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Investigation of relations between forest functions and some socioeconomic variables: The case of Turkey

İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
While human beings first utilized forests as sources of nutrition and shelter, by the industrial age, forests were seen as sources of raw materials. Through variation in forest usage, interactions between forest and society have undergone obvious changes.
Seçil Yurdakul Erol, Hasan Tezcan Yıldırım   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

First the forest: conservation, 'community' and 'participation' in South West Cameroon [PDF]

, 1998
Western concern with ‘conserving’ or ‘managing’ the rain forests of Africa has led to the setting up of a number of conservation projects. In such projects the ‘participation’ of the ‘community’ in forest conservation has become the new orthodoxy ...
Sharpe, B
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ML Workflows for Screening Degradation‐Relevant Properties of Forever Chemicals

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The environmental persistence of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) necessitates efficient remediation strategies. This study presents physics‐informed machine learning workflows that accurately predict critical degradation properties, including bond dissociation energies and polarizability.
Pranoy Ray, Andrew R. Castillo, Manoj Kolel‐Veetil, Surya R. Kalidindi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest Policy for Sustainability of Sri Lanka’s Forest [PDF]

International Journal of Sciences, 2017
The concept of sustainable forest management has emerged in early 1990s' as a vision of forest management in all over the world. In Sri Lanka, avoiding deforestation and improving the forest resources are the preliminary step towards sustainable forest management.
Mudiyanselage Buddhika Piumali Ekanayake, Ekanayake, Theodore, Murindahabi   +1 more
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Constraint of Lignin–Carbohydrate Complex Orchestrated on Polyphenol in Oil–Water Interface Targeting Ulcerative Colitis Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study constructed the W1/O/W2 emulsion–based targeted therapy delivery system for ulcerative colitis (UC) utilizing LCC as surfactant for the first time. This multifunctional emulsion offered certain therapeutic advantages for UC, including targeted colonic delivery of active compounds, synergistic modulation of gut microbiota through combined ...
Qian Wu, Xingyu Zhang, Jingjia Zhang, Gaohui Huang, Chen Zhou, Chunlin Li, Xiaojun Huang, Jianbo Xiao, Nianjie Feng, Yuanbin She   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Will cultural and regulatory forest services provide enough balance to provisioning services in forest enterprise portfolios in future? Marketing case studies of selected forest enterprises in Slovakia

Journal of Forest Science
The study aims to identify the difference between the current and future strategic management of forest ecosystem services (FES) portfolios in public enterprises of Slovakia.
Alex Bumbera, Daniel Halaj, Iveta Hajdúchová   +2 more
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Indonesia's Forest Moratorium: Impacts and Next Steps [PDF]

, 2014
The authors identify opportunities for progress with the recently extended Indonesian forest moratorium, a policy aiming to protect an area the size of Japan from ...
Andika Putraditama, Ariana Alisjahbana, Bambang Eko Budianto, Christian Purba, Erica Pohnan, Fred Stolle, Giorgio Budi Indrarto, Kemen Austin, Rachmat Boediono, Taryono Darusman   +9 more
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Sustainable Materials Design With Multi‐Modal Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Critical mineral scarcity, high embodied carbon, and persistent pollution from materials processing intensify the need for sustainable materials design. This review frames the problem as multi‐objective optimization under heterogeneous, high‐dimensional evidence and highlights multi‐modal AI as an enabling pathway.
Tianyi Xu, Tianshuo Wei, Yan Ge, Bo Peng, Yue Li, Maolin Wang, Peng Wen, Chao Yang, Ye Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative analysis of strategic plans of forestry faculties in Turkey

İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2016
Strategic planning, with a future-focused approach, contributes to realizing to higher education institutes’ functions, such as directing change and being pioneer to society in a systematic and sustainable way.
Seçil Yurdakul Erol, Gizem Şahin
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