Forest economics in Russia is reviewed from pro-Soviet times to the present, showing how, in 100 years, forestry has gone from being an important source of revenue for the state in 1913 to being a serious loss-maker in 2013. The main reasons for this reversal of profitability during the Soviet...

Habitat change following forest management may reduce biodiversity in boreal forests, as it has done globally in many forest types. Postharvest silviculture (PHS) is implemented to improve the yield of commercial tree species and has been applied to large areas of boreal forests. PHS may also...

Empirical models alongside remotely sensed and station measured meteorological observations are employed to investigate both the local and global direct climate change impacts of alternative forest management strategies within a boreal ecosystem of eastern Norway. Stand-level analysis is firstly...

In 2007, a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team from across Canada embarked on an exercise to synthesize knowledge about forest vegetation management alternatives and their use in northern forests. This exercise involved: (1) updating the Canadian Forest Pest Management database, (2) synthesizing...

In this paper, we present examples of stand-level consequences of using forest vegetation management treatments in boreal and temperate forest ecosystems in Canada. Specifically, we address several selected indicators: air and water quality, soils and nutrients, plant diversity, and wildlife...

In Ontario, forest management planning requires that legal obligations to sustain forest composition and pattern, wildlife habitat, and other values are met, while at the same time addressing, for example, wood supply needs, costs, forest access, and stakeholder concerns. One of the latter is...

Developing adaptive forest management strategies is essential to maintain the provisioning of forest goods and services (FGS) under future climate change. We assessed how climate change and forest management affect forest development and FGS for a diverse case-study landscape in Central Europe....

Patterns of forest biodiversity are shaped by a complex set of processes operating over different spatial scales. Climate may largely determine species richness at regional scales, but biotic interactions and disturbance events are known to be important at local scales. The interactions between...

Conventional management systems (even-age short-rotation forestry, and continuous-cover sustainable forestry) are criticized, and the superiority of 'private silviculture' is discussed. By this the author means preservation of the best native forests as examples of the biological capability of the...

Stand structure is a key attribute of forest ecosystems. Mixed-tree plantations are widely felt to be the appropriate option for providing a broad range of goods and environmental services and to reduce susceptibility to natural hazards. However, the debate continues whether mixed plantations can...