Through the commodification of nature, the framing of the environment as a ‘natural resource’ or ‘ecosystem service’ has become increasingly prominent in international environmental governance. The economic capture approach is promoted by international organizations such as the United Nations Environmental …

Recently, the Inverness, Ross and Skye forest district has had multiple occasions of wind damage in their forests. Because these were unpredicted and costly events, the model used to predict wind damage, ForestGALES, was analysed. Both input and output of the model were closely examined to discover why …

This management plan is written for the STEMA Bible school. The School wants to be self-sufficient regarding their vegetables and crops by increasing the yield of their community forest. The school is located on Ambon which is an island of the Moluccas archipelago in Indonesia. The community forest, …

In this research different reforestation techniques are investigated in relation to its effectiveness in restoring the natural forest ecosystem. The location where the research is conducted is the Peruvian region Madre de Dios, which is on the Amazonian foothill of the Andes. There are great deforestation …

This report is part of a collaborated study initiated by the SEnSOR programme to assess each of the compartments of aboveground carbon (AGC) stocks in fragmented lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah. The biomass and carbon contents of living trees and coarse woody debris, lianas, fine woody debris (FWD) …

This research report is written as finalization of the bachelor study of Forest- and Nature conservation at the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein. The purpose of the research is (a) to find out what influences the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) has had on the timber trade flows …

This study contains an extensive survey to amphibian species and their habitats in the national park Kotyhi-Strofylia wetlands and the goal of the report is to provide local management and monitoring suggestions for conservation of amphibians. The study is part of EPMAC-Europe which is a European monitoring …

The number of primary rainforests in South-East Asia is in rapid decline since many formerly continuous forests become splintered as a result of human activities like mining, agriculture and silviculture. This study examined the effects of forest fragment size and logging on the tree carbon stocks and …

Achtergrond: Lage rugpijn is een veelvoorkomende klacht. Voor 90% tot 95% van alle patiënten met lage rugpijn is geen specifieke lichamelijke oorzaak aan te wijzen1. Door de onduidelijkheid over de aard van de aandoening zijn er richtlijnen ontworpen waar behandeltrajecten beschreven staan2. In de KNGF …

Common seals (Phoca vitulina) are mostly seen from coastal temperate waters to the Polar Regions. High levels of toxic waste that affect the immune system, fisheries, and new outbreaks of viruses consist of the current threats to the seal populations. The Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre (SRRC) …