NBForest - Future forests

Foraging the untapped value of Europe’s forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:10:20 +0000

News

25.11.2015

Original source: European Commission Horizon 2020, newsroom editor

EU-funded researchers have identified the untapped commercial potential of products like wild berries, mushrooms, nuts and plants growing in Europe’s forests for the benefit of rural communities – a way to generate growth and jobs.

Climate change adaptation in Swedish forestry: Driving forces, risks and opportunities

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:08:31 +0000

Facts & Reviews

19.11.2015

Original source: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

This synthesis brief summarizes key insights from SEI’s research on climate change adaptation in Swedish forestry as part of the 2008–2015 Mistra-SWECIA programme.

Managing Forests to Promote Environmental Services

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:19:35 +0000

Facts & Reviews

16.11.2015

A few weeks ago, on 03-05 November, the Centre of Advanced Research on Environmental Services from Nordic Forest Ecosystems (CAR-ES II), funded by Nordic Forest Research (SNS) 2011-2015, arranged and hosted a 3-day conference that had a focused theme on Managing Forests to Promote Environmental Services.

As summarized at the conference, amongst key environmental services provided by the Nordic and Baltic forests are carbon sequestration, water protection and biodiversity - all linked to the quality of soil:

Carbon Sequestration: Managing Forests in Uncertain Times

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:09:14 +0000

Facts & Reviews

30.09.2015

The international forest debate regarding pathways to achieve sustainability in forest management continues to be a point of contention and complexity. The division amongst forest sector stakeholders centers around those actors who focus on the carbon storing capacity of standing forests and those who are preoccupied with the carbon sequestration capacity of growing, productive forests.

Bioeconomy offers Europe and Russia opportunity for long-term strategic cooperation

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 07:45:04 +0000

News

23.09.2015

Original source: European Forest Institute

A window of opportunity has opened for Europe and Russia to develop strategic partnerships that break links between economic growth and social and environmental harm. That opportunity is called bioeconomy.

The time is right. Russia’s economy is at a crossroads. It depends heavily on oil exports and has been hit hard by falling oil prices. But this is not the only reason for Russia to follow the bioeconomy path.

Forest Land Ownership Change in Europe

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:17:58 +0000

Facts & Reviews

28.08.2015

The report was published by the Central-East and South-East European Regional Office of the European Forest Institute (EFICEEC-EFISEE).

Nordic Forests Are Under Pressure

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:13:59 +0000

Facts & Reviews

23.07.2015

The new book: “The Future Use of Nordic Forests – A Global Perspective” has been funded by the Future Forests research programme. Editors: Erik Westholm, Karin Beland Lindahl & Florian Kraxner

Relative contributions of set-asides and tree retention to the long-term availability of key forest biodiversity structures at the landscape scale

Alex — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:40:30 +0000

Facts & Reviews

09.03.2015

This study simulates the long-term effects of set-aside establishment and tree retention practices on the future availability of large trees and dead wood. These are two forest structures of high importance to biodiversity conservation. The researchers used a forest decision support system to project the amounts of these structures over 200 years in two landscapes from Northern Sweden under different management scenarios: with and without set-asides and tree retention.

Young Swedes keen to describe their future forests

Alex — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:10:21 +0000

Blog

22.01.2015

^{Students answering the survey. Photo: Desiree Mattsson}

by Maria Riala and Tuomas Nummelin (EFINORD)

New publication on the future of the European forest-based sector

Alex — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:11:24 +0000

News

05.11.2014

The publication focuses on the need to rethink the outlook for European forest-based sector, as well as on raising some issues that are still neglected. The publication draws attention to the need to update methods used for forest sector outlook studies, especially pointing to the importance of using also systematic foresight analysis in these.

The report‘s main outcomes will be presented at the ThinkForest seminar “Forests and the bioeconomy: future steps” in the European Parliament, in Brussels on 13 November 2014