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ForES article for British Ecological Society Special Interest Group on 'The Natural Capital of Irish Forests'

The ForES project team recently published an article in the BES Forest Ecology Group, a British Ecological Society Special Interest Group on The Natural Capital of Irish Forests.

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

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.

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

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...

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...

Upcoming ForES presentations at major summer events in the UK and US

Our Trinity College Dublin researchers will be presenting their ForES work on ecosystem extent accounts for forest sites at a number of...

There Used to Be a Forest There: A Very Short Introduction to the History of Forests in Ireland

Kathleen Conroy, our ForES PhD at Trinity College Dublin, writes a potted history of Irish forests, when and why deforestation on a major...

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...

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...