Closer-to-Nature Forest Management is a new concept proposed in the EU Forest Strategy for 2030, which aims to improve the conservation values and climate resilience of …
In Europe, forest management has controlled forest dynamics to sustain commodity production over multiple centuries. Yet over‐regulation for growth and yield diminishes …
I de Pellegrin Llorente, K Eyvindson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many of the intrinsic facets of forest planning are surrounded by uncertainty. Decision- makers strive to improve their understanding of the sources of uncertainty and their impact …
Changing forest disturbance regimes pose a major challenge for current day forestry. Yet our understanding of the economic impacts of disturbances remains incomplete. Existing …
K Bödeker, C Jordan-Fragstein, T Vor, C Ammer… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Intensive ungulate browsing significantly impacts forests worldwide. However, it is usually not single browsing events that lead to sapling mortality, but the little-researched interactions …
LR Topanotti, JM Fuchs, M Albert, J Schick… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Enriching tree species–poor and less productive forests by introducing economically valuable species is a strategy proposed for achieving multipurpose forest management …
Finding the optimal land allocation for providing ecosystem services, conserving biodiversity and maintaining rural livelihoods is a key challenge of agricultural management and land …
How to simultaneously combat biodiversity loss and maintain ecosystem functioning while improving human welfare remains an open question. Optimization approaches have proven …
P Malo, O Tahvonen, A Suominen… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
We solve a stochastic high-dimensional optimal harvesting problem by using reinforcement learning algorithms developed for agents who learn an optimal policy in a sequential …