• Forests are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on our planet and are home to more than 80% of the world's biodiversity. (ucc.ie)
  • The importance of plantation forests for biodiversity conservation is greatest in landscapes that have experienced significant loss of natural forest ecosystems and where, as in Ireland, the plantation forest estate continues to expand. (ucc.ie)
  • Law-makers, managers and users often have little understanding of either the complexity or the true value of biological diversity and of what is needed to preserve forest and marine ecosystems, and to keep inter-relationships between species within them healthy. (e-elgar.com)
  • The greater frequency and intensity of extreme events such as wildfires have adversely affected terrestrial ecosystems," said study co-author Beverly Law, professor of forest ecosystems and society in the OSU College of Forestry. (esa.org)
  • Biodiversity refers to the diversity and variation of species and ecosystems on our planet. (upm.com)
  • Only by safeguarding robust and diverse forest ecosystems can we provide sustainable solutions to replace fossil-based materials. (upm.com)
  • During the breakfast briefing, members will discuss is how forests contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and how to support European regions, in particular in Romania, to safeguard forest biodiversity and ecosystems. (aer.eu)
  • In this course you will learn about the history, ecology, biodiversity, and sustainable governance of broadleaf forest ecosystems around the Baltic Sea.In this course you will study the impact of forest management on biodiversity and evaluate current approaches for conservation and restoration of broadleaf forests. (slu.se)
  • 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)
  • Due to the long lag between planting tree seedlings and determining effects of tree composition and diversity on ecosystem functioning, fewer experiments have been established to elucidate the role of biodiversity in the functioning of forest ecosystems than grassland experiments. (umn.edu)
  • However, the principles guiding NbS do not align with the wisdom, cosmology, traditional knowledge, and sustainable livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples, who have been the custodians of the planet's forests, ecosystems and biodiversity for millennia. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Recent investigations reveal that NbS initiatives have adverse effects on ecosystems, forests and biodiversity, as well as on Indigenous people and women in all their diversities and local communities, further marginalising those who have safeguarded nature for generations. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • The researchers conclude that ecologically responsible forest restoration does not include the conversion of other ecosystems that would not naturally contain forests. (freepressjournal.in)
  • We have to protect natural biodiversity in all ecosystems, including grasslands, peatlands, and wetlands that are equally essential for life on Earth. (freepressjournal.in)
  • Micro-reserves increase the resilience of forest ecosystems to anthropogenic disturbances, through the development of a heterogeneous structure, maximizing microhabitat availability. (sisef.it)
  • Old-growth and deadwood-associated species ( i.e. , saproxylic) are among the most threatened in temperate forest ecosystems ( [55] ). (sisef.it)
  • Still, there is often a disparity between traditional silviculture and the complexity of forest ecosystems ( [14] ). (sisef.it)
  • We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. (cifor-icraf.org)
  • Nowadays these forests are rare relics in the landscape that tell a valuable tale of how our ecosystems would have looked in the absence of land use. (lu.se)
  • These rare ecosystems have a rich biodiversity and give us a valuable glimpse into the functioning of natural northern landscapes before widespread human interventions. (lu.se)
  • The project examined ecosystem restoration techniques utilising native species of economic value, so as to mitigate the effects of the previously applied unsustainable practices and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. (europa.eu)
  • Climate solutions relying on forest bioenergy may be in conflict with carbon sequestration and storage by forests as well as conservation of biodiversity. (jyu.fi)
  • The three-toed woodpecker: an important biodiversity indicator and model species for the conservation of biodiversity in boreal forests. (jyu.fi)
  • This instrument is applied to public plans and programs whose implementation may include projects likely to have significant effects on the environment, namely those subject to Environmental Impact Assessment or in areas protected for their interest in the conservation of biodiversity. (ren.pt)
  • Deforestation poses a significant threat to forest biodiversity, which is protected by international, national and regional measures such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (for further information click here ), the EU Birds and Habitats Directives (for further information click here ) and Ireland's Environmental Guidelines (for further information click here ). (ucc.ie)
  • Global deforestation is currently estimated at approximately 13 million hectares of forest per year. (ucc.ie)
  • Although forest cover on the island of Ireland was once extensive, deforestation over the past few thousand years has reduced native forest to just 1% of the total land area. (ucc.ie)
  • Many plantations and regenerating forests along the deforestation frontiers in South America and south-east Asia are much further from primary forests, and wildlife may be unable to recolonize in these areas. (mongabay.com)
  • It's] far better to save primary forest from deforestation in the first place," said Peres. (mongabay.com)
  • Our Policy to Protect Forests, Biodiversity and Communities outlines our efforts to achieve traceability, promote solutions to climate change, respect human rights, eliminate deforestation, and support agriculture as a way to leverage economic development by reducing poverty and increasing food security. (adm.com)
  • Loss of forest biodiversity can be stopped without disrupting livelihoods - if actions are taken to halt and reverse deforestation, combat illegal and unregulated forest activities and prevent the conversion of natural forests into forest plantations, say experts. (cgiar.org)
  • To restore global biodiversity, ending deforestation must be a top priority. (freepressjournal.in)
  • The expansion of oil palm plantations has led to land-use change and deforestation in the tropics , which has affected biodiversity . (bvsalud.org)
  • Biodiversity is steadily lost due to increasing deforestation, land conversion, pollution, climate change and invasive species. (lu.se)
  • Deforestation and degradation of the Amazon's forests has already transformed a large share of the region, primarily driven by land clearing for agricultural development. (lu.se)
  • While we have data on deforestation from using satellite images, forest degradation (e.g. selective logging) is more difficult to obtain but estimated to be widespread and surpass deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon for instance. (lu.se)
  • The projection and scenarios paint a bleak picture on how the continuous deforestation will affect the global climate and leading to a tipping point in the Amazon region that leads to conditions which will further threaten the remaining forests. (lu.se)
  • Although the destruction of tropical forests has received worldwide attention for several decades already, the Brazilian Amazon region still has the world's highest absolute rates of deforestation and fragmentation. (lu.se)
  • Deforestation and loss of pristine forests in the Amazon and other parts of the world has provoked strong criticism, yet equivalent losses of old growth forests are also occurring before our eyes in Sweden and across the global north. (lu.se)
  • The roadmap for business also helps companies make a systematic plan for managing their impacts on biodiversity across their operations, while the roadmap for government helps policy-makers at the national, regional and local levels. (forest-trends.org)
  • Biodiversity offsets: relative offsetability of impacts. (forest-trends.org)
  • Biodiversity offsets are increasingly used globally for mitigation of development impacts. (forest-trends.org)
  • hence, the applied unsustainable practices have negative impacts on biodiversity, soil fertility, water availability as well as on lives of local people. (europa.eu)
  • Previous forest bioenergy studies focus mainly, either on effects on carbon cycle or biodiversity impacts (1-3). (jyu.fi)
  • Although the impacts of the crop on terrestrial biodiversity have been extensively reviewed, its effects on freshwater biodiversity remain relatively unexplored. (bvsalud.org)
  • We reviewed the research assessing the impacts of forest -to-oil palm conversion on freshwater biota and the mitigating effect of riparian buffers on these impacts. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our results reveal significant impacts of forest -to-oil palm conversion on freshwater biota , particularly taxa richness and composition (but not aggregate abundance). (bvsalud.org)
  • We study societal and natural dimensions of biodiversity loss, its drivers and impacts, and interlinked challenges of climate change, land use, energy systems and habitat loss. (lu.se)
  • Climate change and its impacts on biodiversity challenges the ways in which we envision future forests. (lu.se)
  • Law, Oregon State forestry professor William Ripple, postdoctoral research associate Polly Buotte and Logan Berner of EcoSpatial Services analyzed forests in the western United States to simulate potential carbon sequestration through the 21st century. (esa.org)
  • That is why we are committed to climate-positive forestry and promoting biodiversity in all our operations. (upm.com)
  • That is why we are committed to sustainable forestry, which produces high-quality wood, maintains and enhances biodiversity and water protection, and protects the recreational use of forests. (upm.com)
  • Speakers during the 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO26) also called on concerted efforts to recognize forest tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities as an effective strategy to combat illegal forest activities, especially where local communities are the de facto forest managers. (cgiar.org)
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and the Center for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR ), released a comprehensive study on biodiversity mainstreaming in forestry, providing an assessment of good practices and solutions that balance conservation and the sustainable use of forest biodiversity. (cgiar.org)
  • The study launched at the sidelines of the COFO 26 titled 'Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry," was initiated at the occasion of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World - One Health held on 28 October 2020, thanks to the concerted efforts of the CGIAR Research program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and FAO. (cgiar.org)
  • The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years' experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges. (cifor.org)
  • Similarly, French oil giant Total, in collaboration with Forêt Ressources Management - which describes itself as "a major player in the wood, forestry and agroforestry plantation sector in Africa" - has signed a partnership agreement with the Republic of the Congo to plant a 40,000-hectare forest on the Batéké Plateaux. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • In addition, sustainable agricultural, forestry, and restoration practices that promote biodiversity have the greatest potential for carbon capture. (freepressjournal.in)
  • NEFF protects managed forests, and brings exemplary forestry practices to them and selectively harvests trees that provide renewable forest products. (newildernesstrust.org)
  • NEFF recently took a huge leap forward when the USDA awarded NEFF and partners $30 million to pilot climate-smart forestry that produces climate-smart forest products. (newildernesstrust.org)
  • This funding will allow NEFF to prove its forestry concept with the region's 215,000 forest landowners. (newildernesstrust.org)
  • Forest Owners' Participation in Voluntary Biodiversity Conservation: What Does It Take to Forgo Forestry for Eternity? (uwpress.org)
  • Since the establishment in 1811 of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry in Tharandt by Heinrich Cotta, the concept of sustainability, in its former sense of a sustained yield of wood, has been a leading principle for managing forests in Europe ( [134] ). (sisef.it)
  • Ecosystem approaches have been part of European forestry since its origin as a science in the 18th century, through the comprehensive study of forest ecology ( [141] ). (sisef.it)
  • In this thesis, I explore the status and future of forest landscapes through multiple disciplines including physical geography, ecology, and forestry. (lu.se)
  • Overall, my thesis shows that the heterogeneity within and between forest landscapes influences the potential to increase sustainability for different environmental targets in forestry in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • The framework offers great hope for saving the world's remaining old-growth tropical forests. (mongabay.com)
  • The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon. (ku.edu)
  • Our study should be seen as a best-case scenario, as all our forests were relatively close to large areas of primary forests, providing ample sources for recolonization. (mongabay.com)
  • The results are important given that more than 15 million hectares of forest were destroyed each year during the 1990s, while secondary forests have replaced one-sixth of all tropical primary forests that were felled during that time. (mongabay.com)
  • The AER Working Group on Rural Development is organising a breakfast debate on the protection of primary forests in Europe on 26 September at the AER Autumn Committee Plenaries 2019 in Podčetrtek (SI). (aer.eu)
  • Members will discuss in particular why these rather rare forests matter and how AER members can collectively act to protect primary forests in Romania. (aer.eu)
  • Scientists at the Geography Department of the Humboldt-University of Berlin (HU) have compiled the first map showing Europe's primary forests . (aer.eu)
  • Primary forests are forests of native tree species, in which there are no clearly visible indications of human activities, and in which ecological processes follow natural dynamics. (aer.eu)
  • Most of the primary forests in Europe are small and fragmented. (aer.eu)
  • Romania is one of the European countries with the highest presence of primary forests in Europe. (aer.eu)
  • The AER Breakfast briefing will be an opportunity to decide on joint action in Europe for the protection of primary forests, with a focus on Romanian primary forests. (aer.eu)
  • Indeed biodiversity in Europe is a collective responsibility and Europe's primary forests are very rare. (aer.eu)
  • On top of awareness-raising and advocacy for the protection of primary forests together with all European institutions, AER is also supporting its members to engage in peer learning on this topic. (aer.eu)
  • Join the breakfast debate and bring in your ideas for the protection of primary forests and biodiversity in Europe. (aer.eu)
  • Therefore, safeguarding primary forests from the oil palm expansion is crucial, and further research is needed to address riparian buffers as a promising mitigation strategy in agricultural areas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Primary forests are forests with minimal direct human impact. (lu.se)
  • This page describes our work on primary forests over time, activities and publications. (lu.se)
  • In 2018 we started mapping primary forests in Sweden with aim to provide a basis for our network of forest plots and satellite-based analysis. (lu.se)
  • Primary forests have many definitions and several related terms exist, such as pristine or virgin forests. (lu.se)
  • We have therefore ranked all forests by naturalness and our map includes forests ranging from old-growth that may have experienced some selective logging and forest grazing to primary forests with no signs of direct human impact. (lu.se)
  • Primary forests are rare in Sweden, the mapped forests represent only 2% of Sweden's forest land, and only a portion of this 2% are primary forests of the highest naturalness. (lu.se)
  • One of the main motivations for mapping the primary forests was to be able to establish a network of forest inventory plots that target the most natural forests below the mountain foothills, that is, forests that are otherwise representative for the general landscape. (lu.se)
  • What many don't recognize is the huge potential for these forests to help us avoid the worst of climate change and support rich biodiversity. (newildernesstrust.org)
  • Production forests are faced with the challenge of adapting to environmental change and simultaneously helping mitigate it and host rich biodiversity, leading to new conflicts in forest management. (lu.se)
  • We started establishing plots in 2019 and our network now includes plots in more than 30 forests. (lu.se)
  • Almost one fourth of Sweden's last unprotected old-growth forest was logged between 2003 and 2019. (lu.se)
  • A new study published in the journal Earth's Future has uncovered evidence that almost a quarter of the few remaining forests of this type were lost between 2003 and 2019, equivalent to a loss of 1.4% per year. (lu.se)
  • These Biodiversity guidelines for forest landscape restoration opportunities assessments are intended to provide more context, more resources and fresh perspectives to the ongoing global interaction between biodiversity conservation and forest landscape restoration. (publicgardens.org)
  • CIFOR publishes over 400 publications every year on forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy, agroforestry and much more in multiple languages. (cifor.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The study highlights the importance of forest conservation, restoration, and sustainable management in moving towards international climate and biodiversity targets. (freepressjournal.in)
  • Four years ago, a study published in the journal Science found that the restoration of forests could capture over 200 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, drawing down approximately 30 per cent of excess anthropogenic carbon. (freepressjournal.in)
  • The remaining 39 per cent can be achieved by reconnecting fragmented forest landscapes through sustainable ecosystem management and restoration. (freepressjournal.in)
  • Restoration means directing the flow of wealth towards millions of local communities, Indigenous populations, and farmers that promote biodiversity across the globe. (freepressjournal.in)
  • This results in an increasing need for forest habitat and landscape restoration from north to south. (lu.se)
  • Traditionally conservation efforts brought the employment of natural forest as a model for restoration ( [74] ) and the set aside of unharvested areas rather than the restoration of harvested forests ( [6] ). (sisef.it)
  • Though she concedes that restoring large animals, including native herbivores, can seem counterintuitive to forest restoration, she underlines their value in curbing climate change. (focusingonwildlife.com)
  • Amid urgent global climate and biodiversity crises, the strategic restoration of degraded forests stands as a vital countermeasure. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study pioneers a novel approach for the identification and prioritization of potential degraded forest areas suitable for restoration (PDFR), utilizing the advancements in Earth observation data. (bvsalud.org)
  • Utilizing Landsat data within the Google Earth Engine, our PDFR method applies a nuanced, phenology-based threshold classification to accurately map forest covers at a 30-m resolution, distinguishing prime restoration areas such as evergreen, semi-evergreen, deciduous, and flooded forests, and categorizing them into varying levels of degradation using Siem Reap, a province in Cambodia as a case study. (bvsalud.org)
  • The projections indicate a promising potential for carbon sequestration through restoration of the critically (~96,693 ha), highly (48,878 ha), moderately (46,487 ha), and slightly degraded (75,567 ha) forests, estimating a capture of 193.73 TgCO2 in Siem Reap from 2021 to 2030 upon comprehensive restoration initiatives. (bvsalud.org)
  • The potential for these forests to contribute to biodiversity conservation can be maximised through appropriate forest management at all stages and scales, including site selection, choice of tree species, landscape configuration and harvesting strategies. (ucc.ie)
  • The assumption that they have reduced forest biodiversity is influenced largely by single site or single region studies of individual high profile species (Spellerberg & Sawyer 1993) or as an incidental result of climate and environmental change monitoring networks. (europa.eu)
  • Writing in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team led researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Brazil's Goeldi Museum found that 25 percent of all species were never found outside native primary forest habitat. (mongabay.com)
  • For groups like trees, birds, leaf-litter amphibians, and lizards the percentage of species restricted to primary forest habitat was even higher at 40-60 percent. (mongabay.com)
  • Although the protection of large areas of primary forest is vital for native biodiversity conservation, reforestation projects can play an important supplementary role in efforts to boost population sizes of forest species and manage vast working landscapes that have already been heavily modified by human-use," said Dr. Carlos Peres , who leads the UEA team. (mongabay.com)
  • Earlier this year the team published two studies showing that plantation forests and second-growth forests have lower species counts for butterflies, reptiles, and amphibians than adjacent primary forest areas. (mongabay.com)
  • LIFE is keen to fund both European and Iberian lynx conservation projects, not only because - along with the European wildcat - they are the only native wild cat species remaining on the continent, but because they are vital for preventing overgrazing, supporting biodiversity and contributing to a balanced ecosystem. (europa.eu)
  • These problems were more intense in arid and semi-arid areas, which, in spite of their aridity, are of global importance for biodiversity, being the centres of origin for many agricultural crops and economically important species. (europa.eu)
  • The team, formally known as the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI), consolidated field-based forest inventory data from 777,126 permanent plots across the world, and discovered that for forests in every part of the world, those with many tree species are more productive than nearby forests with few. (purdue.edu)
  • These studies show that increased extraction of branches, stumps and other residual biomass from current levels decreases the carbon stock and the carbon sink capacity of forests, and has negative effects on species depended on deadwood. (jyu.fi)
  • We simulated changes in the forest carbon stocks and the quality and quantity of deadwood resources for 100 years, and combined this information with the information of species habitat associations based on expert judgments. (jyu.fi)
  • This study reveals how extensive forest harvest residue extraction for bioenergy affects forest carbon balance and the availability of suitable habitats for red-listed, saproxylic species. (jyu.fi)
  • In the boreal biome, the three-toed woodpecker have been proposed as an indicator for high species richness of co-occurring forest birds. (jyu.fi)
  • However, to be able to fully understand the potential of biodiversity indicators it is necessary to understand when indicators are valid indicators, as natural dynamics within boreal forest systems can effect bird communities and thus indicator values of species. (jyu.fi)
  • In this study, we confirmed that the three-toed woodpecker belong to the best indicators of high species richness and abundance within resident forest birds occurring in middle and northern boreal forests. (jyu.fi)
  • Based on habitat associations we found that the three-toed woodpeckers is closely associated with structural complexity within forest stands, similar to co-occurring species. (jyu.fi)
  • Species that require resources which have become rare in productive forests, such as large deadwood and open canopy areas ( [148] ), may face a high risk of extinction. (sisef.it)
  • We explored the response of lowversus high-dispersal species groups to forest continuity and stand maturity. (inrae.fr)
  • Surprisingly, no evidence of dispersal limitation was found, as diversity patterns were not influenced by forest continuity and associated variables, even for low-dispersal species. (inrae.fr)
  • Our study demonstrates that in an unfragmented forest landscape, saproxylic beetles are able to colonize recent forests, as long as local deadwood resources are sufficiently diversified (e.g. tree species, position, diameter and/or decay stage). (inrae.fr)
  • We searched for studies comparing taxa richness, species abundance, and community composition of macroinvertebrates, amphibians , and fish in streams in forests (primary and disturbed) and oil palm plantations with and without riparian buffers . (bvsalud.org)
  • On aggregate, abundance did not differ significantly among land uses because increases in generalist species offset the population decline of vulnerable forest specialists in the plantation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although preserving riparian buffers in the plantations can mitigate the loss of various aquatic species, it cannot conserve primary forest communities . (bvsalud.org)
  • It is globally important because the forests store vast amounts of carbon and stabilize the global climate and they are home to the numerous species of flora and fauna, containing one in 10 species known to science. (lu.se)
  • With the aid of two satellites and machine learning, researcher Hakim Abdi is mapping the composition of tree species in Swedish forests down to the individual stands. (lu.se)
  • Funded by the Swedish National Space Agency until 2026, the project's objective is to develop a machine learning model for consistent monitoring of changes in species composition across southern Swedish forests using satellite data from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2. (lu.se)
  • Other maps from the Environmental Protection Agency offer aggregated data on forests, categorizing different species into groups like broadleaf or coniferous. (lu.se)
  • The research student will analyse long-term data sets for biological indicator species (birds, plants or butterflies) to evaluate how changes in biodiversity affect ecosystem function, and which management strategies yield the greatest conservation and ecosystem services benefits. (lu.se)
  • In other stories the forest is seen as a mystical place and something to awe and respect with old trees and red-listed species. (lu.se)
  • The twin global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss challenge us to shift our mindset: from extraction to regeneration. (upm.com)
  • While NbS may sound promising to many, closer analysis and rigorous scrutiny of their implementation reveal them as a dangerous barrier to resolving the climate and biodiversity crises. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • As soon as you peel back the layers, you see that rather than solving the climate and biodiversity crises, these market-backed "nature-based solutions" to climate change are not "solutions" but greenwashing practices used by high-emissions industries in an increasingly failed attempt to mask their continued destruction of the planet. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • We are now part of a larger partnership of forest scientists, practitioners, and advocates who ask the question: How can we position forests to best respond to the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss? (newildernesstrust.org)
  • Agent Green , a Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting the environment, showed in their 2018 report that the total amount of trees logged in Romania is more than double than what is allowed in official forest management plans. (aer.eu)
  • An alleged €25m illegal logging ring was discovered in 2018 , the topic of forest protection got increased attention. (aer.eu)
  • That way we maximize both the biodiversity and carbon value of whole landscapes. (mongabay.com)
  • CIFOR is a CGIAR Research Center, and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA).The Global Landscapes Forum is led by CIFOR, in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. (cifor.org)
  • We provide an integrated, dynamic, assessment to quantify the effects of forest residue harvesting on forest carbon balance and biodiversity in boreal forest landscapes. (jyu.fi)
  • Through a modeling framework we simulated forest development in four real watersheds located in central Finland with three scenarios: i) with and ii) without forest residue harvesting for bioenergy, and iii) set aside to study the conservation potential of these landscapes in the future without management. (jyu.fi)
  • When disaggregating the five ecoregions the effective GI was 54% for the sub-alpine forest ecoregion, which hosts EU's last intact forest landscapes, but only 3-8% in the other four ecoregions where wood production is predominant. (lu.se)
  • We conduct innovative research, strengthen partners' capacity and actively engage in dialogue with all stakeholders, bringing the latest insights on forests, trees, landscapes and people to global decision making. (cifor-icraf.org)
  • CIFOR-ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet. (cifor-icraf.org)
  • Finally, I evaluated if a proposed prioritization of Swedish landscapes for conservation measures can target specialist and threatened forest birds. (lu.se)
  • This loss of old natural forest will define our landscapes for centuries, because Swedish and other boreal forests grow so slowly", says Anders Ahlström. (lu.se)
  • Since 1993 Swedish forest policy states that production and environmental objectives are equally important. (jyu.fi)
  • In the study, the research team paired Swedish national forest inventory data on forest age from more than 90 000 forest inventory plots with a government database documenting almost a million individual clear-cuts since 2003. (lu.se)
  • This has occurred despite the fact that the majority of productive Swedish forest is included within some form of forest product certification that prioritizes conservation of forests with high ecological values. (lu.se)
  • The consequences of this loss for biodiversity and Swedish society are difficult to calculate. (lu.se)
  • Woodworlds studies stories about Swedish forests with the aim to explore the tensions that are inherent in how we envision what the forest is and should be. (lu.se)
  • Woodworlds explore these stories through interdisciplinary engagement, particularly looking at their potential in generating political, economic and social responses to the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss in the Swedish forests. (lu.se)
  • This session starts to dig into specific conflicts in Swedish forests, considering biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision, and participation. (lu.se)
  • The researchers say that while findings demonstrate the importance of conserving biologically rich old-growth forests, they also show that plantations and generating forests have higher levels of biodiversity than industrial soybean farms and cattle ranches. (mongabay.com)
  • All three levels of biodiversity were subsequently assessed using an integrated approach. (europa.eu)
  • Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests. (mongabay.com)
  • This May, Scarabaeus laticollis will return to France's southeast and to one of Europe's biggest plantation forests. (focusingonwildlife.com)
  • Though neither planting nor natural regeneration can fully compensate for the loss of biodiversity associated with primary forest, in the short to medium term the potential for planted forests to support biodiversity is important in the context of global biodiversity conservation. (ucc.ie)
  • We do not convert natural forests into plantations. (upm.com)
  • Plantations and secondary forests are no match for primary Amazon rainforest in terms of biodiversity, reports the largest ever assessment of the biodiversity conservation value in the tropics. (mongabay.com)
  • Meanwhile, tropical forest plantations expanded by almost 5-fold since 1980. (mongabay.com)
  • Meta-analysis contrasting freshwater biodiversity in forests and oil palm plantations with and without riparian buffers. (bvsalud.org)
  • On average, plantations lacking buffers hosted 44% and 19% fewer stream taxa than primary and disturbed forests , respectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • Stream taxa on plantations with buffers were 24% lower than in primary forest and did not differ significantly from disturbed forest . (bvsalud.org)
  • In contrast, stream community composition differed between forests and plantations regardless of the presence of riparian buffers . (bvsalud.org)
  • Do small protected habitat patches within boreal production forests provide value for biodiversity conservation? (jyu.fi)
  • Background Forest harvesting is the main driver of habitat degradation and biodiversity loss in forests of the boreal zone. (jyu.fi)
  • Clearcutting of older, natural forest appears to be widespread across most northern countries, but there has been little monitoring of the distribution and extent of this practice, mainly because there are no official maps of the location and extent of the forests and that natural boreal forest is difficult to distinguish in satellite images. (lu.se)
  • CIFOR is a CGIAR Research Center, and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). (cifor.org)
  • There is no single best way to design and implement mitigation measures including biodiversity offsets. (forest-trends.org)
  • However, since the approach to defining sound biodiversity offsets was unclear when BBOP was established, the programme has defined a general eight-step framework for a typical offset design process that can help developers satisfy the Principles. (forest-trends.org)
  • In addition, people designing mitigation measures can be guided by the Standard on Biodiversity Offsets , which will help them plan and implement an offset that meets best practice. (forest-trends.org)
  • This report assesses appropriate limits to biodiversity offsets, and categories of offsetability below these limits. (forest-trends.org)
  • A joint publication of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the Nature Conservancy shows how these actions reflect a trend where NbS in the agricultural sector primarily seeks financial returns through blended and private financing, bonds, green credit and equities, carbon credits, biodiversity and water offsets. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Based on correlation analysis, cerambycidae and curculionidae (scolytinae) were identified as possible indicators of biodiversity and deadwood. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Variable retention harvest systems, applied at the landscape scale, are a feasible and adaptable strategy to preserve and increase biodiversity, safeguarding structural legacies such as senescent trees and deadwood inside the productive matrix. (sisef.it)
  • The Forest Biodiversity Artery, composed by several micro-reserves or îlots de senescence , connected by corridors of habitat trees and deadwood, constitutes a network that would deliver old-growth forests attributes to the productive matrix. (sisef.it)
  • Structural and compositional changes that influenced forests in the last centuries brought a heavy depletion of deadwood ( [68] ). (sisef.it)
  • Biodiversity is the cornerstone of the environment on which humans depend for life, and forest biodiversity provides health, recreation and environmental services to humans such as maintenance of air and water quality and carbon sequestration. (ucc.ie)
  • CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western United States that should be preserved for their potential to mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration, as well as to enhance biodiversity. (esa.org)
  • The five-year study supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture identified, and targeted for preservation, forests with high carbon sequestration potential, low vulnerability to drought, fire and beetles, and high biodiversity value. (esa.org)
  • In some of these stories the forests primary role is to help us build a sustainable society by contributing to carbon sequestration and providing renewable materials. (lu.se)
  • This is possible with a proper legal environment, as well as the involvement of the indigenous communities who draw their livelihoods from the forests. (cgiar.org)
  • For indigenous peoples and local communities, it is very negative, because they lose their own biodiversity and the compensation is of no use to them, because it happens somewhere else. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • with the significant presence of the private sector at the conference, business interests did largely influence negotiations and actively lobbied governments, say a group of delegates from the Friends of the Earth International, Rainforest Action Network, Global Forest Coalition, the corporate watchdog ETC Group, scientists from the Federation of German Scientists, along with some Indigenous, local and civil society activists. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Speaking about Indigenous and local communities rights, Policy Director of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) Simone Lovera, said: "We don't need to protect the planet from people, but rather ensure people's rights to protect the planet. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • We need a new biodiversity framework that truly incorporates and upholds human rights, including Indigenous, women's, and land rights. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • Global Forest Coalition is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples' Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • REN is one of the companies that most contributes to the protection and recovery of the indigenous forest in Portugal. (ren.pt)
  • LUCSUS research on forest management, ecosystem services, Indigenous' knowledge, genetic resources, nature conservation and human-nature relationships aims to contribute towards sustainable conservation and tackle biodiversity loss. (lu.se)
  • ADM commits to build traceable and transparent agricultural supply chains that protect forests, biodiversity and communities worldwide. (adm.com)
  • As one of the world's leading agricultural processors and food-ingredient providers, ADM commits to build traceable and transparent agricultural supply chains that protect forests, biodiversity and communities worldwide. (adm.com)
  • We invite you to download and explore the ADM Policy to Protect Forests, Biodiversity and Communities available in multiple languages. (adm.com)
  • We get long-term carbon capture as a byproduct when healthy biodiversity is the preferred choice for local communities. (freepressjournal.in)
  • We are proud to be one of the main national promoters of environmental impact studies and we have developed numerous partnerships with NGOs, public entities and local communities in order to preserve the environment and biodiversity. (ren.pt)
  • And for the thousands of local communities, the forests and rivers of the Amazon region are their supermarket, providing fish, meat, fruit, nuts, fibre, shelter and a large number of important intangible benefits and a source of spiritual value. (lu.se)
  • The findings of this study can be used in developing guidelines, practices and criteria to ensure the sustainability of forest bioenergy. (jyu.fi)
  • In a landscape, solutions for increased sustainability can be limited by the distribution and size of non-industrial privately-owned forest (NIPF) properties. (lu.se)
  • What can trait diversity reveal about the sustainability of forest management? (lu.se)
  • In the Palatine Forest of southwest Germany, LIFE Luchs Pfälzerwald - which won the 2023 LIFE Award for Nature - has established a population of Eurasian lynx 300 years after they disappeared from the area. (europa.eu)
  • Learned contributors draw valuable lessons for those seeking to protect biodiversity and understand its governance, from analysis of experiences gained forging international and national legal frameworks. (e-elgar.com)
  • Mari, F., 2022, Markanvändning för en klimatpositiv framtid: En rapport om utmaningar och möjligheter i Skåne. (lu.se)
  • This may occur either through active afforestation (planting of trees on land that was not previously forested) or through natural forest expansion on abandoned land. (ucc.ie)
  • This high-density forest biodiversity experiment (FAB1) focused on trees of our region investigates the consequences of multiple dimensions of tree diversity for soil processes, food webs, plant physiology, community dynamics, reproduction and mortality through time, and critical ecosystem functions, including productivity. (umn.edu)
  • Trees and forests provide unique ecosystem services and an important component of their health lies with saproxylic beetles. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Africa's great apes, apes and monkeys thrive in forests with plenty of fruit-bearing trees. (lu.se)
  • Habitat disruption, hunting and forest-product exploitation were the strongest predictors of declining reserve health. (ku.edu)
  • However, we need to consider additional habitat structures when we planning forest management aiming to conserve biodiversity. (jyu.fi)
  • Combined, the wildlands and managed-woodlands approaches maximize the amount of atmospheric carbon forests can store while providing the best path forward to protect the habitat wildlife requires, the places people love to recreate, and the renewable products New Englanders need. (newildernesstrust.org)
  • Are biodiversity patterns of saproxylic beetles shaped by habitat limitation or dispersal limitation? (inrae.fr)
  • We tested the relative importance of both limitations on saproxylic beetle diversity, using forest continuity as a surrogate for dispersal limitation and stand maturity as a surrogate for habitat limitation. (inrae.fr)
  • Forest continuity relies on the maintenance of a forest cover over time, while stand maturity results in the presence of old-growth habitat features. (inrae.fr)
  • Découvrez les événements passés et à venir dans le monde entier et en ligne, qu'ils soient organisés par le CIFOR-ICRAF ou auxquels participent nos chercheurs. (cifor-icraf.org)
  • En CIFOR-ICRAF, compartir nuestros conocimientos nos apasiona tanto como generarlos. (cifor-icraf.org)
  • This timely book contributes to discussions on the best legal practices to use to promote conservation, protection and sustainable use of biological diversity in forest and marine areas. (e-elgar.com)
  • Exchange of experiences via the TAIEX-EIR tool of DG Environment, to help improve legislation and practices for the protection of forests and biodiversity in Romania. (aer.eu)
  • It explores the process of embedding - or "mainstreaming" - biodiversity considerations into policies, strategies and practices of key public and private actors to promote conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. (cgiar.org)
  • CIFOR advances human well-being, equity and environmental integrity by conducting innovative research, developing partners' capacity, and actively engaging in dialogue with all stakeholders to inform policies and practices that affect forests and people. (cifor.org)
  • The UK post-2010 biodiversity framework (2012). (forestresearch.gov.uk)
  • GFC's Simone Lovera spoke with Inter-Press Service about the new Global Biodiversity Framework that came out of the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal (COP15) on Monday, December 19. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • The Global Biodiversity Framework agreed in Montreal will guide policy and funding over the next decade, with "an important breakthrough" including the adoption of a target that calls on governments, industries and the finance sector to align their financial flows with the new framework, said Simone Lovera, policy director of the Global Forest Coalition. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • The final round of United Nations intergovernmental consultations on nature-based solutions (NbS) is taking place in Nairobi this week, while NbS is also on the agenda related to climate change and biodiversity within the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), also taking place in the Kenyan capital this month. (globalforestcoalition.org)
  • We reviewed the key literature on forest management for biodiversity conservation, integrating forest science perspective to provide a practical management framework. (sisef.it)
  • Our goal is to present a management framework that could contribute to the effective preservation of forest insect biodiversity at the landscape scale, without high economic efforts, and addressing the conflicts that still jeopardize sustainable forest management. (sisef.it)
  • Our aim was to derive a framework to preserve saproxylic diversity, relying on the last 20 years of literature on biodiversity conservation in productive forests. (sisef.it)
  • What is possibly most shocking is that climate change has been only the fourth biggest driver of recent biodiversity loss that happens on land. (azocleantech.com)
  • Purvis added, " If we're going to be able to turn these recent declines round - to 'bend the curve' of biodiversity loss - we first need to know what the main causes have been . (azocleantech.com)
  • The world faces many challenges in attempting to achieve global food security, and one of those challenges is the continuing loss of forests and biodiversity. (cifor.org)
  • These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines. (ku.edu)
  • Ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, Estrella Penunia highlights the challenges faced by small-scale women and men farmers in Asia from climate change, loss of biodiversity and land degradation. (iied.org)
  • Q: What are the main challenges your members face from climate change, loss of biodiversity and land degradation? (iied.org)
  • As are biodiversity loss and land degradation - both contributors to a changing climate. (iied.org)
  • Loss of biodiversity and soil erosion make things worse and we become more vulnerable, especially to typhoons, floods, and droughts. (iied.org)
  • Loss of biodiversity also means poorer soil health and fewer sources of food and medicines that are needed to maintain health. (iied.org)
  • Climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation can lead to less water and less food, increasing the pressures for women - they might have to walk many kilometres more to find water and firewood. (iied.org)
  • Loss of biodiversity has long been recognized as detrimental for nature, for nature's sake. (purdue.edu)
  • We follow wide-eyed run-away forest fires and the loss of crops resulting in famine derived from drought. (bernheim.org)
  • Loss of forest naturalness challenges the maintenance of green infrastructure (GI) for biodiversity conservation and delivery of diverse ecosystem services. (lu.se)
  • To explain how human intervention encroaches into the Amazon's forests, map (a) shows the number of fire alerts in yellow and red colours and the forest loss areas in pink reported from January 2015 until 03 October 2020. (lu.se)
  • The data set is created by the GLAD (Global Land Analysis & Discovery) lab at the University of Maryland and supported by Global Forest Watch, which is the first Landsat-based alert system for tree cover loss. (lu.se)
  • Over the last 20 to 30 years economic pressures have resulted in more intensive forest management to maximise timber production. (europa.eu)
  • Much greater knowledge of the impact of forest management processes on biodiversity is inquired before we can ascertain whether the European forest industry is meeting the 1993 Helsinki guidelines on the sustainable management of forests in Europe. (europa.eu)
  • forest management , conservation, and projects & collaboration . (upm.com)
  • According to a project conducted by the Royal Dutch Society Natural History Society (KNNV) in co-operation with Romanian Forest Research and Management Institute (ICAS) in 2001, there are 218.500 hectares of primary forest in Romania. (aer.eu)
  • Today's broadleaf forests share traces of the original natural forests with a multitude of cultural features due to a long history of human management. (slu.se)
  • This finding highlights the need for a worldwide re-assessment of biodiversity values, forest management strategies, and conservation priorities. (purdue.edu)
  • This suggest that proposed resource thresholds can be used to plan forest management concerning three-toed woodpeckers population. (jyu.fi)
  • This triggered knowledge production about how to diversify forest management systems. (jyu.fi)
  • REN is responsible for the management and cleaning of an area of ​​around 22 000 ha (forest area). (ren.pt)
  • The forest biodiversity artery: towards forest management for saproxylic conservation. (sisef.it)
  • Strategies to integrate conservation of saproxylic biodiversity in forest management have been developed, but often considering only specific aspects or remaining preliminary otherwise. (sisef.it)
  • Modeling forest management and harvest on local natural disturbance would extend the benefits of spatio-temporal heterogeneity in productive forests. (sisef.it)
  • The proposed management strategies were derived answering the following questions: (1) which features of old-growth forests, fundamental for saproxylic conservation, could be feasibly applied to productive forests? (sisef.it)
  • A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly be. (lu.se)
  • Through the creation of a method capable of generating annual maps of tree diversity, his aim is to assist in forest management and decision-making regarding both climate and biodiversity strategies. (lu.se)
  • These maps could significantly benefit biodiversity monitoring and land management," states Hakim Abdi, a researcher at the Center for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC). (lu.se)
  • As Earth observation technologies continue to evolve, the PDFR method emerges as a strategic blueprint for data-driven policy formulation, fostering sustainable forest management and aligning with the global commitments delineated in the Glasgow Forests Declaration for 2030. (bvsalud.org)
  • He does worry that global approaches to conserving natural biodiversity may miss out on encouraging some of the most effective but not necessarily obvious pathways to long-term preservation of nature. (biofortified.org)
  • It seems to him that local farmer level changes are a necessary first step to achieve preservation of forest biodiversity. (biofortified.org)
  • In his opinion we should focus on ensuring farming operations preserve nature by working from the ground up, rather than working top down by making global rules about biodiversity. (biofortified.org)
  • The Pundit thinks to understand what to do to preserve biodiversity and to give us hope we should go over some of the real success stories or tangible success possibilities that illustrate that technology can substantially change rural poverty. (biofortified.org)
  • Now, as part of broader initiatives to restore forest habitats, European lynxes have been reintroduced into forests in Germany, Croatia and Slovenia, while efforts are being made to re-establish populations of Iberian lynx in Spain and Portugal. (europa.eu)
  • This is offset by the establishment up to 5 million hectares of forests in previously unplanted open areas every year. (ucc.ie)
  • The most significant direct driver of wildlife decline throughout the world is the change of natural forests and grasslands to intensive livestock and agriculture. (azocleantech.com)
  • 5. Biodiversity and Agriculture - Friends or Foes? (e-elgar.com)
  • Increase the visibility of the issue and our support as a network for the protection of Forests in Romania through concerted action and collaboration with institutional stakeholders such as the European Commission, the Council of Europe, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). (aer.eu)
  • The answer could be in new approaches to integrating agriculture and biodiversity. (cifor.org)
  • The human pressure on forest land, foremost agriculture as well as mining, oil extraction, illegal crops, and road development, is a threat to the Amazon's forests everywhere. (lu.se)
  • These findings add to the growing body of evidence for widespread cryptic forest degradation across the global north. (lu.se)
  • Opinion by Henrik Smith, Professor of Biodiversity at Lund University 2013 After an unusually long and cold winter, I am enjoying the sun on this May day. (lu.se)
  • I illustrate this using the cost of carbon storage and the protection of riparian forests as examples. (lu.se)
  • My study catalogues saproxylic beetles within three parks in Kitchener, Ontario for the first time to create a baseline inventory for future research and identify potential indicators of biodiversity and resources. (uwaterloo.ca)
  • Eighty of these lowly Old World dung beetles, first described by the naturalist Linnaeus in 1767, will be reintroduced at the Étang de Cousseau National Reserve as a first step to improving forest biodiversity there. (focusingonwildlife.com)
  • The Forest and Farm Facility is supporting us in building the capacities of leaders of national young farmers' committees to be advocates for sustainable, resilient, gender-sensitive agri-forest-based livelihoods. (iied.org)
  • Restoring natural balance to forests has the potential to boost their ability to store carbon, says Sophie Monsarrat, Rewilding Europe's rewilding manager. (focusingonwildlife.com)
  • a modification of the natural disturbance pattern and process (eg control and/or reduction of forest fires). (europa.eu)
  • Carbon stocks in central African forests enhanced by elephant disturbance. (lu.se)
  • The Broadleaves course will introduce you to the fascinating world of summer-green deciduous forests which covered most of Europe before human transformation of the continent. (slu.se)
  • In each category, progress is monitored through carefully selected biodiversity indicators. (upm.com)
  • These indicators reveal changes in forest structures and allow us to examine our impact. (upm.com)
  • Nevertheless, still little is known how climate regulation services or biodiversity indicators respond to a large scale removal of harvest residues in the long term, and at the landscape level. (jyu.fi)
  • The use of biodiversity indicators have been proposed as a comprehensive method for assessing conservation values at the stand scale. (jyu.fi)
  • Let's talk about the moral implications of leaving a less resilient world with greatly reduced biodiversity and natural beauty for future generations. (bernheim.org)
  • Large herbivores, it turns out, by browsing aboveground vegetation, boost root system carbon storage while making forests more resilient to global warming-intensified fires. (focusingonwildlife.com)
  • Increasing forest biomass harvests to combat climate change by replacing fossil fuels with bioenergy may pose a trade-off with climate regulation services of forests and biodiversity conservation. (jyu.fi)
  • Luyssaert, S. Large-scale bioenergy from additional harvest of forest biomass is neither sustainable nor greenhouse gas neutral. (jyu.fi)
  • A small fraction of Sweden's forests consists of older forests which have never previously been clear-cut. (lu.se)
  • Broadleaf forests still cover large areas of temperate Europe, but their ecological integrity is under increasing pressure from a changing climate and the globalization of forest pests and diseases. (slu.se)
  • New England is the most forested region in the country and is a key part of one of the most intact temperate forests on Earth . (newildernesstrust.org)
  • The network includes forests across the country, from the arctic circle in the north to the southern temperate zone. (lu.se)