Diverse Forestry Systems and Cleaner Production Practices for the Bio-Based Economy and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science".
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Interests: biomass and bioenergy production; sustainability analysis of biofuel production; agroforestry; urban forestry; land restoration; phytoremediation; ecological restoration
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Interests: climate-resilient agriculture; food security; sustainable agriculture; agrobiodiversity; agricultural sustainability; indigenous and local knowledge (ILK); wild crops
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Interests: forest landscape restoration; landscape sustainability, biodiversity, ecosystem services; forest biomass; bioenergy and carbon sequestration
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Interests: land restoration; biomonitoring, bioremediation and bioeconomy; plant-microbe-pollutant interactions
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2. Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
Interests: agroecosystem management; biofertilizers; climate resilient agriculture; food and nutritional security; plant-microbe interactions; resource conservation practices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid growth in the population has created tremendous pressure on various natural resources, including forest resources, for harnessing several ecosystem services. The most common trade-off is deforestation for obtaining the benefits like the production of food, fodder, fuel, and the development of infrastructure for urban sprawl and industrialization. These approaches usually result in land abandonment, degradation, or the development of urban heat islands, subsequently leading to unforeseen consequences at regional and global scales. Therefore, the unprecedented increase in the worldwide population has urged humanity to explore and develop various areas, including diverse forestry practices and cleaner production approaches. These pioneering practices can help assure human adaptability towards socio-ecological and economic interfaces under changing climatic conditions.
Consequently, they could further help build a bio-based economy for a sustainable future. Hence, innovative and sustainable forestry practices are imperative to address sustainability challenges in the current Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In this regard, the present Special Issue, “Diverse forestry systems and cleaner production practices for the bio-based economy and sustainable development,” aims to collate notable research on addressing the diverse issues of forestry practices, alternative cleaner production approaches, improving human well-being, and approaches to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This Special Issue welcomes original research, reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, monographs, or opinions related to—but not limited to—the following:
- Forest landscape restoration for bioenergy parks, aesthetic development, and other benefits;
- Innovative forestry practices in urbs, suburbs, agriscapes, and potential ecosystems for green spaces;
- Urban forestry and management practices for multipurpose benefits and sustainable cities;
- Sustainability assessments of community, urban, and other forestry practices;
- Policy perspectives and governmental schemes for promoting cleaner production, greening, and afforestation;
- Cleaner agricultural productions for the smart utilization of land resources;
- Cleaner production strategies for environmental clean up;
- Phytochemicals and value-added byproducts from sustainable forestry systems;
- Agroforestry as a sustainable approach towards bioeconomy.
Dr. Sheikh Adil Edrisi
Dr. Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash
Dr. Himlal Baral
Dr. Vishal Tripathi
Dr. Rama Kant Dubey
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest landscape restoration
- biomass and bioenergy production
- cleaner production
- phytoremediation and environmental clean-up
- sustainability assessment
- green space development
- urban forestry and agroforestry
- remote sensing and GIS approaches
- policy implications
- greening and afforestation approaches
- cleaner agricultural productions
- value-added products and bioeconomy
- circular economy
- decision making and forestry plantations
- land suitability and indigenous practices
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