Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Volume 13, Issue 1

Forest certification is an efficient tool for the utilization of important and economically viable forest products and linking them to sustainable forest management practices ensuring their sustainable utilization. It includes social, economic, and e...

The introduction and implementation of the REDD+ (Reduced emission from the deforestation and forest degradation) program has resulted in an investigation of forest carbon from a local to global scale. Due to being the most productive terrestrial eco...

Environmental health research has recently started to study the health effects of well-being-promoting practices based on forest exposure. This narrative review aims to understand whether forest exposure can directly improve respiratory function. Pub...

This study calculated incomes and expenditures such as silvicultural and harvesting as well as stumpage prices on Japanese cedar, cypress, pine, and larch forests using the silvicultural prescriptions set based on the regional forest plans and operat...

Quercus robur L. shows interannual variability in the production of acorns. This process is called “masting” and can generate some disadvantages for natural regeneration by reducing seed recruitment. Acorn production not only shows variab...

As a countermeasure to deforestation and forest degradation, there are many forests restoration practices with area exclosures. However, there has been limited scientific investigation of the biophysical status of the restoration practice to show whe...

Ink disease and chestnut blight of European chestnut (Castanea sativa) represent the two major threats for chestnut orchards and coppice forests in Greece. Interestingly enough, the application of biological control of chestnut blight by introducing...

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) is a green methodology that allows the solvent to be easily removed by simply reducing the system’s pressure or temperature. An interesting compound to be separated through SFE is the clove’s essential...

Wildfires are occurring throughout the world, causing more damage to plant and animal species, humans, and the environment. Fire danger indices are useful for forecasting fire danger, and these indices involve the integration of both static and dynam...

In Uruguay and neighbouring countries, Gleditsia triacanthos is an exotic tree species categorized as invasive; it produces severe ecological impact as it displaces native species, changing the structure of the native forest community. One way to mit...