The paper presents a modified version of Path Formulation for an Area Restriction Model (ARM). The operational research tool automatically constructs suitable buffers among forest unit boundaries to optimise harvesting scheduling in case of management constraints (i.e. maximum adjacent harvested area, green-up age, minimum level of net present value – NPV – to be obtained in different periods etc.)

Cocoa production has increased in Cameroon since the 2000s, supported by policies to enhance productivity, yields, farmer incomes and state revenues. Other policies incentivize zero-deforestation production and forest protection. However cocoa farming practices cause deforestation and degradation. Scientific evidence of practice-policy interactions is lacking. Given this context we identified perceptions

Fuels treatments intended to reduce fuel loads and improve forest health on public lands offer one way to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where the natural and built environments meet. However, for fuels treatment implementation to be successful, it must comply with regulatory and scientific standards and be supported by local communities, as lack of acceptance can lead

Numerous studies have examined the preferred approaches of various actors in Germany regarding the management of degraded forests and forestry under climate change. These studies often portray forestry and nature conservation as opposing perspectives. This paper analyzes the positions of actors from both groups on current forest dieback in Germany by evaluating information on their websites. Using

Forest restitution involves returning forest land to its rightful owners or their heirs, often following nationalisation or expropriation. While previous studies have evaluated the effectiveness of policies and governance mechanisms related to forest restitution in Southeastern Europe, there is limited research on how changes in ownership affect the governance and management of such returned properties

Inclement weather conditions are threatening human health and life in many parts of the world. In particular heat and cold are dangerous working conditions for outdoor work and thus objects of forest work science. Corresponding research has been done, but to a limited extent. An exacerbation of the weather-related threats has been observed, as part of the climate crisis. What does this mean for activities

Forests are vital carbon sinks, playing a key role in combating climate change by absorbing nearly one-third of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. In Finland, forests cover 75 % of the country's land area. However, there is currently no policy in place to encourage increased carbon sequestration on privately-owned forestland. This study aims to explore forest owners' preferences for results-based

Like many African countries, balancing conservation goals with the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities remains a persistent challenge in Ghana's Bia Biosphere Reserve (BBR). Usually, conservation policies sideline local knowledge, creating tensions between ecological preservation and economic survival. This study examines how integrating local perspectives into forest governance can bridge

Forests and environmental areas remain important sources of rural livelihoods in many parts of the world. As economies industrialise and forest is lost, households typically transition towards increasingly commercial livelihoods. Consequently, the relative importance of forests and environmental products tends to decrease. This paper compares rural and environmental incomes on both sides of the national

Despite the critical role of forests in sustaining livelihoods, knowledge gaps remain regarding the food security of forest-dependent communities. Existing research predominantly emphasizes forest-based livelihoods and agricultural activities for income and subsistence, often neglecting the broader spectrum of livelihood strategies adopted by these communities. This study investigates the relationship

Deliberation – the process of group discussion and consideration – has been increasingly integrated to valuation of ecosystem services. In an online stated preference survey on the Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve in the Southwestern China, we assessed participants' willingness to pay (WTP) for cultural services (non-material benefits gained through interacting with nature, including its ecological

Stopping tropical deforestation is required to achieve climate change adaptation, conserve biodiversity and preserve forest livelihoods and cultures across the globe. We evaluate the causal impact of crop and livestock production subsidies (PROCAMPO and PROGAN) on deforestation in the state of Campeche, Mexico, with the highest national rate of forest cover loss. A quasi-experimental design was applied

State preferential forest property tax programs (PFPTP) are commonly used to incentivize landowners to keep their land in a forested condition. For those PFPTPs that offer multiple enrollment periods, an important decision landowners face is the length of time they commit their land to the program, especially if the program's financial benefits are linked to the length of time enrolled. This study

Social sustainability aims to enhance societal wealth, and the forest-based bioeconomy contributes to this goal by leveraging forests and wood to create products and services. Recently, the forest-based bioeconomy has been critically examined through a social sustainability lens, emphasizing its evolving nature and the engagement of local communities. This study used a narrative literature review with

Cross-Timbers (CT) forests, located in a transition ecoregion between eastern forests and western grasslands of the southern Great Plains of the United States, provide numerous ecosystem services to the residents of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. Growing climate variability, decades of fire suppression, woody plant encroachment, anthropogenic activities, and notable lack of active management have altered

The chemical industry is one of the largest consumers of fossil raw materials in the European Union (EU). Phasing out the use of fossil carbon both for energetic and material use (decarbonization/defossilization) requires the introduction of alternative processes and systems of production and consumption. One strategy that brings forward the defossilization of the chemistry sector is the use of biomass

Tree and forest biosecurity policies and practices are evolving in response to changing and growing threats. While much research is reflected in the literature on solving the problem(s) of biosecurity, less has been written about how the problem is represented. We analysed how the problem of tree and forest biosecurity is represented by researchers, quarantine and government officials in Southeast

The natural resource utilization behavior of rural households adjacent to nature reserves (NRs) critically determines the success of biodiversity conservation efforts. However, the enduring impacts of households' early experiences with NR establishment—particularly exposure to abrupt “fortress conservation” policies—on their subsequent resource use, and how these effects vary across generations based

Previous studies show that the optimal rotation period would be infinitely long when carbon price is sufficiently high, indicating that forest preservation could serve as an optimal strategy for mitigating global warming. This paper examines the impact of the substitution effect of harvested wood products (HWP) and the risk of natural disturbances on the optimality of infinitely long rotation period

This paper proposes a wood-based panel futures price prediction method incorporating supply chain features, aiming to improve prediction accuracy and explore price formation mechanisms. The model constructs a multi-dimensional feature system by integrating upstream material price indices including timber, chemical raw materials, and energy, as well as downstream indicators such as the construction

The importance of forests for the provision of ecosystem services is uncontested. Monitoring these services' availability is a key process to discuss sustainability, planning and management measures and provide information for decision-making at different policy levels. Particularly forests close to or in urban areas are predominately intensively used by various stakeholder groups, who benefit from

Public attitudes play a critical role in the successful implementation of national policies. However, there is a scarcity of systematic research presenting the Chinese public's sentiments regarding the “substituting plastic with bamboo” policy. With the increasing use of social media platforms for expressing views on policies, this research employs web crawler technology to collect public data from

Cocoa production in Ghana remains a vital source of rural livelihoods but is also a major driver of tropical deforestation. This study explored cocoa farmers' perceptions of how livelihood interventions under the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+11Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, plus the Sustainable Management of Forests, Conservation, and Enhancement of Forest Carbon Stocks in

Incorporating stakeholders' forest values, a key to Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), requires an understanding of stakeholders' beliefs and values and their relationships to pro-SFM behavior. In a cross-cultural context, it is essential to understand cultural differences in these attributes and relationships, and use culture-sensitive data elicitation and interpretation methods. We proposed a pro-SFM

Thirty years ago, the state of Bavaria initiated a discussion on the reform of private forestry advice, which was influenced by privatization tendencies and the discourse on timber mobilization. This discourse led to the 2005 forestry reform, which established and financially strengthened forestry management cooperatives (FMCs) with the aim of mobilizing timber from private forests and establishing

The market share of forest wellness tourism is relatively low, and there is an urgent need to formulate effective promotion strategies. However, there is a lack of research on the effectiveness of diffusion incentive policies tailored to the characteristics of forest wellness tourism products. Moreover, the interdependent decision-making process among consumers adds complexity to policy evaluation

This study assesses the impact of the adoption of the log export ban (LEB) on the employment of 1739 wood processing firms surveyed between 2006 and 2018 and located in 74 developing countries. Using the entropy balancing approach, our results suggest that LEB policy adoption significantly increases total employment in firms located in adopter countries compared to those in non-adopter countries. In

The extensive literature highlights the link between protected area conservation and livelihoods. However, theoretical evidence on actor constellations and their interests in the pursuit of conservation and livelihood goals remains nuanced. Using the Actor Centered Power (ACP) lens, we contribute to provide clarity around the Campo Ma'an Landscape of Cameroon by: (1) exploring the interests of diverse

The transition to sustainable circular bioeconomy calls for new innovations to replace environmentally harmful fossil-based products and materials. This is especially true for the fast-growing textile industry. Novel wood-based textile innovations could play a key role in the sustainability transition of the sector; however, they need to be diffused effectively throughout society in order to achieve

Literature on Payments for Ecosystem Services Programs in developing countries is focused on the underlying assumption of a rational economic agent, and useful concepts from social-psychological models are ignored. The existing literature also lacks studies on indigenous communities and the differences in poor and non-poor people's participation. We proposed a Random Utility Model that integrates some

Forests are often a battleground between officials and local people. Management of national parks (NPs) in Vietnam demonstrates this struggle well. Based on the Actor-Centered Power (ACP) concept, this study uses power mechanisms, namely coercion, incentives, and information to illustrate how park administration expanded its control of local people and forest resources. Establishing NPs in northern

This paper develops an economic decision model to identify areas of economic opportunity for woodland expansion on land currently used for livestock farming in Scotland, assessing its potential contribution to achieving net-zero targets. Using high-resolution data, the model accounts for spatial variability in soil carbon stocks, timber yield classes, livestock stocking rates, and the projected impact

Unilateral value chain policies have recently emerged as a key strategy of international land use governance. They're part of a broader trend towards trade-based environmental policies, from corporate due diligence to sustainability certification and trade moratoria, that has been critiqued for reinforcing inequities in global trade. Such critique has been heightened by the current rise of unilateralism

In this study, an optimal control model is developed to simultaneously determine the optimal thinning paths and harvest ages for Douglas-fir stands in the U.S Pacific Northwest, considering various thinning strategies, stochastic timber prices, and productivity conditions. The analysis generally indicates that a maximum of two thinnings is optimal for Douglas-fir across all productivity levels and

International climate finance (ICF) is a critical mechanism for reducing deforestation and supporting global climate cooperation, yet its effectiveness is often questioned on account of scale and implementation challenges. This paper addresses the question whether ICF, implemented through Official Development Assistance (ODA), is catalysing policy adoption in the land use, land use change, and forestry

The Swedish labour market is relatively gender segregated and the forest sector is no exception, with a dominance of men among forest owners, users and employees. Gender segregation affects working conditions and constitutes a significant obstacle to gender equality. Within the forest sector, awareness and efforts linked to gender equality have increased over the last decade through e.g., the sector's

Protecting watersheds and conserving life in terrestrial ecosystems is associated with the presence of native forests. Forest conservation is an urgent environmental objective that promotes countries' sustainable development. This study empirically examines the impact of agricultural employment, Gross Domestic Product per capita, the informal economy, and institutional quality on forest cover in Ecuador

Electricity fluctuations and deforestation in tropical forests and developing countries are significant threats to the environment and climate change, influencing forest, land degradation, and biodiversity loss. The inconsistent energy supply such as electricity forces industries and households to rely heavily on expensive and polluting alternatives, especially in rural areas, further straining economic

The evolving market's demand for forest science professionals with dynamic skills and interdisciplinary knowledge calls for an urgent and renewed look at forest science education methods to produce professionals ready to tackle ‘real world’ challenges and climate change issues. Integrating problem-based learning (PBL) in forest science education offers a promising avenue to align the current demand

Shifting from a coercive to a collaborative approach that engenders equity in processes and outcomes from forest management remains an aspiration in forest governance in many countries. Whereas several studies have analyzed how national policy changes and international developments collectively influence this change, the nature of the subjects created by the transition remains an open question. Drawing

When analyzing management behaviors of small-scale private forest owners, demographic variables such as income, age, or profession, and land characteristics such as forest holding size often emerge as important drivers. However, gender is frequently used in targeted outreach, even though the other variables regularly show higher predictive power. To shed light on this discussion, we examined the influences

Community forestry has evolved from devolved forest management to the valorisation of forest resources for community development. Community forest enterprises (CFEs) now apply business approaches to enhance economic, social, and environmental outcomes. However, limited research has evaluated CFE performance in tropical countries across these dimensions. This paper proposes a contextualized multi-dimensional

The health benefits of urban forests have been extensively explored with participants walking or viewing them, while this topic has rarely been investigated with participants driving. Additionally, research in this area has rarely explored the specific context of highway roadside urban forest. Simulated driving was employed to study the impact of six highway roadside landscapes on drivers' perceived

Mangrove degradation is common in many (sub)tropical coastal areas, driven by anthropogenic activities such as overharvesting of natural resources. Additional pressures, such as increasing population, and sea level rise associated with climate change, are affecting the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem in Bangladesh. The protection and restoration of the Sundarbans is important to maintain social-ecological

The use of brown, recyclable wood resources has significant importance in a country like Canada, given their abundant availability. Nevertheless, the conveyance of these timber resources to wood recycling facilities offers many economic and environmental benefits to pertinent entities. One potential drawback is that the forest ecosystem could endure substantial harm and ultimately disappear if every

In this study, we investigate variation in the priorities for the chestnut tree held by stakeholders across Türkiye in order to highlight the importance of unsiloed research and policy in the study area and beyond. We designed our study to evaluate the operating hypothesis of state agencies who manage the tree in sharp regional contrast, with the western provinces managed overwhelmingly for horticulture

This paper proposes a novel Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach to assess the efficiency of forests in providing three key ecosystem services: timber production, water yield, and carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is modeled as a carryover (along with plot age), while timber production and water yield are considered as outputs. Given that the inputs considered (e.g. annual precipitation

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to prevent deforestation-linked products from entering the EU market. This study assesses the potential impacts of the EUDR on global forest product markets using the FOrest Resource Outlook Model (FOROM), a partial equilibrium model of the global forest sector. We simulate two scenarios: the baseline EUDR, focused on commodity-driven deforestation

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining at the forest-farm nexus remains a contentious issue due to the diversity of actors and competing interests surrounding it. Using the actor-centered power (ACP) approach, it has been theorized that actors leverage power resources, combining coercion, (dis-)incentives, and dominant information, to influence less powerful actors to act against their preferred interests

Maple syrup has been produced in the United States for centuries. This production has been predominantly in the northeast states. Recent studies indicate promising maple syrup potential beyond the traditional boundaries. This study assesses the economic impacts of potential maple syrup production in Kentucky. Using the input-output analytical framework, likely producer price is considered at three

This report analyzes the perspectives of professional and volunteer firefighters who were directly involved in combating extreme wildfire events during Portugal's 2017 fire season. The data were collected through two open-ended questions in a web-based survey, focusing on: i) lessons learned and ii) proposals for improving wildfire suppression management. Responses were qualitatively examined, with

The implementation of effective forest governance is of paramount importance for the expansion of forest areas. In this study, we employ a panel dataset comprising 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China from 1999 to 2021, utilising text-mining techniques and a fixed-effects model, to examine the relationship between forest cover and policy instruments. Furthermore, we conduct

Restoring tree cover to meet international commitments requires context-sensitive approaches, such as agroforestry in rural landscapes, that address local concerns and motivations. This study investigates farmers' attitudes and aspirations for tree-cover restoration in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania, using a novel combination of participatory future farm scenarios and sentiment analysis. Unlike traditional

Trade fuels economic development in interwoven international wood markets, while economic shocks and structural changes jolt market response behavior. In this context, both accurate predictions and forecasts of trade flows and a deep understanding of their influencing factors are essential for policymakers and stakeholders to enhance economic planning and decision-making affecting trade policies. A

Including both explicit and opportunity costs in valuing ecosystem services offers a comprehensive economic assessment, but practical applications often focus on explicit costs alone. This study examines the evolution of spatial targets and supply dynamics for forest carbon in the Central and Southern Appalachian Region, transitioning from a solely explicit-cost approach to one incorporating weighted

This paper estimates the impacts of insect damage on private timberland values in the Southeastern U.S. using a large, pooled cross-section of parcel-level timberland transaction price data and county-level insect damage data. Our econometric analysis indicates that a 1000 acre increase in a county's average insect damage acreage reduces timberland prices by approximately 1 %. Using a variety of approaches

In recent years, many actors in Germany claimed in debates how forests should be treated in future, e.g. by stating own positions, providing information, and offering participative actions like tree planting events or educational programs. However, also conflicting views and beliefs of different forest actor groups have become apparent in their communication, leading to e.g. fierce debates in TV and