Forest Science Articles & Analysis
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For Tara Strand, General Manager Forests and Landscapes, at New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, known as Scion, understanding how fire spreads is key to ultimately respond and prepare for this destructive and growing trend. “We’ve teamed up with the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory with the US Forest ...
Cyanobacteria and algae cultivation for the production of energy, chemicals, and other bio-products. Many disciplines of science are engaged in monitoring plant health, such as: Agricultural Sciences Forest Ecology Terrestrial and Marine Ecology Environmental Sciences The Importance of Photosynthetic Analysis ...
Cyanobacteria and algae cultivation for the production of energy, chemicals, and other bio-products. Many disciplines of science are engaged in monitoring plant health, such as: Agricultural Sciences Forest Ecology Terrestrial and Marine Ecology Environmental Sciences The Importance of Photosynthetic Analysis ...
” To do the analysis, Kim and colleagues analyzed 5,444 Landsat satellite images, comparing past and present forest cover using the same definitions. Kim’s conclusions are buttressed by findings from a 2013 study in Science that found forest loss in the tropics jumped by more than 200,000 hectares every year from 2000 to 2012. ...
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Thanks to an active and laborious fire-fighting operation the recent peat and forest fires in Tver Province were localised and the region was saved from events becoming as dramatic as in 2010 when dense smoke haze covered the city of Moscow for weeks. ...
What does contemporary art have to do with science? The forest surrounding Hyytiälä SMEAR II measurement station has gained one more ‘measurement device’, as artist AgnesMeyer-Brandis has built there a Teacup Tool Station. ...
Exogenous mandates based on moral imperatives such as self-sufficiency and strong sustainability may result in missed win-win opportunities that could improve both the economy and the environment, as well as increase social welfare across generations.Keywords: Islands of sustainability, sustainable development, sustainability science, fisheries, ...
A new publication in Science reveals the world is losing 50 soccer fields’ worth of forest every minute of every day! While this information is distressing, the publication of this new research is a decidedly positive development in the availability of data to support better forest management and policy. The Science paper ...
This news is significant for conservationists and for the vast number of Canadians who depend on these forests for clean air, water, and a bounty of other resources. It also illustrates a powerful truth: precise, science-based maps are an essential component of good forest management and planning. Canada’s Forests: Vital, ...
The threats were primarily in the shape of budget cuts, for example in Brazil, but also came from a declining interest in science careers. Science also appeared in danger of being sidelined in two nations: in Colombia, scientists urged the government to offer more support to science and technology, while the Peruvian government dropped a plan to ...
John Parrotta, an international forest-science policy analyst with the US Forest Service and chair of the committee that prepared the report, says that deforestation and forest degradation must be checked to boost biodiversity and help remove carbon from the atmosphere. ...
Within the framework of Russian-German bilateral cooperation, technical assistance and international expertise is provided by the global NGO Wetlands International, the Michael Succow Foundation, Greifswald University and the Institute of Forest Science of the Russian Academy of ...
Forests have barely been mentioned in the draft of the international agreement to be made at the Rio+20 Earth Summit later this year (20-22 June), the body that represents 15,000 of the world's forest researchers has complained. ...
Forest genetics as a science has existed since the 1940s. With the depiction of the structure of DNA in 1953 by Watson and Crick, some forest geneticists were inspired to apply this knowledge to trees. Since that time the science of molecular biology has evolved considerably. This paper summarises the applications of ...
In the past in Africa, state forest administration took nominal control of local forest management from rural populations. ...