Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean. Recently, researchers from the United Kingdom discovered fossilized tropical forest. Forest is around 380 million years old, and comes from the times when Svalbard was nearContinue 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!
Record for most trees planted in a single day beaten
Last record belonged to Pakistan, where 847 275 trees were planted in a single day. It happened in 2013. Three years later, on July 11th 2016, this record has been literally smashed by a factor of 60.Continue reading
How trees chat to each other every day?
Hidden under your feet is an information superhighway that allows trees to communicate and help each other out. Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard and her colleagues at the University of British Columbia have made an interesting discovery: treesContinue reading
50,000 years old forest discovered under water
Near the coast of Alabama, scuba divers discovered a primeval underwater forest. The cypress forest was protected in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50 thousands years. Most likely, the forest was uncovered from oceanContinue reading
Faustmann formula discovered before Faustmann
Nowadays, foresters cannot imagine timber valuation without the Faustmann formula. But, did Faustmann discover it really as the first one? Researcher from Natural Resources Institute in Finland found that not, as the valuation of forestsContinue reading
Private owner shows how to conserve nature
Recently, I have found an interesting story about an American Mr. M.C. Davis who spent over $90 million to buy 54 thousand acres (ca. 22 thousands hectares) property in the southeastern U.S in order toContinue reading
300-Million-Year Old Forest preserved like Pompeii
Have you imagined how the forest 300 million years ago looked like? Scientists from USA and China found an old forest buried intact under a coal mine near Wuda, in Inner Mongolia, China. The ancient forest is almostContinue reading
New manager of the Hoffmann Forest
A controversial saga about selling the Hoffmann Forest by North Carolina State University, that began more than three years ago, is almost over. Last Friday, N.C. State University officials announced that they had reached an agreement withContinue reading
Problem of the illegal logging finally solved! Norway takes a bad way!
Problem related to the illegal logging is repeated continuously in mass media, but honestly, it looks that nobody wants to solve this problem forever. After I read article about Norway as a first country inContinue reading
Brexit will not harm forests in Europe
The Brexit is just around the corner and it seems to me that arguments from forest experts against Brexit have no much support in reality. I would say even more, what looks good to meContinue reading