a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University, Bozeman, and formerly a graduate student with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, and the Arctic LTER. (bioone.org)
  • Indicating Forest Ecosystem and Stand Productivity: From Deductive to Inductive Concepts. (routledge.com)
  • The integration of basic concepts with the tools and techniques of modelling is strengthened-and grounded-by the thoughtful discussion of indicators and their role in maintaining forest health and productivity. (routledge.com)
  • Africa has lost 3.94 million hectares of forest per year since 1990, the highest rate globally. (janegoodall.org.au)
  • This degradation has been fomented by change in legislation that makes fiscalization more "flexible", meaning that a lot of environmental crimes were not being investigated and fined. (lu.se)
  • Assessing Abundance, Biomass, and Complexity in the Context of Ecological Forest Management. (routledge.com)
  • In this context, quantitative assessment of biomass and primary production of forest plant communit. (researchgate.net)
  • In this context, the Spirit of Rio, originating from the Rio Conference held in 1992, means the ambition to take care of environmental issues with a bottom-up approach with the participation of groups that are most affected by the decisions. (helsinki.fi)
  • However, until the last decade, we had had little information about their ecological implications for tree interactions and forest stand dynamics. (nature.com)
  • This project proposes a novel and rigorous methodology for the design of embedded control software for safety-critical cyber-physical systems (CPS) with complex and possibly unknown dynamics by embracing ideas from control theory, formal verification in computer science, and Gaussian processes (GPs) from machine learning. (colorado.edu)
  • In this post Jesica and Juan provide us with some ideas of how modeling techniques are being used in sustainable development, specifically forest cover dynamics and money engineering. (lu.se)
  • Modeling Forest Carbon Budgets toward Ecological Forest Management: Challenges and Future Directions. (routledge.com)
  • Application of Surface Modeling for Large Regions: A Case Study for Forest Carbon Stocks in China. (routledge.com)
  • The three categories where South Africa lags furthest are forest loss, sulfur dioxide emissions and carbon emissions. (links.org.au)
  • The results of carbon sequestration capacity assessment of Scots pine stands in urban forests of Kyiv as their important ecosystem function are presented in the article. (researchgate.net)
  • Forest carbon credits are earned by absorbing and sequestering atmospheric carbon through afforestation and reforestation, improving forest management, reducing deforestation, and protecting and restoring forest vegetation. (chinadialogue.net)
  • But an analysis of the civil, criminal and administrative liabilities arising from damaging forests shows that the new rules are no "free pass" - merely buying forest carbon credits will not absolve those responsible. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Carbon stocks in central African forests enhanced by elephant disturbance. (lu.se)
  • Study ecological services and processes in natural forests and managed landscapes, from nutrient cycling to bird habitat, and the impact management has on forest organism products and functions. (mtu.edu)
  • More recently, he is exploring the relationships between landscape structure, ecosystem services, and human well-being, and investigating environmental policies' efficiency to manage multifunctional landscapes. (fapesp.br)
  • Report of the UNEP/FAO Expert Consultation on Environmental Parameters in Future Global Forest Assessments, Nairobi, 1-3 December 1992. (who.int)
  • The consequences of disturbance and abruptly altered climate are far-reaching, and affect multiple organisms, ecological processes, and environmental policies. (frontiersin.org)
  • An emphasis on lab-based work to explore life process and genetic controls of forest organisms as they relate to their environment. (mtu.edu)
  • Moreover, a range of decision support tools was developed to define the potential impact of various land use policy options on forest recovery and sustainable development. (europa.eu)
  • Managerial decisions aimed at the development of environmental potential in urban forests shall be based on sustainable development goals and ensure the balanced use of their ecosystem functio. (researchgate.net)
  • The biomass of forest wood residues (waste) in the Ukrainian Carpathians is now an important resource for ensuring energy security under martial law and the formation of strategic directions for energy independence from imported fossil energy resources and the development of a green economy. (researchgate.net)
  • Comparing the historical approaches as well as new advances in theory and practices from Europe and the U.S.A. shows both improvements in forest management but also a tendency to over adjust in both regions and thus a need to continuously re-evaluate relative to local and regionally relevant goals ( Gresh and Courter ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Study forest trees using whole-plant, subcellular, and functional genomics approaches. (mtu.edu)
  • This work calls for further studies to better understand tree interactions (i.e. network hydraulic redistribution) and their consequences for individual tree and forest stand resilience. (nature.com)
  • The assembly of a woody plant community in a forest may be regulated by various processes including regional history and local processes, such as abiotic and biotic interactions [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Posted on 10 February 2021 by Jesica Murcia López (Centre for Environmental and Climate Science) and Juan Ocampo (Department of Business Administration). (lu.se)
  • Many challenges facing human populations depend on the interaction between ecological systems, the environment and human wellbeing. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Join our graduate program and become part of a community of researchers dedicated to preserving and enhancing our forests, addressing critical environmental challenges, and making your mark on the world of science. (mtu.edu)
  • China Dialogue is an independent organisation dedicated to promoting a common understanding of China's urgent environmental challenges. (chinadialogue.net)
  • While we have experienced environmental challenges, 50 years of progress has shown us what we can do when we pull together. (britannica.com)
  • 3-5 In addition to energy, many people across rural Sub-Saharan Africa depend on forests for between 30 - 45% of their total household income. (janegoodall.org.au)
  • Forests affect their environment in multiple ways, but their functions also depend on the changes in climate and environment. (helsinki.fi)
  • Given these expectations, it is important to understand the relationship Finnish forest legislation and sustainability. (helsinki.fi)
  • How is sustainability framed and understood in the Finnish forest policies? (helsinki.fi)
  • This technique aims to describe and represent the interconnectedness of five domains of human activity, namely environmental, socio-cultural, technological, economics, and public policy, and their interaction with regard to achieving the goals of sustainability [1] . (lu.se)
  • Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 14 , 76-85. (lu.se)
  • These forests aimed to restore 'potential natural vegetation' (sensu Miyawaki, 2004) of the region. (researchgate.net)
  • Project Forest will employ CU-Boulder's highly sophisticated unmanned aircraft infrastructure for remote sensing, data collection, and monitoring of ecosystem health - such as vegetation growth and tree distribution. (colorado.edu)
  • The changes will "streamline" approval of forest-management plans by eliminating a key provision, long despised by timber companies, that requires forest managers to maintain "viable populations" of fish and wildlife in the forests. (grist.org)
  • Asia is emerging to become an important global development epicenter in addition to America and Europe, and this process is gaining momentum with rapidly developing economies and growing populations of India and China and attracting due attention of the world. (who.int)
  • The film also follows the story of Neidinha , an environmental and human rights activist who has been working closely with the Indigenous populations in the Amazon to protect their rights and territories for over 40 years. (lu.se)
  • We have been restoring expected disaster-mitigation and environmental protection forests, as experimental reforestation projects, since the 1970s at more than 750 sites throughout the 3000 km long Japanese Archipelago, and since the 1980s in parts of South-east Asia, China and South America. (researchgate.net)
  • At some planting sites, however, even after ecological dense, mixed planting, adequate natural selection is not seen until 10-15 years after planting and some tall trees have thin stems compared to their height. (researchgate.net)
  • Ecological democracy emphasizes community participation and empowerment in environmental decision-making. (saded.in)
  • In Japan, Environmental Protection Forests have been planted in urban and industrial areas since 1970s. (researchgate.net)
  • In the 1970s studies in Environmental History were largely confined to North America. (powells.com)
  • Featuring contributions from experts on the three main forest types-boreal, temperate, and tropical-this book presents in-depth coverage of important issues in ecological forest management and includes case studies addressing ecological and socioeconomic issues. (routledge.com)
  • 8. identification of priority areas for forest rehabilitation, based on socioeconomic criteria. (europa.eu)
  • With its vast forest resources, Finland aims at being a global forerunner of forest-based bioeconomy, which is ought to result in increased welfare of Finnish citizens, while being ecologically sustainable. (helsinki.fi)
  • Modelling - the production and revision of models - has been seen as the essence of the dynamic and non-linear processes involved in the development of scientific knowledge [2] . (lu.se)
  • Besides being valued proxies for historical climate, tree rings are also important indicators of plant physiological responses to changing environments and of long-term ecological processes. (copernicus.org)
  • In this Ecological Observatory, scientists monitor, measure and analyze natural processes as they unfold. (utoronto.ca)
  • On the other hand, these forests suffered a lot of natural ( e.g. , wind) and artificial ( e.g. , logging) disturbance events, which frequently result in the formation of canopy gaps. (sisef.it)
  • We work on forest tree population genomics, tackling problems relating to local adaptation, inference of population history using genetic data, effects of domestication and breeding and identifying genetic footprint of natural selection. (helsinki.fi)
  • Today, the main goal of the forest is to implement effective management practices for the benefit of long-term natural resource stewardship, while providing outdoor recreation opportunities. (iowadnr.gov)
  • and from intensively and extensively used agricultural land, to heavily managed forests, to natural reserves. (senckenberg.de)
  • We human beings are intrinsically linked to natural settings (parks, reserves and the like) and, more our planet, our environment par excellence, outside recently, issues related to socioenvironmental sustaina- of which we would not survive for long (at least with bility, pro-ecological commitment and historical, cultural the technology available today). (bvsalud.org)
  • These resources may be part of the natural world (e.g. forests, climate systems, or the oceans) or they may emerge from social realities created by humans (e.g. the internet or (scientific) knowledge, for example of the sort that is published in open-access journals). (lu.se)
  • In the Sand County Almanac (Leopold 1949), Aldo Leopold writes of the odyssey of element X and thus of the circulation of all nutrient elements as they cycle through the Earth's forests, rangelands, lakes, and oceans. (springer.com)
  • Examples of such processes include formation of small particles (aerosols) in the atmosphere, cloud formation, radiative transfer, large-scale circulation in the atmosphere and oceans. (lu.se)
  • The alterations of tannins, and environmental N and microbial metabolism during leaf litter decomposition of Kandelia obovata, Avicennia marina, and Sonneratia apetala were evaluated by a microcosm-simulated tidal system. (bvsalud.org)
  • Native forests have functions in disaster mitigation and environmental protection, as well as providing the basis of existence for local people and maintaining gene pools for the future. (researchgate.net)
  • It also allows quantifying the potential of forests in performing their ecosystem functions. (researchgate.net)
  • We aimed to disentangle the effects of the genetic background and environmental conditions on intraspecific variation in the phenolic signature of beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) leaf litter. (ufz.de)
  • We conclude that it is environmental conditions rather than the genetic background that determines the phenolic signature of leaf litter of beech individuals. (ufz.de)
  • He published Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects in 2001. (wikipedia.org)
  • The hayfield and pastures--relics of the equestrian days--are an Ecological Laboratory where researchers perform intensively manipulative experiments that subject theories about the environment to scientifically rigorous testing. (utoronto.ca)
  • This broad interest in environmental history may have been heightened and sharpened by the dangers of unbridled technology and unlimited growth, which are becoming more and more manifest. (powells.com)
  • Sierra Club BC's data shows that between 1990 and 2015, Vancouver Island's primary old-growth forest has declined by 30 per cent. (focs.ca)
  • Jon started at FRC in 2020 as the Campus Forest Health and Fuels Coordinator. (frc.edu)
  • It illustrates how ecological forest management is a complex process that requires broad ecological knowledge while giving readers a deeper understanding of basic principles and applications. (routledge.com)