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Global risk of wildfire across timber production systems [PDF]

open access: yesNature Communications
Timber is worth $1.5 trillion US Dollars annually with demand rising, but wildfires increasingly threaten production. Plantations occupy 3% of forests globally and produce 33% of the world’s timber, but a critical question is whether they are more ...
Christopher G. Bousfield   +5 more
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Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests Can Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stabilize Timber Production

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2016
The REDD+ scheme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has provided opportunities to manage tropical forests for timber production and carbon emission reductions.
Nophea Sasaki   +10 more
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Estimating global land system impacts of timber plantations using MAgPIE 4.3.5 [PDF]

open access: yesGeoscientific Model Development, 2021
Out of 1150 Mha (million hectares) of forest designated primarily for production purposes in 2020, plantations accounted for 11 % (131 Mha) of this area and fulfilled more than 33 % of the global industrial roundwood demand.
A. Mishra   +9 more
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Comparative analysis of managing plantation forests: The case of keeping plantation forests for carbon credit and industrial profits in Oromia Region, Ethiopia

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Community-based organizations (CBOs) and individuals primarily engaged in forest management dedicated to carbon credit run both at national and regional levels.
Gizaw Ebissa, Aramde Fetene, Hayal Desta
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of a methodology for forest industry sector sustainability assessment [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The research is devoted to the development and testing of a methodology for assessing the level of sustainability of the forest industry. The work presents the general specifics of the methodology, the formula for calculating the sustainability index ...
Medvedev Sergey, Zyryanov Mikhail
doaj   +1 more source

New Phenomenon Of East-Asian Economy – China’s Timber Complex (a Review of the Condition and Prospects) (Completion) [PDF]

open access: yesПространственная экономика, 2007
An attempt has been made to make a comprehensive survey of China’s timber complex. China’s endowment with timber resources has been analyzed. Production and consumption of timber products is considered. Markets and trade in timber products are described,
Alexander Solomonovich Sheingauz
doaj   +1 more source

New Phenomenon of East-Asian Economy – China’s Timber Complex (a Review of the Condition and Prospects) [PDF]

open access: yesПространственная экономика, 2006
An attempt has been made to make a comprehensive survey of China's timber complex. China's endowment with timber resources has been analyzed. Production and consumption of timber products is considered. Markets and trade in timber products are described,
Alexander Solomonovich Sheingauz
doaj   +1 more source

Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon and climate change: A literature review of opportunities, challenges, and risks in European forests

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2022
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) was distributed from its natural range in western North America to different destinations, primarily to Europe (Scandinavia, British Islands), South America (Chile, Argentina), and New Zealand. It is used
Stanislav Vacek   +4 more
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Forest functions and abiotic threats in private forests: conclusions from an empirical analysis of stakeholder opinions

open access: yesEconomics and Environment, 2022
The study aimed to recognise the preferences of various stakeholder groups representing three regions of Poland towards the most important forest ecosystem services and to determine the threats to performing these functions resulting from the occurrence
Emilia Wysocka-Fijorek   +4 more
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Analysis of a wood production strategy from expert perspectives

open access: yesThe Forestry Chronicle, 2022
In 2020, Quebec adopted a strategy to increase the quantity and quality of timber it produces. During a roundtable discussion held in the fall of 2021, experts in forestry and in related fields expressed their views on the new strategy and its ...
Claudie-Maude Canuel   +6 more
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