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Guest editorial by Dr Rebecca Chia-Chun Hsu, Professor Chi-Kuei Wang, and Dr Chung-Cheng Lee, the authors of a new Frontiers in Forests and Global Change article that describes their year-long endeavor to find Taiwan’s tallest tree.

Forestry is a major economic activity in boreal and temperate countries for the development of societies and logging to extract wood production has happened during centuries. This is the case of Eastern Canada where forestry and mining companies were the first to establish during colonization. Logs gathered by the historical loggings in Canada were carried by rivers because of a lack of infrastru…

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) is pleased to announce funding to five organizations that are expanding climate-informed management practices across 5,000 acres in five states. These awards are provided through the SFI project Advancing Carbon Stewardship Practices for Large Landowners in the United States, and targets priority interventions in the Lake States and the Pacific Northwest…

Kathy Abusow, CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI), recently announced the Arbor Day Foundation as the recipient of the 2026 SFI CEO Award. Arbor Day Foundation CEO Dan Lambe accepted the award on behalf of the organization during the 2026 Annual SFI Conference. The post ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION RECEIVES 2026 SFI CEO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PARTNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN FORESTRY appeared f…

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) is proud to announce funding awards to eight projects to Indigenous partners advancing Indigenous-led Climate Smart Forestry (CSF) in Canada. Building on the momentum of the first round of funding, SFI has committed 2 million in funding to support Indigenous-led CSF projects as they implement innovative strategies that strengthen forest resilience, reduc…

Deforestation and forest degradation are the main threats to biodiversity and carbon stocks in tropical forests. Advances in optical and SAR satellite sensors have enabled the development of real-time monitoring of deforestation on a global scale. SAR is particularly appealing in tropical areas due to its insensitivity to cloud cover. However, the automatic detection of small disturbed areas (suc…

Urban landscapes across India today are often assumed to be natural extensions of local ecology. Yet many of the trees, shrubs, and plantation species that dominate these environments are the result of deliberate plant transfers during the colonial period. Between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, British forestry departments, botanical gardens, and horticultural institutions introduc…

Urban green spaces play a critical role in maintaining ecological stability and improving the quality of life in rapidly developing cities. This study explores the composition of woody plants used for urban landscaping in major Azerbaijani cities and examines the fungal communities associated with them. The findings highlight the diversity of urban vegetation and reveal the presence of fungi that…

Urban forestry enhances urban environments by offering ecological, economic, and social benefits. However, managing urban populations and their environments has become a pressing issue. The current study assesses the current status, challenges, and future prospects of urban forestry in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Nepal. A mixed-method approach, including a field survey and interviews with 155 lo…

The scientific article is devoted to a comprehensive criminological study of illegal activities in the forestry sector, the scale of which is becoming critical in the context of the global ecological crisis. The relevance of the study is due to the processes of climate change, the disappearance of species diversity and the catastrophic consequences of the armed conflict in Ukraine for the natural…

The forestry sector in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is seeing fewer field-ready technical workers, even as university forestry programs grow. This paper looks at how putting more focus on academic forestry training has changed the workforce, operations, and skill development in the area. By systematically reviewing 15 documents from 2021 to 2025, like skills audits, qualifica…

The study evaluated the extent and impact of community participation in forest policy governance in Central Cross River State, Nigeria. Four (4) research objectives targeted at identifying major communities actively conserving/preserving their forest, assessing the reasons for rapid deforestation, examining the level of participation of local stakeholders in forestry policy formulation and implem…

Die 27. Tagung des European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) fand im Juni 2025 in Zürich statt. 180 Teilnehmende aus Praxis und Wissenschaft diskutierten die Rolle der Urban Forests bei der Stärkung der Widerstandsfähigkeit städtischer Ökosysteme, der Förderung der öffentlichen Gesundheit und der Schaffung nachhaltiger städtischer Umgebungen.

The Maine Monitor interviewed Adam Daigneault, director of the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, on recent multimillion-dollar investments and forest product manufacturing and how they support the logging […]

Urban forest patches experience a wide variety of anthropogenic and environmental stressors, including recurrent canopy gap-creating events, herbivory pressure, and invasive species. Forest restoration strategies to overcome these stressors frequently rely on enhancing tree regeneration, including tree-planting. Pre-planting treatment strategies are a crucial preparatory step in establishing appr…