Forests

Benefits of Urban Forest and Green Space—Trends and Perspectives

edited by Jiao Zhang,

Katsunori Furuya

,

Danqing Li

and

Yiping Xia

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forests; urban green space; ecosystem services; climate adaptation and resilience; human health and well-being; biodiversity conservation; green infrastructure planning; social equity and governance; spatial analysis and remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Remote Sensing Monitoring and Analysis of Forest Structure and Function in Relation to Climate Regulation

edited by

David Gwenzi

and Tawanda W. Gara

submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2209 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; forest structure; biomass; forest growth; carbon sequestration; climate regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Long-Term Monitoring and Driving Forces of Forest Cover

edited by

Jianwan Ji

,

Bing Guo

, Eshetu Shifaw and Rui Zhang

submission deadline 17 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3583 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest cover monitoring; driving forces of forest change; forest cover change; long-term monitoring; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Advanced Technologies for Forest Fire Detection and Monitoring

edited by

Change Zheng

, Fengjun Zhao,

Xingdong Li

and

Yunfei Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7782 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; fire danger forecast; early detection; spread prediction; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; UAV; IoT; multi-source data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Forest Growth, Soil Properties and Climate

edited by José Alexandre Varanda Andrade,

Carlos A. Alexandre

and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2123 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest growth; forest soil; soil properties; site quality; forest productivity; forest climatology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Wildlife Management and Conservation in Forests Ecosystems

edited by

Kristijan Tomljanović

, Marko Vucelja and

Linda Bjedov

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1159 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest wildlife management; forest wildlife conservation; forest wildlife biology; forest disturbance— wildlife interactions; forest management— wildlife interaction; forest habitat conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Biodiversity)

The Impact of Disturbances on Forest Restoration and Regeneration

edited by Anna Dabros and Zdenka Křenová

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic and natural disturbances; climate change; cumulative effects; deforestation; disturbance management; forest ecosystems; land conservation; natural regeneration; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Carbon Dynamics and Carbon Stocks in Forest Ecosystems Under a Changing Climate

edited by Pedro Manuel Manuel Villa and Fabrício Alvim Carvalho

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest carbon cycle; net ecosystem productivity; carbon sequestration; soil organic carbon; land use change; ecosystem respiration; carbon residence time; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Meteorology and Climate Change)

Forests That Heal: Importance of Medicinal Trees and Forest Understory Plants Conservation and Use

edited by

Adnan Amin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5142 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; ethnobotany; phytochemical diversity; conservation strategies; sustainable utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Erosion and Forests: Drivers, Impacts, and Management

edited by Tommaso Baggio, Giacomo Pellegrini and

Lorenzo Picco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4525 | Submission Open

Keywords: forests; erosion; sediment fluxes; large wood recruitment; remote sensing; soil degradation; forest restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Characterization and Numerical Simulation of Solid Wood and Engineered Wood Products

edited by

André Luís Christóforo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4372 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid wood; engineered wood products; mechanical characterization; numerical modeling; finite element analysis; wood composites; cross-laminated timber (CLT); glued laminated timber (glulam); multi-scale simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Forest Resources Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment

edited by Weisheng Zeng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3960 | Submission Open

Keywords: national forest inventory; forest management inventory; integrated monitoring; biomass and carbon monitoring; remote sensing application; ecosystem services assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Optimizing Urban Green Space Ecosystem Services for Resilient and Sustainable Cities

edited by

Jinguang Zhang

and Jiajie Cao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3777 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green space; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; health; air purification; urban heat island

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forestry Economy Sustainability and Ecosystem Governance

edited by Fanbin Kong and

Caiyao Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3295 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry economy and management; forest ecosystem governance; forest carbon trading; inclusive benefit-sharing; eco-compensation mechanism; community forestry and forest livelihoods; forest tenure reform; digital technologies and smart forestry governance; forest resilience and climate adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Forest Biometrics, Inventory, and Modelling of Growth and Yield: 2nd Edition

edited by Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho, Emanuel José Gomes De Araújo,

Chris Cieszewski

and

Andressa Ribeiro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1757 | Submission Open

Keywords: mensuration; growth dynamics; forest management; forest inventory; data collection; remote sensing; silviculture; statistical methods; resource assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Ecosystem Services of Urban Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Slaveya Petrova

and Bogdan Nikolov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1739 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; air pollution mitigation; precipitation runoff limitation; urban heat island mitigation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Ecology and Resource Monitoring Based on Sensors, Signal and Image Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by Yili Zheng,

Paul Sestras

and Yue Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1664 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest remote sensing; sensor technology (e.g.; LiDAR; hyperspectral imaging; UAV sensors); image and signal processing; machine learning in forest ecology; forest biomass estimation; ecosystem health monitoring; data fusion (multimodal sensors); AI-driven forest management; climate change and forest dynamics; IoT in forest monitoring; edge computing for forest data; tree species classification; forest carbon stock assessment; real-time disturbance detection (e.g.; wildfires; pests)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Ecological Preferences and Bioindicative Role of Bryophytes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Grzegorz J. Wolski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1356 | Submission Open

Keywords: bryophytes; forest communities; bioindication; ecological preferences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Recent Scientific Developments in Bamboo Science and Wood Biomaterials

edited by

Zhaoyan Cui

, Ming Xu, Ernian Zhao and

Sigong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: bamboo– wood composites; sustainable construction; mechanical performance; durability; fire safety; seismic design; renewable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Protection and Management of Urban Parks and Nature Reserves

edited by Xiaoqing Xu,

Lei Wang

and

Yunlong Yao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

Keywords: green space; urban parks; urban biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; environmental pollution; urban ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Testing and Assessment of Wood and Wood Products

edited by

Aurel Lunguleasa

and

Marina Chavenetidou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody products; wood evaluation; testing; wood structure; wood properties; wood life cycle assessment; sustainability; composites; briquettes; and pellets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

12th Hardwood Conference—Sopron

edited by

Miklós Bak

,

Róbert Németh

,

Holger Militz

, Christian Hansmann and

Mátyás Báder

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 551 | Submission Open

Keywords: hardwood; hardwood processing; hardwood utilization; wood properties; wood modification; building with wood; wood-based composites; forest management; hardwood plantation; hardwood products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Soil–Microbe Interactions and Nutrient Transformation in Forests

edited by

Aurelia Onet

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil– microbe interactions; forest soil microbiome; nutrient cycling; microbial ecology; rizosphere dynamics; forest ecosystems; soil microbial communities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Anatomical Diversity and Growth Patterns in Tropical Woods

edited by

Vicelina B. Sousa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood anatomy; tropical forest; tropical wood species; lesser-known tropical wood species; tropical woody species; sustainability; conservation and ecology; effects of environment change; wood technology; wood potential

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Forestry 3D Sensing: Multi-Platform LiDAR Techniques, Canopy Modeling, and Growth Dynamics

edited by Shangshu Cai, Jie Shao and

Hui Shao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest 3D LiDAR sensing; forest structure; detection; LiDAR point cloud segmentation in forest; canopy characteristics; forest growth dynamics monitoring; multi-platform LiDAR system; UAV; forest inventory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Urban Forests and Greening for Sustainable Cities, 2nd Edition

edited by

Simona Aprile

and Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; parks; gardens; green roofs; green infrastructures; vegetal ground cover

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Management: Planning, Decision Making and Implementation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Rui Manuel de Sousa Fragoso

, Maria De Belém Costa Freitas and

António Manuel de Sousa Xavier

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; forest policy; decision support systems; ecosystem services; forest economics; ecosystem services; models; multiple criteria decision analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Natural Hazards and Forest Ecosystems: A State-of-the-Art Review Collection

edited by

Giorgos Mallinis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: disturbances; climate change; remote sensing; natural hazards; forest management; risk assessment; artificial intelligence; GIS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Hazards and Risk Management)

Spatial Data Science for Forest Mobility and Accessibility

edited by

Krzysztof Pokonieczny

and

Wojciech Dawid

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest mobility; accessibility modeling; spatial data science; remote sensing; terrain trafficability; GNNS navigation; autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Sustainable Production of Woody Biomass for Energy and Bioproducts

edited by

Óscar González-Prieto

and

Andrea R. Proto

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: woody biomass; forest sustainability; energy utilization; carbon neutrality; biochar; bioproduct; high-value bioproducts; thermochemical conversion; sustainable harvesting practices; circular bioeconomy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Treatment and Modification of Wood and Wood Composites

edited by

Grzegorz Kowaluk

and Patryk Król

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood modification; wood treatment; wood composites; thermal modification; chemical modification; functionalization; durability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Advances in Machinery and Tools in Forestry

edited by

Ján Kováč

and

Grzegorz Szewczyk

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: forestry machinery; forest mechanization; harvester; ecology; sustainable management; chainsaws

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Forest Biomass Utilization: Implications for Global Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Gloria Oporto

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest biomass; bioenergy; engineered wood composites; engineered wood products; biochar; wood products market; carbon sequestration; carbon credits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Spatial–Temporal Forest Dynamics Revealed Through Remote Sensing and GIS

edited by

Mihai Valentin Herbei

and Florin Sala

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial– temporal forest dynamics; remote sensing; geographic information systems (GIS); forest monitoring; landscape change; disturbance detection; forest regeneration; LiDAR and UAV imagery; ecosystem resilience; land-use and land-cover change (lulcc); forest management; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Forest Biomass Chemistry and Integrated Biorefinery Approaches

edited by

Cristiane Pedrazzi

,

Mario Vanoli Scatolino

,

Rafael De Avila Delucis

, Matheus Cordazzo Dias,

Adriano Reis Prazeres Mascarenhas

and

Carine Setter

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorefineries; biomass; forest; wood chemistry; pulp and paper; nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

New Insights into Wood Cutting and Wood Processing

edited by

Jarosław Górski

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1002 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood machining; woodworking; tool wear; tool condition; machinability; tooling materials; PVD/CVD coatings; cutting forces; machine learning; cutting quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)

Soundscape in Urban Forests—2nd Edition

edited by

Xin-Chen Hong

,

Jiang Liu

and

Guangyu Wang

submission deadline 21 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21187 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural soundscape; ecological pattern of soundscape; multi-sensory interaction; soundscape resource management; environmental behavior; environmental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Genetic Diversity, Seed Quality, and Tree Adaptation Under Environmental Stresses

edited by

Nevenka Ćelepirović

and

Aikaterini Dounavi

submission deadline 21 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic diversity; seed quality; tree adaptation; environmental stress; climate change; forest resilience; genomics; conservation genetics; forest restoration; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Exploring Forest Disturbances: Integrating Geospatial AI and Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Piotr Wężyk and Zeinab Shirvani

submission deadline 22 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbances; remote sensing; geospatial AI; sensor fusion; time series analysis; ecosystem services; monitoring and mapping; uncertainty assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Phenomenon of Wood Colour—2nd Edition

edited by

Richard Hrčka

and

Vlastimil Borůvka

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood; wood-based materials; colour; processes; surface; discolouration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Forest Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring by Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Steven L. Petersen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest management; remote sensing; satellite imagery; sUAS; time-change analysis; vegetation monitoring; forest classification and analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Forest Soils: Underlying Processes and Drivers

edited by

Tiecheng Li

,

Tangzhe Nie

and

Peng Chen

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest soil; greenhouse gas fluxes; carbon and nitrogen cycling; climate change; microbial drivers; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Soil)

Stress Tolerance and Responses of Trees in Forests

edited by

Khodabakhsh Zabihi

and Panagiotidis Dimitrios

submission deadline 25 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress tolerance; ecophysiology; climate variability; drought; tree resilience; disturbances; ecosystem services; forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Advanced Technology for Extraction, Processing and Testing of Forest Products

edited by Endre Magoss, Csilla Csiha and

Tibor László Alpár

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4947 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable resources; climate change; logging; additive manufacturing; fully recyclable wood-based products; building industry; wood-based packaging; green chemistry; testing technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

Sustainable Forestry: Linking Economics and Management

edited by Karlo Beljan and

Andres I. Susaeta

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2232 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest economics; carbon policy; land-use governance; international climate policy; carbon accounting; policy analysis; sustainable forest management (SFM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)

Genetic Diversity in Long-Lived Trees in the Decade of Environmental Restoration

edited by

Enéas Ricardo Konzen

, Marcos Vinicius Bohrer Monteiro Siqueira and Dulcineia De Carvalho

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: population genetic studies; molecular markers; SNP; microsatellite; landscape genetics; conservation genetics; forest restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Mangrove Forest Ecosystems: Present Status, Challenges, and Future Directions—2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel M. Alongi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; conservation; management; blue carbon; genomics and genetics; deforestation and degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses in Trees Species—2nd Edition

edited by

Hou-Ling Wang

and

Liu-Qiang Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3786 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; salt; cold; temperature; disease; pests; response; signaling; phytohormone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)

Forest and Human Well-Being

edited by

Geonwoo Kim

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3662 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem services; nexus of ecosystem and human well-being; sustainable forest management; climate change adaptation; forest policy; community forestry; forest biodiversity and human welfare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Forestry)

Forest Dynamics and Resilience: Monitoring, Assessment and Early Warning Under Global Change

edited by Rong Yu, Alison Donnelly,

Liang Liang

, Jingru Zhang, Shilong Ren, Shuai An, Weiguang Lang and

Yu Shen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2698 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest dynamics; resilience; global change; monitoring; early warning systems; remote sensing; disturbances; ecological modelling; adaptive management; socioecological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing)

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