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New paper: A capacity index to connect ecosystem condition to ecosystem services accounts
Ecosystems have different capacities to supply ecosystem services. A plantation forest might be ideal for timber not for wildlife habitat
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Our team's on-site day of learning about Continuous Cover Forestry with Pro Silva Ireland
An update from ForES project postdoc Francesco Martini on the team's recent visit with Pro Silva Ireland to a forest site managed with CCF
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A tree is a tree: broadleaves or conifers?
There are many arguments about which type of tree is 'better' but both broadleaves and conifers fulfil different roles within ecosystems
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What is ecosystem conversion and what are the implications for sustainable forestry?
Our project aims to develop a tool to value the ecosystem services that forests provide to enable better decisions for the most...
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Fires in forests can be naturally beneficial to ecosystems - unless they get out of hand
Forest fires can be naturally beneficial to ecosystems - unless they get out of hand. ForES PhD student Kathleen Conroy looks at the issues
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Which provides 'better' ecosystem services, natural forests or plantations?
The ES in ForES project stands for ecosystem services but which type of forest do we consider to provide 'better” ecosystem services,...
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Trees on farms: A basic understanding of Agroforestry
The concept of agroforestry can seem intimidating. Breaking it down: agro- (Greek, means “field”) and forestry (Latin, means “the outside...
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