APCR-basedmethod for the identi¢cationof importantwood rotting fungal taxawithinGanoderma , Inonotus s.l. and Phellinus s.l. Fabio Guglielmo, Paolo Gonthier, Matteo Garbelotto & Giovanni Nicolotti Department of Exploitation and Protection of the Agricultural and Forestry Resources, University of Torino, Grugliasco, TO, Italy; and Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosy...

Objective: The aim of this study is to provide a management plan for the Sykan watershed of Darre shahr city located in Ilam province using GIS in land use planning. Methods: For land using of Sykan watershed of Ilam province with about 9 hectares area, map of classes, elevation, percent slope, geographical aspects, soil characteristics, vegetation density and the final map units were combined ...

The paper provides an historical overview of the gradual but erratic evolution of collective forest rights in the People’s Republic of China. Forest tenure rights have been subject to numerous changes since the establishment of People’s Republic in 1949. In the most recent decades, use rights for forests have been transferred from collective to individual household-based with the intent to prov...

Women’s roles in natural resources and agriculture have been under appreciated or neglected (FAO 2011). Studies often target heads of households, who are usually defined as men, and results are not always disaggregated by gender. Women are often only interviewed when they happen to be the most senior member at home at the time of the interview or there is no male in the household. This sampling...

This paper develops a model to explain farmers’ decision to move from agricultural activities to forestry. Farmers in Ireland have strong links with land and are reluctant to enter into forestry even when the returns from it exceed those from farming. This paper examines whether the reluctance among farmers to plant forestry originates in the nature of forestry investment, which is characterise...

Economic tools and regulatory systems for the urban environment 60 Land use and strategic urban planning 61 Spatial planning on the urban periphery 61 Mixed use planning and urban design policies 61 Transport planning and management 62 Preserving cultural heritage 63 Use of green space in urban areas 63 Urban agriculture and forestry 63 Integrated approaches to urban management 64 Site planning...

To improve the assessment of sustainability situation of production forest management a research project has been designed and being implemented jointly by the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation “ITC, TROPENBOS International foundation, and the Indonesian Watershed Management Technology Center, in collaboration with Indonesian Eco-Labeling Institute and th...