[HTML][HTML] Growing stock monitoring by European National Forest Inventories: Historical origins, current methods and harmonisation

T Gschwantner, I Alberdi, S Bauwens, S Bender… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wood resources have been essential for human welfare throughout history. Also nowadays,
the volume of growing stock (GS) is considered one of the most important forest attributes …

Functionalized wood as bio-based advanced materials: Properties, applications, and challenges

RF Beims, R Arredondo, DJS Carrero, Z Yuan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to millions of years of natural evolution, wood has a unique structure that has inspired
many researchers to use it as a template to create bio-based advanced materials for various …

Harmonised statistics and maps of forest biomass and increment in Europe

V Avitabile, R Pilli, M Migliavacca, G Duveiller, A Camia… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Forest biomass is an essential resource in relation to the green transition and its assessment
is key for the sustainable management of forest resources. Here, we present a forest …

[HTML][HTML] Deep neural networks with transfer learning for forest variable estimation using sentinel-2 imagery in boreal forest

H Astola, L Seitsonen, E Halme, M Molinier… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Estimation of forest structural variables is essential to provide relevant insights for public and
private stakeholders in forestry and environmental sectors. Airborne light detection and …

Exploring climate-smart forestry in Mediterranean forests through an innovative composite climate-smart index

D Alfieri, R Tognetti, G Santopuoli - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) has emerged as an innovative
approach to sustainable forest management, aiming to enhance forest resilience and to …

How much wood can we expect from European forests in the near future?

BJW Lerink, MJ Schelhaas, R Schreiber… - … Journal of Forest …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The demand for wood in Europe is expected to increase in the coming decades. However,
any theoretical maximum supply will be affected by sustainability constraints, the motivations …

The timber footprint of German bioeconomy scenarios compared to the planetary boundaries for sustainable roundwood supply

V Egenolf, M Distelkamp, C Morland… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Assessments of the past development of the German timber footprint of consumption have
shown that a) the security of supply of roundwood from own territory was guaranteed in the …

[HTML][HTML] Improved large-area forest increment information in Europe through harmonisation of National Forest Inventories

T Gschwantner, T Riedel, L Henning, P Adame… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Consistent knowledge about the increment in European forests gained amplified importance
in European policies and decision processes related to forest-based bioeconomy, carbon …

EU wood production vs. biodiversity goals–possible reconciliation in Finland?

M Räty, A Juutinen, KT Korhonen… - … Journal of Forest …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
According to protection targets of EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, 30% of EU's land and sea
area should be legally protected by 2030. While the actual targets and even terms are still to …

Volume, increment, and aboveground biomass data series and biomass conversion and expansion factors for the main forest types of EU Member States

R Pilli, VNB Blujdea, P Rougieux, G Grassi… - Annals of Forest …, 2024 - Springer
Key message This collection reports the standing stock volume, increment, aboveground
biomass, and biomass conversion and expansion factors attributed to 222 forest types and …