This is the fourth report on functional zoning and the triad model of forest management based on interviews with experts in the field. My previous interviews with Dr. Bob Seymour and Dr. Clark Binkley focused onContinue reading
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Functional Zoning: An interview with Dr. Clark Binkley
This article is the second of a series, based on interviews with some of the most prominent researchers who have dedicated part of their careers to the question of how the forests landscape should beContinue reading
Why should foresters recognize trees species? How to develop this skill?
Remember studying all these lab taxonomy classes, Being overwhelmed with all theses long Latin names and confusing etymology? Asking yourself am I ever going to use this in my life? How to use this thickContinue reading
Professional Insight: An Interview with Professor Frederick Cubbage of North Carolina State University
An international group of researchers estimated timber investment returns for 22 countries and 54 species/management regimes. Returns were estimated for the principal plantation countries in the Americas—Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Mexico, andContinue reading
Low prices for wood
The European Sawlog Price Index reached its lowest level in six years in the 3Q/16 because of lower lumber demand and reduced prices in both domestic and export markets, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly DecliningContinue reading
Forest that stopped desert
The Saihanba Forest Farm was established in 1962, in order to block the southward movement of Hunshandak Sandland. After over 40-year effort, this green ecological barrier, in a significant way, helped to conserve water sourceContinue reading