Climate change negatively impacts forests in terms of reduced vitality, productivity loss and sometimes even die-back (Allen et al., 2010). In Europe, these impacts are magnified by the species-poor, even-aged characteristics of many contemporary forests. To combat these effects, mixed-species forest …

Contemporary European forests are devastated by severe forest fires. The probability of forest fires is only grow ing due to climate change. Forest managers are therefore transforming the forests into species rich forests resilient to the impacts of climate change. These forests are also referred to …

Within the middle hills of Nepal, OPs were found to prescribe the same operations, irrespective of species composition, forest conditions, and forest management objectives. The OPs play little, if any, role in practical forest management. The combined use of remote sensing and GIS technologies can be …

The installation shows Open Forest Collective’s ongoing investigation of feral ways of knowing, being, and living-with diverse more-than-human ecologies. On display are feral data artifacts such as woven sashes, multispecies tattoos, short dérive films, and an eel trap capturing environmental knowledge …

Cross-Laminated-Timber (CLT) is an environmentally friendly construction ma-terial which is suitable to replace concrete and steel in mid- and high-rise build-ings. The global usage of CLT is expected to grow annually by 12.6% until 2027. Due to a housing shortage as well as the tightening environmental …

This report presents 1) a biodiversity baseline study conducted in the restored areas of the Mushullakta community, Napo, Ecuador, and 2) a community-based monitoring protocol for ongoing biodiversity monitoring. Monitoring is a vital part of conservation and restoration, as it provides practitioners …

Plants growing in the understory of forests are often light limited. The competition for light has over time evolved in different survival strategies, different survival strategies result in differences in traits between plant species. New findings suggest that green plants might be able to take up carbon …

The massive die-off of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in 1983–1984 is one the main reasons for low coral recruitment and little coral recovery in the Caribbean. As the natural recovery of D. antillarum is slow to non-existent, multiple restoration studies have been attempted. There are currently three …

Afname van biodiversiteit is wereldwijd een groot probleem. De belangrijkste oorzaak hiervan is verlies van habitatten door verstedelijking. Ook in Nederland neemt de biodiversiteit sterk af. Uit biodiversiteitsonderzoeken is gebleken dat de biodiversiteit in Nederlandse steden veel lager is in vergelijking …

When waves interact with surfaces of different structures they are reflected, and these reflections are mainly caused due to less wave energy being dissipated by the surface of the structure. Naturally, rock slopes or permeable structures (mangroves forests, brushwood material, etc.) are used around …