Biodiversity is being lost at alarming rates in spite of efforts to conserve ecosystems, species
and genetic diversity. There is broad consensus that biodiversity conservation needs to …

Planted forests of Sitka spruce, a non-native species from north-west America, are the major
forest type in Great Britain and Ireland. Standard management involves even-aged stands …

New methods for sustainable forest management are being introduced in Ireland and other
countries worldwide. These require different approaches to thinnings. This study explored …

For the first time, an economic analysis of a fully simulated forest transformation process
from even-aged to uneven-aged stand structure using natural regeneration was performed …

Europe has been dominated by cultural landscape and rather intensively managed forests. It
is thus no surprise that the ongoing global biodiversity crisis as well as the consequences of …

While uneven-aged silviculture may appear preferable to even-aged silviculture in terms of
stand susceptibility to windthrow (major wind damage), the scientific evidence is equivocal …

The forests of Great Britain (GB) are an important resource, which are under threat from
climate change and exotic pests and diseases. The forest sector has been proactive in …

Definitions and Terminology: What Is Continuous Cover Forestry in Fennoscandia? Page 20
11© The Author (s) 2025 P. Rautio et al.(eds.), Continuous Cover Forestry in Boreal Nordic …

Interest is growing in Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) as a management approach among
private forest owners in Ireland. Developments in forest policy are directed at promoting CCF …

This paper provides a brief overview of the Arboricultural Journal from its inception in 1965
until 2015, with comments on some of the main topics, and thoughts on the development of …