NBForest - Forest management and damages

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:

The Building of a Value-Based Chain - from Chile to Sweden

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:15:07 +0000

Blog

10.11.2015

Blog post written by Frida Magnusson, recently graduated from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, MSc in Environmental Economics and Management. Frida can be reached via frida.c.magnusson@gmail.com

Sustainability: Five steps for managing Europe's forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:20:42 +0000

Facts & Reviews

23.10.2015

The current state of affairs for forests across Europe: new productive forests are gaining momentum and expanding the overall forest area; however, the health and productivity of existing tree stands are loosing their momentum due to age, climatic damage as well as human influence.

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.

Forest in the Lab: New Film Explains Genetic Monitoring of Forests

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:18:34 +0000

News

02.09.2015

Original article: Biodiversity International

Air Pollution in the Nordic Countries from Biomass Burning in Eastern Europe: A Policy Brief

Chelsey Jo Huisman — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:12:56 +0000

Facts & Reviews

19.08.2015

Authored by Per Erik Karlsson, Lars Hole, Hans Tømmervik & Elena Kobets

Original source and complete policy brief: NordPub

New articles about insects that will profit from climate change and their potential impacts on Nordic forestry

Alex — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:47:56 +0000

News

13.03.2015

New articles from the series of articles about insects that will most likely profit from climate change, published by the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute:

1. Cone insects - new threats to our future forests

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.

Insects that will most likely profit from climate change

Alex — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:21:42 +0000

News

09.03.2015

The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute will publish a series articles about insects that will most likely profit from climate change.