A5034432363- Forest Management and Policy
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Forest ecology and management
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2018-2024
University of Inland Norway
2024
University of Missouri
2009-2018
Kansas State University
2017
World Wildlife Fund
2017
Missouri Department of Conservation
2015
Auburn University
2015
North Carolina State University
2014
US Forest Service
2014
University of Maine
2011-2014
The Northern United States includes the 20 states bounded by Maine, Maryland, Missouri, and Minnesota. With 70 million ha of forestland 124 people, it is most densely forested (42% land area) populated (74 people/km2) quadrant States. Three recent, large-scale, multiresource assessments forest conditions provide insight about trends issues in North, collectively these other supporting documents highlight factors that will be extraordinarily influential large-scale northern management needs...
In recent years, the forest products industry of U.S. experienced a downturn in output to levels not seen decades and employment losses hundreds thousands — for instance, number far greater than witnessed Nation's automotive industry. The extent varies by sector, impacted structural changes overall economy coupled with substantial impacts from Great Recession. Globalization manufacturing expanded use electronic communication media contributed decline pulp, paper, paperboard since late 1990s,...
Abstract Implementation of the European Union Renewable Energy Directive has triggered exponential growth in trading pelletized wood fibers. Over 18 million tons pellets were traded by EU member countries 2018 which a third imported from US. Concerns exist about negative impacts on US forests but systematic assessments are currently lacking. We assessed variability fundamental attributes for timberland structure and carbon stocks within 123 procurement landscapes pellet mills derived over 38...
South America's Tri-national Paraná Atlantic Forest, an ecological region spanning across the nations of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, is one most diverse in world but also vulnerable to deforestation. A review public policy interventions shows all three governments have taken major legislative steps protect remaining forests, studies evaluating deforestation trends associated factors this are scarce or non-existent. Here, we make a direct contribution knowledge gap by assessing within...
Abstract State foresters, state energy biomass contacts, and members of the National Council Forestry Association Executives were surveyed to gather perceptions on items that should be included in a definition woody biomass. Participants also rated different renewable energies particular opportunities challenges utilization faces become sustainable feedstock. Ninety-seven responses from 43 states District Columbia suggest not differentiate between naturally regenerated forest stands...
<ja:p>So far, consumer housing values have not been addressed as factors affecting the market diffusion potential of multi-storey wood building (MSWB). To fill void, this study addresses different types in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (i.e., Nordic region), whether they affect likelihood prejudices against with markets. The data collected 2018 from 2191 consumers region were analyzed exploratory factor analysis logistic binary regression analysis. According to results, consumersâ...
Abstract Water scarcity poses one of the most prominent threats to well-being smallholder farmers around world. We studied association between rural livelihood capitals (natural, human, social, financial, and physical) resilience water scarcity. Resilience was denoted by farmers’ self-reported capacity have avoided, or adapted to, Proxies for were collected from two-hundred in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, their associations with a typology denoting impacts analyzed Taylor-linearized...
This study investigated residents' perceived benefits of two types agricultural lands (farms, cultivated forests) offering agritourism. Specifically, this compared socio-cultural, environmental, and economic services both produce identified socio-economic, lifestyle behavioral, past visit indicators associated with those perceptions. A survey was mailed to a random sample 5000 households in Missouri (US), obtaining 969 responses. Respondents that farms forests several society, few...