My view about the UN-REDD is very straightforward: it simply does not work and will never do, as it is based on wrong premises. I mean here that it will never realize targets included inContinue reading
Author: Rafał Chudy
Footballer by passion, forest analyst by the rest of the time. The idea of this blog idea was born in my head a long time ago but never had time for its realization. As my theoretical and practical knowledge in forestry and forest analytics has been significantly growing since I emigrated from Poland, I have decided to share it with people who are interested in efficient management of all kind of resources related to forestry. I would like to discuss here different tools, solutions and managerial systems in different places around the world. Definitely, this blog is for people who are open-minded and not always politically correct. I will tell things as they are, but also how they should look like in my opinion. My personal intention is to keep texts short and focus more on the discussion. Therefore, prepare your valid and well-reasoned opinions (constructive criticism only) and enjoy being a part of forestry community!
What can tree rings tell us about Earth’s past?
This month, scientists from University of Oxford published extra-ordinary finding. They have identified a new way of putting accurate dates to great events of prehistory. This new way is called astrochronology and, in this case,Continue reading
Express planting in Finland
Recently in Scandinavia countries, it has become very popular to use tree-planting machines. Manual planting is still the most common way, but recent improvements in technology may change this situation dramatically in coming future. Let’sContinue reading
Women Live Longer When Surrounded By Nature
Scientists from the United States examined the association between residential greenness and mortality. The results were amazing. They found that women who were living up to 250 meters next to the nature, had a 12%Continue reading
Housing market has improved in the U.S.
The Virginia Tech–U.S. Forest Service reported recently that housing has improved in the United States, in June 2016. However, most sectors of the housing market remain well less than their respective historical averages.
To Feed or not to Feed -that is the question
In many countries, feeding wild ungulates is a common practice. The question arises: do we understand completely a supplementary feeding of ungulates in the forest? It seems that this practice is more complex than oneContinue reading
How to make better decisions in the forest sector?
Researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) explored the possibilities of introducing risk into forest sector models (FSM). They have found a step-wise procedure, which has one main goal: help decision makers toContinue reading
Coming back to the roots – forest graveyard as a business
For Polish version – Click here! Powrót do korzeni – cmentarz jako biznes. This year in March, I was able to visit very interesting and inspiring place. I saw first time in my life aContinue reading
Failure of the EU Timber Regulation
Recently, I have found an interesting article, in which Vladislav Vejnovic is analyzing why the EU Timber Regulation is still ineffective after 3 years since its implementation.
High log prices in New Zealand
Despite diminishing demand from China, log prices in New Zealand are expected to remain high in the rest of 2016. This phenomenon is quite surprising as it is against market rules. Nevertheless, there are otherContinue reading