Changing environmental conditions that result from changes in the Earth's climate system have a multifaceted impact on both forest ecosystems and forestry. Taking into account the causes of the observed climate changes, they will also influence the silvicultural practices in order to realize the...

These proceedings contain 10 papers on forest management-research partnerships. The objectives of the workshop were to provide a forum to showcase successful partnerships and shared stewardship between forest managers and researchers, enhance forest management and research relationships within the...

Forests and trees have social, ecological and economic importance to humankind. It is high time to manage worlds' forests sustainably to ensure supply of forest based goods and services and reduce the adverse impacts of climate change. This paper highlights the history and current status of forest...

Understanding the relationship of stand structural complexity and forest management is relevant to create desired stand structures by adapting management strategies under changing disturbance scenarios and climatic conditions. To overcome difficulties in differentiating between strict categories of ...

Plants associated with traditional forms of coppice management are affected by changes in, or cessation of, stand management which produce differences in structure, usually in the direction of high forest. The habitat structure, ground flora richness, and composition of an ancient woodland in...

Intensive silviculture demands new inventory tools for better forest management and planning. Airborne laser scanning (ALS) was shown to be one of the best alternatives for high-precision inventories applied to productive plantations. The aim of this study was to generate multiple stand-scale maps...

This special issue on silviculture contains 18 selected papers from the workshop and covers a broad spectrum of forest management from the nursery and plantation management to the management of natural forest under various silvicultural system and forest management regimes in Nepal.

Community forestry in Nepal is an example of a successful participatory forest management program. Developments in community forestry in four decades have focused on the social and governance aspects with little focus on the technical management of forests. This paper presents a silviculture...

Sustaining the structure, function, and services provided by forest ecosystems in the face of changing climate and disturbance regimes represents a grand challenge for forest managers and policy makers. To address this challenge, a range of adaptation approaches have been proposed centered on...

The government of Nepal abolished scientific forest management in 2021, however, the underlying reason remained unexplored. Hence, this study explores reasons that pushed on abolishment of this practice in the community forestry. The study followed the qualitative methods and reviewed the policy...