The big idea: can forests teach us to live better? Community, family, connection … how trees could be the model for a new way of being When you walk in the forest, breathe in the fresh air and notice how vibrant you feel. The oxygen entering your lungs is produced by photosynthesis, where plants turn
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CORRESPONDENCE 15 March 2022 Forest protection: invest in professionals and their careers Douglas Sheil ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-6591 0 & J. Doland Nichols 1 Douglas Sheil Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands. View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar J. Doland Nichols Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. View author
Overgrown forests are one of the key contributing factors to the current wildfire crisis in the West. The new Forest Service strategy on Confronting the Wildfire Crisis outlines the agency’s plan for increasing fuels and forest health treatments to create healthier forests and reduce the risk to communities. Overgrown forests like the that on the
Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Nanang Sujana/CIFOR CIFOR/Nanang Sujana Related stories Research shows that healthy forests and landscapes are not only essential for the long-term welfare of the planet, but for the health of humanity. This is because their contribution to the myriad ecosystem goods and services they provide
Georgia Tech hosted director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) In January, Georgia Tech hosted Carrie Castille, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), on campus to show Georgia Tech’s impact on food processing, agricultural, and forestry research. NIFA, which operates within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was created in
What does a “resilient” forest look like in California’s Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than we’re used to, according to a study of frequent-fire forests from the University of California, Davis. More than a century ago, Sierra Nevada forests faced almost no competition from neighboring trees for resources. The tree densities of the late
