Ethiopia is one of the countries with the most degraded forest resources. Information on tree structure is needed at some points in the process to assess the appropriateness of forest management. The objectives are to examine whether the Structure from Motion (SfM)-based photogrammetry can be used...

Acacia spp. are important tropical forest trees but their commercial value may be limited by expression of poor apical dominance and extensive lateral branching. Multiple-aged and gap silviculture may harness the developmental plasticity of phyllodinous Acacia spp. to improve regeneration...

Biomass and carbon stock assessments in data-deficient plantations and identifying the factors influencing tree growth, distribution, and carbon stocks are extremely important for implementing sound silvicultural management and monitoring practices to achieve REDD+ goals. We conducted carbon stock...

This study analyses fuelwood volume and honey yield per hectare of Acacia nilotica plantations in El Ain Forest Reserve in Sudan, and assesses the financial viability of fuelwood-honey enterprises using discounted cash flow analysis. Tree growth data were collected using fixed-radius circular...

This article presents a success story in converting a degraded patch of dry deciduous vegetation into a lively, verdant forest in the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in central India. Bhopal is considered the "city of lakes", with its undulating terrain and presence of several lakes and hills. The...

Fine-roots drive plant growth and influence the global carbon cycle. Thus understanding their production and distribution is useful for plantation management. Therefore, in the present study, the vertical distribution and production of fine-roots were investigated in a 2-year-old Acacia plantation...

Responsible management of Acacia plantations requires an improved understanding of trade-offs between maintaining stand production whilst reducing environmental impacts. Intensive drainage and the resulting low water tables (WT) increase carbon emissions, peat subsidence, fire risk and nutrient...

Present study was conducted at ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute (CAFRI), Jhansi and the main objective of this article is to provide benefit-cost analysis of Acacia senegal based agri-horti-silviculture model systematically for 10 years so that smallholders can be motivated for taking...

Large, high-severity wildfires are an important component of disturbance regimes around the world and can influence the structure and function of forest ecosystems. Climatic changes and anthropogenic disturbances have altered global disturbance patterns and increased the frequency of high-severity...

In forest restoration projects, assessing progress is critically important. This study was conducted to quantify the restoration progress for approximately 30 year old plantation plots of Acacia and Pterocarpus in Sakaerat, Thailand. For 22.5 × 22.5 m areas in the plantation plots, as a continuous...