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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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Responsible forestry can pull us back from a 'carbon cliff' - Yvonne Buckley, The Irish Times
Well-managed forests on the right kinds of soil sequester and store carbon, pulling damaging carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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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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Watch: Dot the Botany Bot - an animation explaining how forest ecosystem services can be accounted for
In advance of the holiday festivities, ForES Project PhD candidate Kathleen Conroy of Trinity College Dublin came up with this cute robot...
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A summer of learning and sharing for our team
This summer ForES PhD student Kathleen Conroy and Postdoc Francesco Martini of Trinity College Dublin represented our project at a number...
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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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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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ROLE: Postdoc Position with ForES, Accounting for Forest Ecosystem Services in Ireland
Our exciting multi-disciplinary project is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher. This is a collaborative project with researchers...
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ROLE: Senior Postdoc Position with ForES, Accounting for Forest Ecosystem Services in Ireland
Our exciting new multi-disciplinary project is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher. The ForES postdoc researcher will play a...
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ROLE: PhD Studentship available - Accounting for Forest Ecosystem Services in Ireland
Our ForES project is seeking to recruit a PhD student to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop Natural Capital Accounts...
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Welcome to ForES: We examine multiple benefits of forests and enhance sustainable forest management
Our research project, which will look to co-develop tools for sustainable forestry management decision-making, is led by natural...
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