Purpose High-quality wood production is based on both natural forestry populations and
dedicated tree plantations, also mentioned as industrial plantations. The establishment of …

Although Italy is one of the most important exporters of furniture in Europe, it is also a great
importer of foreign timber. We decided to focus our study on Walnut tree (Juglans regia L.) …

The report benefited from the helpful comments from external reviewers, Jette Bredahl
Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen and Simone Rossi, Joint Research Centre. We wish to …

Calabria (Italy) is a particularly interesting region of the Mediterranean basin from the
perspective of forest management due to the extension of reforestation activities aimed at …

Afforestation is often proposed as one of the most effective nature-based solutions to
sequester carbon from the atmosphere, so mitigating the impending climate crisis. As a …

Aboveground biomass, increment and carbon stock in a 36 forest plantations
chronosequence of different ages were quantified. Results have been extrapolated in time …

In Veneto negli ultimi 20 anni sono stati realizzati oltre 234 ettari di nuovi impianti di boschi
planiziali. In molti di questi è ora necessario provvedere agli opportuni diradamenti per i …

CO2 budget is generally based on comparison between emission and uptake. In this paper,
a methodology for estimating and mapping the CO2 budget at a local scale is presented …

Forests are a valuable resource for humans providing a range of products and services such
as construction timber, paper and fuel wood, recreation, as well as living quarters for …

In the last decades, the European Union has favored the conversion of marginal croplands
to forest plantations also to mitigate climate change by increasing carbon storage in the …