This article makes a case for better forest management geared to ambitions, in which both more wood growth and the associated higher sequestration of CO₂ are important parameters. The latter is based on the consideration that the climate and/or temperature on earth can be regulated in this way, in...

Lately, a simple message is being heard: doing nothing and cutting down a tree occasionally results in a richer forest, is better for the CO₂ balance and costs nothing. This paper argues that cutting out alone is not a substantiated solution and that varied management reinforces the resilience and...

This paper provides information on the current progress of the forest and wood action plan in the Netherlands. The importance of increasing the political and social involvement in forest conservation is also discussed.

In this article, information about five new or less common tree species that can be an interesting addition to the Dutch forest was provided. These are species that can be introduced into existing forest and/or can be important for the creation of new forest. These are the red alderbery (_Sorbus...

In February 2020, a darkling beetle was found in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant which proved to be new for the fauna of the Netherlands: Neomida haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787). It is an Euro-Siberian species of the family Tenebrionidae that was not known from the more western parts of...

Every sector in the Netherlands will have to contribute to achieving the goals of the Climate Agreement. The Climate Agreement states that forests and nature must capture 0.4-0.8 Mton/year extra CO2 by 2030. This is a considerable challenge, but it also offers opportunities to expand and strengthen ...

This paper discussed the relationship between forest management and hydrology. At Landgoed Het Lankheet in Haaksbergen, various efforts have been made to design the water system so that forests, open nature and water quality benefit from it.

This paper presents a research conducted to determine the role of ants in the entire ecosystem and how forest management can take this into account. The research was conducted in the Netherlands in 1983, where 250 landowners provided maps of the location of the ants' nests. Trends were determined...

This article talks about the use of hazels in the management of Dutch pine forests and Norwegian coastal pine forests. First off, the differences in the substrates of Dutch and Norwegian forests, as well as the effects of hazels in these different substrates were discussed. Hazels being part of...

This article talks about how a poplar forest can meet qualities in terms of production value and natural value. The timing in thinning poplars was the first aspect, which commonly is done late in the Netherlands, results in longer, thin, and unstable wood with low-quality segments. Second was the...