News of the Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group
News
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Europe's forests increasingly under pressure from climate-driven disturbances
- European forests are being increasingly affected by natural disturbances, a new ground-based observation study shows. An international team of forest... -
More than 2 million photos provide important insight into mammal behavior
- Most of us are active in the day and sleep at night. We favour daylight while darkness poses constraint. Animals too have to balance their use of time... -
Call for action for supporting forest restoration around the globe
- Forest scientists are calling for a ‘decade of global action’ to restore forests across the planet. This is one of the messages in a... -
Accelerating land restoration by building on farmers’ experiences. Lessons from African drylands
- Land restoration improves local livelihoods, reduces poverty, allows communities adapt to climate change, and sequesters carbon in trees and soil.... -
Forest protection key for reliable rainfall
- There won’t be many places in the world that have escaped the recent impacts of unusual droughts, floods and unseasonal temperatures. These are... -
The Half and Whole Earth futures of Bornean orangutans
- A new study by 33 orangutan experts from around the globe, amongst others professor Douglas Sheil, assessed what would happen to Bornean orangutans in...