Forest Resources Management

Dear Colleagues,

The new challenges created with the global warming and, more recently, with the Covid-19 pandemic are opportunities to rethink the models of development and the ways that forest resources are managed. The global ecological footprint has increased over the last several decades. Governments and public institutions now need to deal with the necessity of economic growth in order to create employment and avoid social conflicts, and to mitigate the environmental impacts from the excessive use of resources and the excessive waste production. In this context, it is important and urgent to find new models to manage forest resources for a more sustainable development. The aim of this Special Issue is to bring insights about alternatives that make it possible to reduce the ecological footprint in the context of better forest resources management.  

This Special Issue welcomes submissions in the following topics:

-  Identification of plans for a more integrated forest management—namely, which promote the creation of employment and income. These plans in this perspective will bring more economic activity for forests.

- Definition of more efficient and interrelated agricultural management. It is important to promote models that interlink agriculture with forests.

- Assessment of the potentialities of forest resources to provide ecosystem services and public goods.

- Identification of solutions for forest fire prevention.

- Definition of strategies to promote the circular economy and renewable energies for better forest resources management.

Dr. Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho
Guest Editor

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