Plantation forests are increasing rapidly in the world in order to alleviate deforestation and
degradation of natural forests, along with providing various goods and services. While …

Mushrooms, berries and other Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) are an important part of
forest recreation, rural income and of cultural heritage. Due to poor data on their collection …

Fire occurrence, which results from the presence of an ignition source and the conditions for
a fire to spread, is an essential component of fire risk assessment. In this paper, we present …

Policies on economic use of natural resources require considerations to social and cultural
values. In order to make those concrete in a planning context, this paper aims to interpret …

Assessments of land-system change have dominantly focused on conversions among broad
land-use categories, whereas intensity changes within these categories have received less …

There has been considerable interest in the recent literature regarding the assessment of
post-fire effects on forested areas within the North American boreal forest. Assessing the …

Abstract Since 2003 the MCPFE-Forest Europe process has adopted a set of Pan-European
Indicators that has become a policy instrument to monitor, evaluate and report progress …

Portugal relies to a very large extent on imports to meet its energy needs. The predominant
energy source is oil, which comes in its entirety from other countries. Renewables now are …

Aim of study: We aim at (i) develo** a reference definition of mixed forests in order to
harmonize comparative research in mixed forests and (ii) briefly review the research …

This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-
intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen …