The Global Forest Sector

The Global Forest Sector
Author: Eric Hansen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1439879281

Changes in production, demand, supply, and trade patterns; the impact of green building and bioenergy on industry practices and policy infrastructure; and new economies with production advantages and large consumption bases all present challenges and opportunities in the forest sector. With contributions from leading experts in academia and profess

European Forest Sector Outlook Study 1960-2000-2020

European Forest Sector Outlook Study 1960-2000-2020
Author: United Nations. FAO/ECE Trade Development and Timber Division. Timber Branch
Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2005
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789211169218

This study, prepared jointly by FAO and UNECE, sets out data on long term trends and projections for future developments in the forestry sector for 38 countries in western and eastern Europe (including the three Baltic states and four major CIS countries including Russia) covering the years 1960 to 2020. It is based on scientific analysis and covers forest resources, and the production, trade and consumption of roundwood, sawnwood, panels, pulp and paper; as well as the outlook for non-wood products and forest services. It also examines the links with other sectoral policies, such as energy, environmental, trade and rural development policies, and sets out a number of policy conclusions and recommendations.

Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change

Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change
Author: Miguel Montoro Girona
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 859
Release: 2023-03-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031159888

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the second-largest terrestrial biome on Earth and covers a 14 million km2 belt, representing about 25% of the Earth’s forest area. Two-thirds of this forest biome is managed and supplies 37% of global wood production. These forests also provide a range of natural resources and ecosystem services essential to humanity. However, climate change is altering species distributions, natural disturbance regimes, and forest ecosystem structure and functioning. Although sustainable management is the main goal across the boreal biome, a novel framework is required to adapt forest strategies and practices to climate change. This collaborative effort draws upon 148 authors in summarizing the sustainable management of these forests and detailing the most recent experimental and observational results collected from across the boreal biome. It presents the state of sustainable management in boreal forests and highlights the critical importance of this biome in a context of global change because of these forests' key role in a range of natural processes, including carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, and the maintaining of biodiversity. This book is an essential read for academics, students, and practitioners involved in boreal forest management. It outlines the challenges facing sustainable boreal forest management within the context of climate change and serves as a basis for establishing new research avenues, identifying future research trends, and developing climate-adapted forest management plans.

The Soviet Union and Global Environmental Change

The Soviet Union and Global Environmental Change
Author: Jonathan D. Oldfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000393348

This book argues that the Soviet Union was a highly influential actor in furthering understandings of society-nature interaction on the international stage and played a key role in helping to shape, conceptualize and assess the relationship between humankind and the Earth system. It considers how humankind’s capacity to affect physical and biological systems at a global scale was acknowledged and studied by Soviet scientists, discusses how the interaction between Soviet and Western scientists stimulated the development of new technologies and insights, which simultaneously facilitated a more profound understanding of the Earth’s physical and biological systems, and explores how Soviet scientists drew upon pre-revolutionary intellectual traditions in order to make sense of society-nature interaction and did so in collaboration with a range of international initiatives. Overall, the book provides a deep analysis of how Soviet scientists conceptualized society-nature interaction and influenced the understanding of global physical and biological systems. Furthermore, it is argued that this intellectual legacy remains of importance today with respect to the activities of Russian science and contemporary global environmental challenges.

Rethinking Forest Concessions

Rethinking Forest Concessions
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2018-05-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9251305323

This report forms part of a review aimed at providing advice on improving forest concession systems in tropical forests. The review was carried out by FAO in cooperation with the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Brazilian Forest Service, the Center for International Forestry Research and Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement. The report is based on three regional reports produced by consultants, discussions at an expert meeting in Rome in November 2015, and a literature review

Industrial Heat Pump-Assisted Wood Drying

Industrial Heat Pump-Assisted Wood Drying
Author: Vasile Minea
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1079
Release: 2018-08-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429874057

This book discusses conventional as well as unconventional wood drying technologies. It covers fundamental thermophysical and energetic aspects and integrates two complex thermodynamic systems, conventional kilns and heat pumps, aimed at improving the energy performance of dryers and the final quality of dried lumber. It discusses advanced components, kiln energy requirements, modeling, and software and emphasizes dryer/heat pump optimum coupling, control, and energy efficiency. Problems are included in most chapters as practical, numerical examples for process and system/components calculation and design. The book presents promising advancements and R&D challenges and future requirements.

Turn Down the Heat

Turn Down the Heat
Author: World Bank Publications
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 1464804370

A Report for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Analytics.