Forest resources, as a research topic, encompass the biotic and abiotic components of forest ecosystems that are subject to quantification, management, and policy analysis, including timber, non-timber forest products, biodiversity, soil and water resources, and ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and climate regulation. Scientific work on forest resources examines their stocks and flows, regeneration dynamics, spatial distribution, and responses to anthropogenic pressures and climate change, often integrating remote sensing, forest inventory methods, ecological modelling, and socio-economic assessment to inform sustainable forest management, conservation planning, and bioeconomy strategies across multiple temporal and spatial scales.
On August 27, the Trump administration took formal steps to rescind a decades-old rule that protects 58.5 million acres of wild areas in national forests, including 4.4 million acres in California.
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Even a toddler knows that plants need water. It's perhaps the first thing we learn about these green life-forms. But how plants budget this resource varies considerably. The kapok trees of the Amazon have adopted vastly different ...
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Clearing forests to plant crops makes good business sense in the short term for many farmers in tropical regions, where millions of people rely on healthy forests for food, fuel, and income. What if those farmers had compelling ...
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Jul 17, 2025
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Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, a new analysis shows.
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Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these ...
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Jun 4, 2025
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Wood is often hailed as a low-carbon hero, a natural alternative to steel, concrete and plastic. It's a vital tool in the UK's strategy for reaching net zero. But there's a catch—the country doesn't grow nearly enough of ...
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Apr 30, 2025
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Few states in the eastern U.S. are home to more national forestry lands than Georgia.
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Apr 28, 2025
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California's national forests are on the chopping block—literally—in the wake of the Trump administration's April 5 order to immediately expand timber production in the United States.
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Apr 14, 2025
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The European Union's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems, but what does this mean for Europe's wood supply? In a new study, researchers examine how different modes of implementing ...
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Apr 5, 2025
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Over the past decade, extreme events such as heat, drought, storms and pests have taken a heavy toll on Swiss forests. In order for forests to continue to fulfill their functions for people and the environment in the future, ...
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