Can forests be legal entities?
Tweet It seems obvious to most of us that specific species, animals, and plants, are protected by special laws and regulations. However, it is getting less natural when we talk about rivers, forests...
View ArticleCosta Rica: First Central American satellite to monitor forest growth
Tweet The Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) and the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) successfully launched the first CubeSat technology satellite to daily monitor...
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First Aerial Ignited Prescribed Fire in Europe
Tweet Note: The articles on this blog make no claim to completeness and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the European Forest Institute. May 2018 I am happy to share some great news with...
View ArticleDeforestation impact on local temperature
Tweet Researchers at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (ETH) in Switzerland and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany recently published their work on deforestation...
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How can we measure forest resilience? Report from a workshop in Bonn
Tweet What does resilience mean to you? Is it the ability to endure stress and still be able to perform? Or the capacity to recover after a catastrophe? Either answer could be right, as the definition...
View ArticleIntroduction to oFOREST
Tweet The project oFOREST, funded by the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Switzerland aims at identifying and reviewing relevant examples of integrated forest management providing an overview...
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Forest Trends in Denmark – Interview with Mogens Krog
Tweet How does the Danish Nature Agency address the trend of rewilding? What are the plans to transition managed forests into forest biodiversity reserves in Denmark – and what are the expected...
View ArticleEcoclimate teleconnections: the globalization of plants
Tweet You thought that humans were the only species that can affect areas far away from where they live? Think again. The forests in India might be the culprits of the rainy days you are having in...
View ArticleUncovering the hidden potential – how European forests can be adapted to...
Tweet The European forest sector phases numerous demands and challenges, and the need to mitigate and adapt to climate change might just be the biggest one of them. The issue is well acknowledged in...
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Resilience: the ball-and-cup metaphor
Tweet Voices of Resilience introduces Rupert Seidl, Professor of forest ecosystem management and Deputy Head of the Institute of Silviculture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences...
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Forest landscapes as functional networks: Novel approaches to manage for...
Tweet Article by Marco Mina Some time ago we discussed how viewing and analyzing forest landscapes as functional complex networks could be a promising approach to increase ecological resilience to...
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Forest landscapes as functional networks: Novel approaches to manage for...
Tweet Article by Marco Mina Some time ago we discussed how viewing and analyzing forest landscapes as functional complex networks could be a promising approach to increase ecological resilience to...
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Sustainable Finance: How does it link to forests?
Tweet Key narratives on how to harness finance for forests While “cash is king” and “money talks”, the importance of the financial sector for forests has often been overlooked in the past despite...
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What does social media engagement around the Amazon rainforest fires tell us...
Tweet During the months of August and September 2019, the Amazon rainforest fires captured global attention. Celebrities, politicians and other public figures spoke up and shared their voices and...
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New policy brief: How agricultural commodity trader responses can influence...
Tweet Have you ever thought about how the consumption of some of our favourite products can be linked to deforestation? Or how political decisions and policies can influence such linkages? The EU...
View ArticleWhat if digital art and augmented reality could bring us closer to the forests?
Tweet by Beatrice Bellavia Can you evoke the typical scent of a forest? Close your eyes and imagine walking down a path of needles, that is all it takes. But did you know that trees are not only...
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