According to FAO, year 2014 was very successful in global production of all major wood products. Since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, all major forest products exceeded levels seen prior to economic crisis.
Category: International Forestry
Can we increase biodiversity with logging?
The objective of the SelPiBio Life+ project is to demonstrate how an innovative silvicultural treatment in Pinus nigra increases the degree of the biodiversity at the level of the soil environment (fungi, bacteria, flora, mesofauna, nematodes).Continue reading
Degradation of REDD – PART II
The second part of the interview with professor Ole Hofstad from NMBU is focused on, inter alia, deforestation, forest degradation, carbon sequestration and illegal logging in REDD countries. If you have not read the first part of theContinue reading
Global warming is due to sun’s radiation – NOT carbon emissions!
Physicist Ned Nikolov and retired meteorologist Karl Zeller developed a mathematical model that accurately predicts the surface temperature of rocky planets such as Mars, Venus or Moon. Scientists claim that model works also for Earth.Continue reading
Degradation of REDD – interview with prof. O.Hofstad
In this post, I interviewed prof. Ole Hofstad from Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). We discuss issues such as degradation of REDD Program, hopes for its future or illegal logging issues. The interview will be publishedContinue reading
Does EU destroy forests in Southeast U.S?
The European Commission proposal is to maintain the EU’s position as a world leader in renewable energy and the EU has declared it would use wood from sustainable sources only. Fast growing conditions, abundant forestContinue reading
Greatest challenges for forest robots
Automation is imminent. More and more daily tasks are being conducted by machines/computers in many disciplines where a certain autonomy is being allowed to the machine, yet still in many cases hampered by regulations. ReadContinue reading
Fight illegal timber production, not consumption!
Would it be better to eliminate illegal timber consumption or production? Which one is better for the whole forest sector? Researchers from China tried to answer these questions in their recently published article. Check what theyContinue reading
RE(D)D is BAD!
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
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