The book "Deforestación en paisajes forestales tropicales del Ecuador: Bases científicas para perspectivas políticas" (in German: "Entwaldung in tropischen Waldlandschaften Ecuadors: wissenschaftliche Grundlagen für politische Perspektiven") will be presented in Quito, Ecuador, on 23/24 February…
In this article we investigate the economic benefits of fundamental forest ecosystem services (FES) for the population in Germany at national level in monetary terms and estimate the spatial distribution of these benefits at county level.
The forest-based sector can play diverse roles in the emerging bio-economy. Under the title "Modelling Bioeconomy Scenario Pathways for the Forest Products Markets with Emerging Lignocellulosic Products", this study examines how wood product markets could develop in a growing bioeconomy and which…
An analysis of published articles reveals that the number of international scientific publications on tropical humid forests is 3.6 times higher as on tropical dry forests. Also the research topics differ. The authors suggest an international strategic research agenda for tropical dry forests.
From November 9 to 13, 2020 the 56th Council Meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) was held in virtual from due to the Corona pandemic.
For the enhancement of human resources and technical expertise from the forest and timber sector the International Tropical Timber organization (ITTO) launched a progamme which comprises the sponsorship for post-graduate studies, document publication and dissemination as well as travel grants.
