Towards More Resilient And Diverse Planted Forests

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251383575

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Towards more resilient and diverse planted forests by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

FAO’s most recent global synthesis on planted forests was released in 2009 and the last Unasylva on planted forests was published in 2005. Developed together with a coalition of external partners, including the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) task force on planted forests and the TreeDivNet network, Issue 254 hereby responds to the need for wider information-sharing on data, tools and approaches available for leveraging the contributions of planted forests to meet the target of increasing the global forest area of 3 percent by 2030, which Global Forest Goal 1 provides for. Unasylva issue 254 was launched in November 2023 at the International Congress on Planted Forests 2023 (ICPF2023) – the first edition of this global forum to be held in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya).

Author : James L. Chamberlain
Publisher : Forest Service
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0160945887

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Assessment of Nontimber Forest Products in the United States Under Changing Conditions by James L. Chamberlain Pdf

Nontimber forest products (NTFPs) are fundamental to the functioning of healthy forests and play vital roles in the cultures and economies of the people of the United States. However, these plants and fungi used for food, medicine, and other purposes have not been fully incorporated into management, policy, and resource valuation. This report is a forest-sectorwide assessment of the state of the knowledge regarding NTFPs science and management information for U.S. forests and rangelands (and hereafter referred to as the NTFP assessment). The NTFP assessment serves as a baseline science synthesis and provides information for managing nontimber forest resources in the United States. In addition, this NTFP assessment provides information for national-level reporting on natural capital and the ecosystem services NTFPs provide. The report also provides technical input to the 2017 National Climate Assessment (NCA) under development by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).

Author : Erland G. Kolomyts
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527586659

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Experimental Geographical Ecology by Erland G. Kolomyts Pdf

This book sets out a paradigm of experimental geographical ecology and its core—landscape ecology—providing a number of empirical statistical models and ecological geographical concepts developed on the basis of these. It highlights the mechanisms of formation of regional- and local-level landscape-ecological systems, their natural and anthropogenic dynamics, and their evolutionary trends. It presents numerical methods of making landscape-ecological forecasts and assessing forest sustainability, and provides quantitative estimates of local and regional biotic regulation of the carbon cycle according to the scenarios of modern temperature growth and mitigation of warming, set out by the Paris (2015) Agreement on Climate Change. As such, the book will be a useful source of reference for field research, statistical and cartographic processing of the obtained data, mathematical modeling, geoecological interpretation of results, and the creation of theoretical schemes of geosystem analysis. It will appeal to specialists in the fields of geographical ecology, landscape-ecological modeling, and environmental forecasting.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031808231

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Colville National Forest/ Idaho Panhandle National Forest (N.F), Douglas Fir Beetle Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ellen Wohl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520257030

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Of Rock and Rivers by Ellen Wohl Pdf

This deeply personal collection of essays paints a progressive view of the American West as seen by a geologist. The author traces her twenty years of living and conducting research in the natural landscapes of the West as she investigates the conflict between environmental history and widely held romanticized views of the region.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Biology,Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309176158

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Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Biology,Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management Pdf

People are demanding more of the goods, services, and amenities provided by the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but the finiteness of the supply has become clear. This issue involves complex questions of biology, economics, social values, community life, and federal intervention. Forests of the Pacific Northwest explains that economic and aesthetic benefits can be sustained through new approaches to management, proposes general goals for forest management, and discusses strategies for achieving them. Recommendations address restoration of damaged areas, management for multiple uses, dispute resolution, and federal authority. The volume explores the market role of Pacific Northwest wood products and looks at the implications if other regions should be expected to make up for reduced timber harvests. The book also reviews the health of the forested ecosystems of the region, evaluating the effects of past forest use patterns and management practices. It discusses the biological importance, social significance, and management of old-growth as well as late-succession forests. This volume will be of interest to public officials, policymakers, the forest products industry, environmental advocates, researchers, and concerned residents.

Author : The Expert Panel on Plant Health Risks in Canada
Publisher : Council of Canadian Academies
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781990592058

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Cultivating Diversity by The Expert Panel on Plant Health Risks in Canada Pdf

Cultivating Diversity examines the existing and emerging risks to plant health in Canada and offers insights into promising practices that may help to mitigate them. The report focuses on key areas of risk, rather than specific risks, as well as strategies to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251084021

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THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The publication was prepared based on information provided by 86 countries, outcomes from regional and subregional consultations and commissioned thematic studies. It includes: •an overview of definitions and concepts related to Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) and a review of their value; •a description of the main drivers of changes; •the presentation of key emerging technologies; •an analysis of the current status of FGR conservation, use and related developments; •recommendations addressing the challenges and needs. By the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN : UCR:31210024839894

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julian Evans
Publisher : CABI
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845935641

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Planted Forests by Julian Evans Pdf

Planted forests - despite being only seven per cent of the world's forest resources, have superseded naturally regenerating forests as the principal source of industrial wood products. Lessening the pressure for wood production, on natural forests, tree planting has released them to be managed for other purposes - carbon sinks, soil and water protection, conservation of biological diversity, recreation and amenity. Representing a complement, but not an alternative, to natural forests, planted forests have become increasingly important for reducing worldwide deforestation, loss of forest ecosystems and forest degradation. Examining the significance of this rapidly emerging world resource, chapters consider the strengths and weaknesses of planted forests, management objectives for their use and aspects of ownership and policy. Data from key production countries are used to evaluate the implications and sustainability of planted forests as a source of forest products as well as social and ecological issues.

Author : Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Hans Pretzsch,Miren del Río
Publisher : Springer
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319919539

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Dynamics, Silviculture and Management of Mixed Forests by Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Hans Pretzsch,Miren del Río Pdf

The capacity of mixed forests to mitigate climate change effects by increasing resilience and lowering risks is pinpointed as an opportunity to highlight the role of tree species rich forests as part of complex socio-ecological systems. This book updates and presents the state-of-the-art of mixed forest performance in terms of regeneration, growth, yield and delivery of ecosystem services. Examples from more than 20 countries in Europe, North Africa and South America provide insights on the interplay between structure and functionining, stability, silviculture and optimization of management of this type of forests. The book also analyses the role of natural mixed forests and mixed plantations in the delivery of ecosystem services and the best modelling strategy to study mixed forest dynamics. The book is intended to serve as a reference tool for students, researchers and professionals concerned about the management of mixed forests in a context of social and environmental change.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015028773755

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Conservation of Biological Resources by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf

Author : Takuya Abe,Simon A. Levin,Masahiko Higashi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461219064

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Biodiversity by Takuya Abe,Simon A. Levin,Masahiko Higashi Pdf

Despite acknowledgment that loss of living diversity is an international biological crisis, the ecological causes and consequences of extinction have not yet been widely addressed. In honor of Edward O. Wilson, winner of the 1993 International Prize for Biology, an international group of distinguished biologists bring ecological, evolutionary, and management perspectives to the issue of biodiversity. The roles of ecosystem processes, community structure and population dynamics are considered in this book. The goal, as Wilson writes in his introduction, is "to assemble concepts that unite the disciplines of systematics and ecology, and in so doing to create a sound scientific basis for the future management of biodiversity."

Author : Andrew J. Dennis,R.J. Green,E.W. Schupp
Publisher : CABI
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845931667

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Seed Dispersal by Andrew J. Dennis,R.J. Green,E.W. Schupp Pdf

Fresh concepts in the study of seed dispersal are spurring a host of exciting new questions, new answers to old questions, new methods and approaches, and a reinvigoration of the field.Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World presents both recent advances and reviews of current knowledge demonstrating the vigour and vibrancy of the field. It provides new perspectives and directions at a time when efforts to meet growing environmental challenges threatening natural systems are of utmost importance.

Author : Thomas Wohlgemuth,Anke Jentsch,Rupert Seidl
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030987565

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Disturbance Ecology by Thomas Wohlgemuth,Anke Jentsch,Rupert Seidl Pdf

This edited work presents a multi-faceted view on the causes and consequences of disturbance in ecosystems. Vegetation can be affected by a variety of different disturbances such as wind, floods, fire, and insect attack, leading to an abrupt change in live biomass. Disturbance is a motor of vegetation dynamics, but also sensitive to climate change and poses a challenge for ecosystem management. Readers will discover the global distribution of disturbance regimes and learn about the importance of disturbances for biodiversity and the evolution of plant and animal life. The book provides a Central European perspective on disturbance ecology, and addresses important disturbance agents such as fire, wind, avalanches, tree diseases, insect defoliators, bark beetles and large herbivores in dedicated chapters. It furthermore includes chapters on anthropogenic disturbances in forests and grasslands. The impact of climate change on disturbance regimes and approaches to address disturbance risks in ecosystem management are discussed in concluding chapters. Within the 18 chapters 14 textboxes highlight current topics of disturbance ecology and provide deeper methodological insights into the field. Disturbances strongly shape our landscapes and maintain our biodiversity. A better understanding of their ecology is thus fundamental for contextualizing the dynamic changes in our environment. This book is a valuable resource for students and practitioners interested in disturbances and their management.