The co-creation and sharing of knowledge among different types of actors with complementary expertise is known as the Multi-Actor Approach (MAA). This paper presents how Horizon2020 Thematic-Networks (TNs) deal with the MAA and put forward best practices during the different project phases,...

In this paper we propose the use of machine learning methods to estimate inequality of opportunity. We illustrate how our proposed methods—conditional inference regression trees and forests—represent a substantial improvement over existing estimation approaches. First, they reduce the risk...

We examine the financial performance of the forest products industry in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, employing data for publicly trading companies in the industry globally. We first examine the market investor reaction to the declaration of a pandemic by the World Health...

Die vorliegende Studie stellt statistische Kennzahlen zur Wertschöpfungskette des Clusters Forst- und Holzwirtschaft in Österreich vor. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Auswertungen zur Beschäftigung auf regionaler Ebene. Die Zahl der im Inland wohnhaften aktiv Erwerbstätigen im Cluster Forst- und...

Der Cluster Forst- und Holzwirtschaft ist von hoher volkswirtschaftlicher und regionalökonomischer Bedeutung, wie statistische Auswertungen zu Wertschöpfung und Beschäftigung zeigen. Er nimmt außerdem eine zentrale Rolle in der Energiewende und der Transformation zu einer nachhaltigen und...

Sustainable development concept has been associated with many things, as in this situation with “Payment for Environmental Services [PES]”; a modern invention craving attention across the world, and more so for the benefit of those in developing nations around Asia, Latin America and Africa....

Around 20 years ago, Tanzania adopted the policy of participatory forest management (PFM) to create incentives for increasing villagers’ participation in forest management. The timing is thus fitting to reflect on the achievements and challenges of the PFM process so far. There have certainly...

Übergeordnetes Ziel der Biodiversitätsstrategie für 2030 der EU ist die Erholung der biologischen Vielfalt durch Verstärkung des Schutzes und der Wiederherstellung der Natur. Schlüsselelemente zur Erreichung der Ziele sind u.a. die Schaffung von Schutzzonen auf mindestens 30 % der Land- und...

The goal of the present paper resides in the comparative analysis of the statistical FAOSTAT data and information in the last 25 years, for the EU countries and other European countries, completed with data and information from the well known literature and from webographics, refering to the...

Übergeordnetes Ziel der Biodiversitätsstrategie für 2030 der EU ist die Erholung der biologischen Vielfalt durch Verstärkung des Schutzes und der Wiederherstellung der Natur. Schlüsselelemente zur Erreichung der Ziele sind u.a. die Schaffung von Schutzzonen auf mindestens 30 % der Land- und...

This study examines the interrelationship between poverty and forest dependency in one of the poorest regions of India, on the basis of household-level data generated through a primary survey. The findings suggest significant heterogeneity in the extent and nature of forest dependency across...

Natural disasters and pandemics are evolving as major global threats that are posing an enormous challenge to socio-economic and environmental wellbeing. Using a real time analysis of the impressive role played by Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) in Nepal in responding to the 2015...

We show how to build a cross-section of asset returns, that is, a small set of basis or test assets that capture complex information contained in a given set of stock characteristics and span the Stochastic Discount Factor (SDF). We use decision trees to generalize the concept of conventional...

Random forest regression (RF) is an extremely popular tool for the analysis of high-dimensional data. Nonetheless, its benefits may be lessened in sparse settings, due to weak predictors, and a pre-estimation dimension reduction (targeting) step is required. We show that proper targeting...

What Forest Environmental Tax is -- Forest Environmental Tax in Japan -- Tap Water Source Conservation Fund -- Forest Environmental Tax in Other Countries -- Optimization of Forest Environmental Tax -- Optimization of Water Source Conservation Fund -- Environmental Tax and Stackelberg Game.

Bioenergy stories at the intersection of energy, landscape, race, and climate in the U.S. South -- What people hear and what people say about bioenergy : translating bioenergy narratives, imaginaries, and metaphors -- Bioenergy landscapes : impacts of bioenergy developments on forest-dependent...

Die Charta für Holz 2.0 (CfH 2.0) verfolgt das Ziel, den Klimaschutzbeitrag der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft zu steigern, Wertschöpfung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Clusters Forst & Holz zu festigen und zu stärken, und endliche Ressourcen durch eine nachhaltige und effiziente Nutzung von...

Scholarly discussions on economic development in history, specifically those linked to industrialization or modern economic growth, have paid great attention to the formation and development of the market economy as a set of institutions able to augment people's welfare. The role of specific...