Diverse Forestry Systems and Cleaner Production Practices for the Bio-Based Economy and Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid growth in the population has created tremendous pressure on various natural resources, including forest resources, for harnessing several ecosystem services. The most common trade-off is deforestation for obtaining the benefits like the production of food, fodder, fuel, and the development of infrastructure for urban sprawl and industrialization. These approaches usually result in land abandonment, degradation, or the development of urban heat islands, subsequently leading to unforeseen consequences at regional and global scales. Therefore, the unprecedented increase in the worldwide population has urged humanity to explore and develop various areas, including diverse forestry practices and cleaner production approaches. These pioneering practices can help assure human adaptability towards socio-ecological and economic interfaces under changing climatic conditions.

Consequently, they could further help build a bio-based economy for a sustainable future. Hence, innovative and sustainable forestry practices are imperative to address sustainability challenges in the current Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In this regard, the present Special Issue, “Diverse forestry systems and cleaner production practices for the bio-based economy and sustainable development,” aims to collate notable research on addressing the diverse issues of forestry practices, alternative cleaner production approaches, improving human well-being, and approaches to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This Special Issue welcomes original research, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, monographs, or opinions related to—but not limited to—the following:

1. Forest landscape restoration for bioenergy parks, aesthetic development, and other benefits;
2. Innovative forestry practices in urbs, suburbs, agriscapes, and potential ecosystems for green spaces;
3. Urban forestry and management practices for multipurpose benefits and sustainable cities;
4. Sustainability assessments of community, urban, and other forestry practices;
5. Policy perspectives and governmental schemes for promoting cleaner production, greening, and afforestation;
6. Cleaner agricultural productions for the smart utilization of land resources;
7. Cleaner production strategies for environmental clean up;
8. Phytochemicals and value-added byproducts from sustainable forestry systems;
9. Agroforestry as a sustainable approach towards bioeconomy.

Dr. Sheikh Adil Edrisi
Dr. Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash
Dr. Himlal Baral
Dr. Vishal Tripathi
Dr. Rama Kant Dubey
Guest Editors

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