The objective of adaptive forest management is a directed adjustment of silvicultural measures wherever necessary to en- sure provision of forest services and biodiversity in the face of more frequent and more intense disturbance events due to climate change in the future. This paper synthesises...

The so-called "DACH Initiative" pursues the goal of enhancing the comparability between the national data sets of the forestry enterprise networks of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and drawing conclusions for politics, science and practice. Initial comparisons of country indicators show that the...

Close-to-nature silviculture is emphasizing mixed-species, multi-layered stands. Dynamic models are appropriate tools for estimating their future development. Specifically, the family of gap models, which originate from ecology, renders such analyses possible. We use the example of the ForClim...

Climate change exerts an increasingly strong influence on Swiss forest ecosystems. Changes in site conditions and the increased risk of disturbances (droughts, windthrow, storms) have a considerable negative impact on the silvicultural potential of forests. However, these effects can be mitigated...

Disturbances are increasingly becoming a challenge for the management of forest ecosystems. In extreme cases, tipping points can be reached leading to a fundamental change in ecosystems and causing distinct decreases in ecosystem ser- vices' supply and biodiversity. In this study, we are presenting ...

The development of our forests under Climate Change and the influence of today's actions on future ecosystem services in forests have become important silvicultural issues. There- fore, model-based tools are needed for forest planning and the optimization of interventions. In this article the new,...

This article talks about the current state of Ukrainian forests in the face of climate, war, and fire. With more than nine million hectares of forest, the Ukraine is only behind Germany in a European comparison, although it is a country with few forests. Forest management focuses on productivity...

The expected climate change makes the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) a promising option for forest management in Central Europe. The species is more resistant to drought than spruce. It grows well and provides valuable sawn timber with superior technical wood properties. More...

This special issue contains 10 papers on the following topics based on the present Forest Strategy 2020: climate protection and adaptation to climate change; property (rights of disposal) and income; work, technology and digitization; raw materials, use and competitiveness; biodiversity and forest...

As a result of climate change, important environmental conditions are changing for the forest. Forest managers are faced with the task of recognizing and reducing the resulting risks to forest stands early on. In close-to-nature silviculture, it is possible to gradually adapt the forests to the new ...