Sustainable Development of Forest, Energy, and Climate Change Resilience Nexus
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 June 2025 | Viewed by 4976
Special Issue Editors
Interests: deforestation; climate change; forest ecosystems and biodiversity services; clean and renewable energy; macroeconomic policies; urban sustainability and smart cities
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Interests: landscape management; bioeconomy; recreation and tourism; nonwood forest products; environmental protection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forest ecosystems and biodiversity play vital roles in both society and the environment as a whole. Forest services are responsible for global climate change mitigation, soil protection, air purification, food sources, habitat, wood and timber goods, non-timber products, and energy (wood fuels), among others. While forests are responsible for humanity’s well-being and environmental health, previous studies and policies have failed to link the nexus between sustainable forest development, energy needs, and climate change in the Global South and the Global North. The immediate impact has been deforestation, increasing energy poverty, forest land degradation, severe droughts and flooding, hunger, and other extremely poor climatic conditions in the majority of the Global South. On the other hand, the Global North is suffering from dangerous forest fires, drying rivers, melting ice in the North Pole, severe droughts, and flooding.
This Special Issue should collate research on the sustainable development of forests, deforestation, energy, poverty, and climate change resilience nexus. Topics that relate to forest and climate change crises are encouraged. Human, economic, environmental, and governance aspects of forest development and climate adaptation ought to be examined globally. Models and approaches used to achieve sustainable forest development, poverty reduction, and climate change adaptation are highly welcome. Cutting-edge global research related to the forest, energy, and climate nexus is welcome. We welcome papers on the subject matter and related topics that impact or are impacted by forests and climate change in one way or another.
Dr. Dastan Bamwesigye
Dr. Jitka Fialova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change crisis
- energy
- forest services
- poverty
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