During the 2017 Timberland Investment Conference, I interviewed Mr. Bob Izlar, the Director of University of Georgia (UGA) Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business. Mr. Izlar tell us more about Forest Business Program atContinue 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!
Do you know what is the oldest and rarest tree in the world? You never find out!
Few weeks ago, one of our readers has sent us an interesting mail, where he described his recent discovery about Wollemi Pine- the oldest and rarest tree in the world. Instead of looking for such aContinue reading
Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?
Title of this post comes directly from recently published research paper. The international team of specialists has recently provided an overview of forest productivity changes in different forest regions in Europe under climate change, and tried to divide theseContinue reading
JOB ALERT: PhD position about natural regeneration and management of birch
The seed ecology and regeneration management of the two native birch species, silver birch (Betula pendula) and downy birch (Betula pubescens) in Fennoscandia has been quite thoroughly investigated through decades of forestry research. Now, theContinue reading
Forest attrition distance reveals: deforestation was considerably higher in the western U.S.
The U.S. forests have been affected by dramatic land cover change over the past few centuries. In a paper published in PLoS One one month ago, Dr. Mountrakis and Sheng Yang, a graduate student, tried slicingContinue reading
JOB ALERT: Postdoc in Benchmarking for improving efficiency in forestry operations
Postdoc in Benchmarking for improving efficiency in forestry operations at the Department of Food and Resource Economics Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen. Interested? Apply then!
JOB ALERT: European Region Development Officer at FSC
Would you like to work at FSC as the European Region Development Officer, who will support the European Regional Director with a variety of tasks including research, analysis, project management and administration. Then, this jobContinue reading
2017 Timberland Investment Conference
Last week, I had a pleasure to participate in 2017 Timberland Investment Conference, organized by Harley Langdale Jr. Center for Forest Business (University of Georgia). If you are interested in forest business, this post isContinue reading
Two PhD positions in forest ecology at the Czech University of Life Science
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague is seeking two highly motivated Ph.D. researchers to join their team within the Forest Dynamics Lab of the Department of Forest Ecology in the Czech Republic. Their current research isContinue reading
The Amazon rainforest lost its virginity millenia ago
Recently, drones have become very helpful in forest practices. This time, drones not only helped scientists to discover a new ‘Stonhenge’ in the Amazonian rainforest, but helped also to understand the forestry practices of prehistoric settlersContinue reading