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Forestry
Taciara Zborowski Horst-Heinen, Ricardo Simao Diniz Dalmolin, Alexandre ten Caten, Jean Michel Moura-Bueno, Sabine Grunwald, Fabricio de Araujo Pedron, Miriam Fernanda Rodrigues, Nicolas Augusto Rosin, Daniely Vaz da Silva-Sangoi
Summary: This study aimed to predict soil depth (SoD) and tree height in a complex landscape using digital soil mapping (DSM) and random forest (RF) models. Spatial data on SoD and topographic attributes were found to be crucial for accurately predicting tree height, highlighting the importance of localized predictions for effective silviculture practices.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Vesa-Pekka Parkatti, Olli Tahvonen
Summary: The study reveals that traditional forestry affects reindeer pastures, while continuous cover forestry is the optimal choice that better preserves the pastures. The carbon price plays a crucial role in the economic impact on forestry, with a carbon price of 60-100 choking off timber production.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Yanru Wang, Qingquan Li, Jijin Geng, Xiaojuan Bie, Peihao Peng, Guofeng Wu
Summary: By tracking the spatio-temporal changes in forest area and its ecosystem service value (ESV), it is possible to manage forest ecosystems and promote sustainable development. This study reveals the changes in forest ecology in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and finds that the increase in forest ESV is primarily driven by forestry ecological engineering and protection policies. The study also shows regional differences in the distribution of forest ESV, providing a scientific basis for sustainable management of forest ecosystems in the Hengduan Mountains.
Review
Forestry
Rachele Venanzi, Francesco Latterini, Vincenzo Civitarese, Rodolfo Picchio
Summary: Precision forestry is a valuable technique for sustainable forest management, utilizing modern sensors and technologies to monitor forest activities and evaluate their economic, environmental, and social impact. This review focuses on the use of precision forestry techniques for monitoring forest operations, gathering recent data from 2019 to 2023. It demonstrates the effectiveness of Industry 4.0 strategies for remote and proximal monitoring using CAN-bus and StanForD data from modern forest machines. The review also highlights the potential of GNSS-RF, LiDAR, and Structure for Motion photogrammetry for tracking soil rutting, disturbances, and ensuring the safety of forest workers.
Article
Forestry
Radek Rinn, Petra Palatova, Marketa Kalabova, Vilem Jarsky
Summary: The concept of forest bioeconomy (FBE) is not uniformly defined despite being part of the globally accepted bioeconomy. The link between bioeconomy and sustainable development raises questions regarding the comparability of financial support for FBE across countries. This article compares the perception and financial support of FBE in Czechia, Slovakia, Finland, Italy, and Germany, highlighting the differences in perception and the inadequacy of using financial support as a measure of sustainability.
Article
Forestry
Stephanie R. Patton, Matthew B. Russell, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione, Lee E. Frelich
Summary: The browsing of white-tailed deer reduces the abundance of seedlings and saplings of more palatable winter woody browse in the Lake States Region of the USA. The impact of deer browsing varies across different tree species.
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Ruth D. Yanai, Alexander R. Young, John L. Campbell, James A. Westfall, Charles J. Barnett, Gretchen A. Dillon, Mark B. Green, Christopher W. Woodall
Summary: Statistical confidence in estimates of timber volume, carbon storage, and other forest attributes is influenced by uncertainty in field measurements. This study compared measurements made by field crews and quality assurance crews in the US Forest Service's Forest Inventory and Analysis program. The results showed that measurement uncertainty is generally small, but higher for certain variables requiring judgment. Uncertainties in basal area, timber volume, and aboveground biomass were negligible when scaled up to larger areas. Understanding sources of uncertainty is important for forest monitoring, inventory management, and policy decision making.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Seiji Iwanaga, Dang Thai Hoang, Hirofumi Kuboyama, Dang Thai Duong, Hoang Huy Tuan, Nguyen Van Minh
Summary: Vietnam's forestry policies have expanded planted forest areas to meet the raw material supply for the timber processing industry. However, with increasing industry demand and a shortage of raw materials, improving the productivity of on-farm tree planting is key to addressing the issue.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Simon Ecke, Jan Dempewolf, Julian Frey, Andreas Schwaller, Ewald Endres, Hans-Joachim Klemmt, Dirk Tiede, Thomas Seifert
Summary: Recent technological advances have led to an increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for forestry applications, particularly in the field of forest health monitoring (FHM). While UAVs offer advantages such as flexibility and high spatial resolution, there are still challenges that need to be addressed, including the need for long-term and multi-temporal forest monitoring, increased use of hyperspectral and LiDAR sensors, better utilization of complementary data from other remote sensing sources, standardized workflows, improved interpretability of complex machine learning algorithms, and a reduced reliance on commercial software.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Benjamin T. Fraser, Russell G. Congalton
Summary: Forest disturbances caused by pests, diseases, and other factors can lead to significant economic losses. Utilizing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and multispectral imagery can help differentiate between different tree health statuses and improve the efficiency of collecting forestry data.
Article
Forestry
Carlos I. Garcia-Jimenez, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, Brenda Yarely Quiroz-Caro, Karina Garcia-Valadez
Summary: This study investigated the environmental knowledge of residents in a mountainous region of western Mexico, which has a significant economic forestry sector and high biodiversity. Indices were developed to assess environmental knowledge and the factors influencing it. The study found that age and education were important factors, while income and gender were not significant. Additionally, environmental knowledge was related to quality of life. The indices developed through factor analysis provided more stable results and are recommended for long-term studies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Thi Kim Phung Dang
Summary: This study analyzes the discourse of forest cover in Vietnam's forestry and examines its incorporation of sustainable development. The findings reveal that the current discourse overlooks the ecosystems beneath forest cover and emphasizes the conversion of forests to other land uses through strategic inclusion of livelihood and social development. The study concludes with recommendations to enhance Vietnam's forestry policy for long-term sustainable development.
Article
Ecology
Sawaid Abbas, Faisal Mueen Qamer, Hassan Ali, Muhammad Usman, Ajaz Ahmad, Aneel Salman, Aqeela Mobeen Akhter
Summary: Global ecosystem restoration efforts aimed at climate change mitigation. Pakistan launched the Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Program in 2014 to restore depleted forest ecosystems.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ran Meng, Renjie Gao, Feng Zhao, Chengquan Huang, Rui Sun, Zhengang Lv, Zehua Huang
Summary: The northward expansion of Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) outbreaks associated with warmer winters has caused significant tree mortality in temperate pine forests. Early warning and detection of SPB-induced tree mortality is crucial for forest management. This study explores the use of remote sensing technologies and spectral indices to analyze the spatial-temporal patterns of SPB infestation severity, and identifies important environmental drivers for SPB outbreaks. The study highlights the potential of moderate resolution satellite multispectral imagery for early warning and detection of SPB-induced tree mortality.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Marius Catalin Barbu, Eugenia Mariana Tudor
Summary: China has become a major player in the global wood products market over the past decade, being the largest exporter of both raw wood materials and value-added wood products, as well as the largest importer of unprocessed wood species. With increasing wood consumption, China's wood-based panel products consumption has steadily increased, making it a leading producer and exporter in various wood product categories.
WOOD MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(2022)
