I visited Ukraine in 2009. Without any doubt, it was one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen in my life. Together with a group of entomologists, we were travelling around Crimea observingContinue reading
Author: Rafał Chudy
Is the burning of woody biomass climate friendly?
Our newest paper on woody biomass for energy production is now published online in English. The paper is clarifying common misconceptions and is debunking myths about the use of forest biomass. We also discuss ifContinue reading
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A team headed by Klaus Puettmann (Oregon State University, USA), Austin Himes (Mississippi State University, USA), and Jürgen Bauhus (Freiburg University, Germany) is investigating the global information base for forest management (specifically silviculture) in theContinue reading
What Do We Know About Global Forest Investments and Their Returns?
In this short article, I discuss the main characteristics of global forest investments together with their expected returns. The article is based on a recently published paper by Professor Frederick Cubbage (College of Natural Resources atContinue reading
How to measure the height of a tree?
Only in exceptional cases can tree height be measured directly. There are many instruments for measuring heights. They are known as hypsometers, altimeters, or clinometers. In modern times, the smartphone that uses the software basedContinue reading
Is it worth to invest in forestland in Croatia?
Recently a group of forest and economic researchers analyzed investment potentials of almost all private forests at national level in the Republic of Croatia. The financial analyses showed which forest types have positive investment potentialContinue reading
Myths and Misunderstandings about Wildfires in Australia
Australia experiences bush fires almost every summer, but the latest event was unprecedented in its scale in the forests of the eastern and southern part of the country. In total, at least 34 human livesContinue reading
Professional Insight: What do we know about global roundwood markets? – an interview with Robert W. Hagler of New Forests
This time Robert W. Hagler (formerly of ForestEdge, now with New Forests) – the co-author of recently published scientific article on cointegration analysis of international roundwood prices shares the main findings of his research alongContinue reading
Professional Insight: An Interview with Professor Frederick Cubbage of North Carolina State University
An international group of researchers estimated timber investment returns for 22 countries and 54 species/management regimes. Returns were estimated for the principal plantation countries in the Americas—Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Mexico, andContinue reading
Daintree – the world’s oldest rainforest
In one of the last posts, you had a chance to read about Marco’s trip to temperate rainforest. Now we move to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, where is located the world’s oldestContinue reading