Temperate rainforests are magical ecosystems. In them trees grow tall, big, massive. It is not a coincidence that the tallest trees found on Earth are found in temperate rainforests, from the Coast Redwoods in California,Continue reading
Category: International Forestry
Forests on the Devil’s Island – Asinara National Park
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is also famous for its variety of ecosystems, which include mountains, forests, plains, largely uninhabited territories, streams, rocky coasts, andContinue reading
Join New Forests for the Sustainability Reporting webinars on 14-15 May 2019.
New Forests launches the 2018 Sustainability Report. Join to hear from CEO David Brand on the evolution of the forestry asset class as “natural infrastructure,” providing the goods and ecosystem services we need for aContinue reading
Seeing and managing forests as functional complex networks – an interview with Christian Messier
In September 2017 I participated to a very dynamic field-week that took place in Tuscany, Italy. Here international students had the chance to discuss new concepts in forest management, such as viewing forest ecosystems asContinue reading
New biofuel plant will have only minor effects on existing forest industries and harvests in Norway
A new publication from researchers from Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and University of Idaho has shown that a new biofuel plant Silva Green located in Tofte will have only a minor effect on existing forest industries and harvests in Norway.
Climate change and carbon sequestration through reforestation
What if we could slow down global warming through reforestation? Newly planted tree seedlings are able to capture and long-term store huge amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide through the process known as carbon sequestration. ClimateContinue reading
DAAC HERMES company is restoring ecological balance in eastern Republic of Moldova
A unique European project named Vio-Parc Varnița financed by Daac Hermes S.A. company is aiming to create a microclimate near Nistru river, in eastern Republic of Moldova, thus trying to bring nature to its originsContinue reading
Were forests not taken seriously enough in the last IPCC 1.5° report?
The latest IPCC special report discusses the potential impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C and presents several pathways scenarios but without focusing much on the need of protecting and sustainably managing the forests weContinue reading
Cedar and Fir natural reserve in Syria
Human interference in natural ecosystems over the years caused a magnitude damage, the shocking numbers of threatened and extinct species, the decline of forests area, and many other examples are the best proof of theContinue reading
Private ownership, corruption and illegal logging in the forest sector – an interview with Prof. Laura Bouriaud
During the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics conference that was held in Denmark this year, I had a big pleasure to meet Dr Laura Bouriaud from University Stefan cel Mare of Suceava (Romania). We haveContinue reading