Sustainable Forest Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Forestry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2019) | Viewed by 66911
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Ecosystem services; sustainable forest management; forest stand dynamics; applied silviculture.
Interests: life-cycle analysis; eco-labels; green buildings; forest and forest products carbon; GHG mitigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable forest management is the practice of meeting the needs and values of the present without compromising the similar capability of future generations. It implies a land stewardship ethic that integrates ecological, economic, and social considerations for forestry, including reforestation (managing, growing, nurturing, and harvesting of trees for useful products), conservation (soil, water, wildlife and fisheries habitat), aesthetics, and socioeconomic benefits to meet societal needs. This Special Issue on sustainable forest management (SFM) will include emerging issues for SFM such as forest certification and certified forest products, ecosystem services and markets, life cycle assessment of forest products, certified forestry systems, and economic contributions to sustainable forestry. In particular, this Issue will include papers that broadly focus on SFM at national to international scales, including ecosystem services and markets for carbon, water, wetlands, and recreation; life cycle assessment of forest products and mass timber structures; certified forest products from sustainably managed forests; forest certification and eco-labelling of forest products and wood structures; certified forestry systems in Asia, North America, Europe, and Oceania; and economic contributions of wood products to sustainable forestry and other related topics important for SFM.
Dr. Robert Deal
Dr. Richard Bergman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable forest management
- certified forest products
- life cycle assessment
- ecosystem services and markets
- sustainable forestry
- forest certification
- eco-labelling of forest products
- economic contributions of wood products
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