This paper investigates the effect that rising temperatures will have on wildfire size in the United States. Using data for 586 wildfires that occurred on US Forest Service land in the Northern Rockies between 1995 and 2012, I find that a 1% increase in the maximum temperature observed during...

Over the last two decades, community-based forest management has graduated from being an experimental strategy to becoming a much more mainstream approach. In developing countries, an estimated 22 percent of forest estate is owned by or reserved for community and indigenous groups. Now a SANDEE...

В статье рассматриваются перспективные тенденции использования наземных и водных биологических ресурсов Тихоокеанской России в контексте перспектив развития...

Статья посвящена организации государственного лесопользования в стране и путям развития национальной лесной политики. Рассматриваются противоречия между...

Статья посвящена организации государственного лесопользования в стране и путям развития национальной лесной политики. Рассматриваются противоречия между...

Forest ecosystems have a key role in the global carbon cycle and are considered large and persistent carbon sinks. The CO2 fixed by photosynthesis is one of the most important components of the carbon cycle, and forests play a determinant role in this process. Therefore, spatially explicit data...

Forest fires are a threat for the forest and natural areas in Europe. Over 65 000 fires take place every year in the European Union, burning, on average, half a million hectares of the European landscape. Economic losses due to forest fires in the European Union territory are estimated in over 2...

The 2010 State of the Forest report (SOF) benefited from financial support from the European Union, the United States, Germany, France and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the forestry administrations of the Central...