Ivan Iliev1, Alena Gajdošová2, Gabriela Libiaková2 and Shri Mohan Jain3∗ 1Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology SAS, Nitra, Slovakia 3Plant Breeding Unit, International Atomic Energy Agency, Laboratories Siebersdorf, Vienna, Austria ∗Current address – Department of Applied Biology, University of Hels...

Abstract Forest Owners Organizations can help small- and medium-scale private landowners stay competitive by conducting sharing research development (R&D) activities. This study evaluated R&D needs for silvicultural operations to inform an strategy the cooperative. Individual group priorities were collected using Analytical Hierarchy Process via a web survey meeting. Consensus in was fo...

The development of an effective approach to control and eradication of invasive species has become a major challenge to scientists, managers, and society. Biocontrol has been widely utilized to control exotic plants in the past few decades with some degree of success. However, there have been an increasing number of controversies pertaining to this approach, largely due to the potential environ...

J. Skousen and J. Sencindiver, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6108; K. Owens, Resolve Environmental Services, Monroe, NC 28112; S. Hoover, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Middlebourne, WV 26149. Scientific contribution No. 2647 from the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Morgantown. This research was funded by...

CPF in Langkat District has been permitted since 2012 and most commercial productions of forest resources, both timber (charcoal) non-timber, are place. This study aims to analyse the institutional, economic social conditions HTR permit holders Regency. The research was using descriptive analysis method, a scoring method based on Regulation Director General PSKL Number 9 2019 concerning Guideli...

The major purpose of this study is to assess the perception of managers in the Forest, Range and WatershedOrganization. It is an applied study by using descriptive–correlative method. A questionnaire was developedand data collected from 105 respondents. The validity and reliability of questionnaires was verified. Theresults of study show that there was a relationship between educational level, ...

Cooperative and mutual organisational forms arise for reasons that include contracting problems between parties. Economic literature suggests a variety of allocative inefficiencies implied by these forms that largely have their origins in poor investment decisions. We demonstrate that a multi-period model and the supplier and cooperative valuations it implies are essential for understanding the...

1School of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, China. 2Danzhou Investigation & Experiment Station of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture/Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, China 3Advanced Analysis and Testing Centre, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, China. 4College of Forestry, ...