Central to soil health and plant productivity in natural ecosystems are in situ soil microbial communities, of which mycorrhizal fungi are an integral component, regulating nutrient transfer between plants and the surrounding soil via extensive mycelial networks. Such networks are supported by plant-derived carbon and are likely to be enhanced under coppiced biomass plantations, a forestry prac...

Energy crisis is receiving attention with regard to the global economy and environmental sustainable development. Developing new energy resources to optimize the energy supply structure has become an important measure to prevent energy shortage as well as achieving energy conservation and emission reduction in China. This study proposed the concept of energy agriculture and constructed an energ...

The study identified the community strategies for conservation and preservation of forest resources in Nsukka agricultural zone of Nigeria. Nsukka agricultural zone is one of the three agricultural zones in Enugu state and is made up of six Local Government Areas (LGAs). A purposive sampling technique was used to select 48 respondents from two LGAs Nsukka and Uzo-Uwani based on their involvemen...

Differences in the way local and regional interest groups perceive Sustainable Forest Management in regions with different forest use histories were studied using Southeastern Finland, the Mauricie in Quebec and Central Labrador in Canada as examples of regions with high, medium and low importance of commercial forestry. We present a conceptual model illustrating the cyclic interaction between ...

Email: [email protected] Let’s start with the deniable truth—at present sustainable forestry is rare or localized. This is apparent when looking at global scales but also at regional and local scales. Globally, deforestation and land conversion continue. There is less forest each year (-5.2 million ha yr-1), and conversion of frontier (primary, or ancient) forests to second growth forests of shorter ...

Deforestation in Nepal threatens the functioning of complex social-ecological systems, including rural populations that depend on forests for subsistence, as well as Nepal's biodiversity and other ecosystem services. Nepal's forests are particularly important to the nation's poorest inhabitants, as many depend upon them for daily survival. Two-thirds of Nepal's population relies on forests for ...

We present an in-depth analysis of natural forest management practices in Costa Rica based on a new historical forestry GIS database encompassing five conservation regions in the country where selective logging has been prevalent for the last 18 years. Natural forest management refers to the selective logging practices for the production of timber in natural forest ecosystems. The study conside...