Nepal was hit by a mega earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in 2015, which severely affected the rural lives. The contribution of community forests to recover from the aftermath of earthquake is least studied. On this purview, this study aims to examine the roles of community forestry to recover...

These proceedings contain 86 articles covering a wide range of topics grouped in ten sections: (1) forest biogeocenology; (2) forest policy, economics and management; (3) modern problems and prospects of forest inventory and state forest inventory (dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the first...

Introduction: This research aimed at assessing the wood products markets between 2015-2019 in Romania, by conducting an empirical study on the evolution of the number of companies, turnover and number of employees for the fields of activity "Silviculture and other forestry activities" (NACE code...

The study presents theoretical aspects and modern technologies for processing wood biomass, considers the possibility of obtaining wood chips from felling residues of cutting areas, in particular technological chips that meet the GOST 15815: 1983 "Technological chips. Specifications" standard for...

Life cycle inventory (LCI) is the basis for calculating the environmental impacts of different products. The overall guidelines for data collection and other related aspects are standardized in ISO 14040 and 14044 standards. The importance of such studies is increasing due to the sustainability...

The share of the timber industry in the GRP of the Novosibirsk Region is 0.03%, and the total use of the allowable cut during the period of the forest plan for 2009-2017 was 23.6%, for softwood farming 18.7% of the allowable cut. Such data are provided in the Forest Plan of the Novosibirsk Region...

Using a partial market equilibrium framework, this study evaluated the US regional timber and wood products market impacts of a projected national level expansion in wood biomass consumption for energy. By restricting logging residue use, we focus on the impacts on timber harvests and paper...

Based on data collected from seven commercial harvesting operations in Western Australia, the study developed a productivity model for chain flail delimber-debarker-chippers (CFDDCs) used in blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.) plantations. The tests covered 45 h and 3395 cycles, and were...

Factor analysis of 35 factors in 162 experiments was conducted for carting out timber from the forest to a forest products mill using the method of identifying stable patterns. The sampling power of the total correlation matrix was 35² = 1225 values of the correlation index for the identified...

It is generally understood that sorting logs based on grade generates maximum value for all stakeholders. However, the benefits of sorting logs may depend on the location of a timber sale and distances to manufacturing mills. The objective is to quantify the potential value of log sorting through...