scholarly journals Preface

2021 ◽  
Vol 932 (1) ◽  
pp. 011001

The 2021 10th International Conference “Forest ecosystems in the conditions of climate change: biological productivity and remote sensing” (FORECO) was held 28-29 September 2021 in the Zoom format. Since 2010 FORECO has become an annual international conference on the application of remote sensing technologies for monitoring and assessment of forests. The conference is aimed at promoting the exchange of new research ideas and practices on the use of remote sensing in estimation of forest cover and tackling the issues of climate change. The Conference was organized by the staff of Centre of Sustainable Forest Management and Remote Sensing of the Volga State University of Technology (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia). Meeting website: https://feucc.volgatech.net/ Number of participants: 78 Countries represented: Austria, Finland, Greece, Russia, China, South Africa, Vietnam, Estonia, Italy, Australia. Sponsors: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, SUFOGIS ERASMUS+ project of the European Union, GEMOECO BRICS project. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
A.F. Chukwuka ◽  
A. Alo ◽  
O.J. Aigbokhan

This study set out to assess the dynamic characteristics of the Ikere forest reserve landscape between 1985 and 2017 using remote sensing data and spatial metrics. Landscape of the study area maintained complex patterns of spatial heterogeneity over the years. Forest cover loss to other land cover types results in new large non-forest area at increasing rate. As at the year 2017, the changes in land cover types were not yet at equilibrium, thus the need to determine the future forest cover extent using a three-way markov Chain model. The decrease in number of patches of forest land (NumP) with increase in its mean patch size (MPS) shows that the forest is becoming a single unit probably due to clearing of existing patches of forest trees. The decrease in class diversity and evenness (SDI and SEI) of the general landscape over the years strengthens this assertion. The findings of this study would be very helpful to government and other stakeholders responsible for ensuring sustainable forest and general environment. Keyword: Landscape, Spatial metrics, sustainable forest and Environment


2005 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
M D Gillis ◽  
A Y Omule ◽  
T. Brierley

A new national forest inventory is being installed in Canada. For the last 20 years, Canada's forest inventory has been a compilation of inventory data from across the country. Although this method has a number of advantages, it lacks information about the nature and rate of changes to the resource, and does not permit projections or forecasts. To address these limitations a new National Forest Inventory (NFI) was developed to monitor Canada's progress in meeting a commitment towards sustainable forest management, and to satisfy requirements for national and international reporting. The purpose of the new inventory is to "assess and monitor the extent, state and sustainable development of Canada's forests in a timely and accurate manner." The NFI consists of a plot-based system of permanent observational units located on a national grid. A combination of ground plot, photo plot and remote sensing data are used to capture a set of basic attributes that are used to derive indicators of sustainability. To meet the monitoring needs a re-measurement strategy and framework to guide the development of change estimation procedures has been worked out. A plan for implementation has been drafted. The proposed plan is presented and discussed in this paper. Key words: Canada, forest cover, inventory, monitoring, National Forest Inventory, re-measurement, panel


2021 ◽  

The book contains papers in finance submitted to 11th International Conference on Applied Economics Contemporary Issues in Economy, Poland 17-18 June 2021. The conference was organized by Institute of Economic Research (Poland), Polish Economic Society Branch in Toruń (Poland), Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland) in partnership with: Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic), “Constantin Brancusi” University of Targu-Jiu, Center of Fundamental and Applied Economic Studies (Romania), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (Russian Federation), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Pablo de Olavide University (Spain), Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Economics and Management (Czech Republic), University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economic Informatics (Slovakia), University of Entrepreneurship and Law (Czech Republic), University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communication (Slovakia), VilniusTech University, Faculty of Business Management (Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics and Management (Lithuania). European Regional Science Association. Polish Section, Slovak Society for Operations Research were scientific institutional partners of the conference. The conference was especially addressed to economist from all European Union countries and Eastern Europe. Main conference tracks included: (1) economics, (2) finance, (3) quantitative methods, (4) entrepreneurship and management.


Author(s):  
R. M. Devi ◽  
B. Sinha ◽  
J. Bisaria ◽  
S. Saran

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Forest ecosystems play a key role in global ecological balance and provide a variety of tangible and intangible ecosystem services that support the livelihoods of rural poor. In addition to the anthropogenic pressure on the forest resources, climate change is also impacting vegetation productivity, biomass and phenological patterns of the forest. There are many studies reported all over the world which use change in Land Use Land Cover (LULC) to assess the impact of climate change on the forest. Land use change (LC) refers to any anthropogenic or natural changes in the terrestrial ecosystem at a variety of spatial or temporal scale. Changes in LULC induced by any causes (natural/anthropogenic) play a major role in global as well as regional scale pattern which in turn affects weather and climate. Remote sensing (RS) data along with Geographic Information System (GIS) help in inventorying, mapping and monitoring of earth resources for effective and sustainable landscape management of forest areas. Accurate information about the current and past LULC including natural forest cover along with accurate means of monitoring the changes are very necessary to design future adaptation strategies and formulation of policies in tune of climate change. Therefore, this study attempts to analyze the changes of LULC of Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) due to climate change. The rationale for selecting KTR is to have a largely intact forest area without any interference so that any change in LULC could be attributed to the impact of climate change. The change analysis depicted changes in land use land cover (LULC) pattern by using multi-temporal satellite data over a period of time. Further, these detected changes in different LULC class influence the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. As the study site is a Sal dominated landscape; the findings could be applied in other Sal dominated landscape of central India in making future policies, adaptation strategies and silvicultural practices for reducing the vulnerability of forest-dependent communities.</p>


Author(s):  
И. Н. Девицын ◽  
И. В. Савин

В статье рассматривается новый инструмент анализа научных сообществ с использованием методов моделирования тем и теории графов. Результаты применения предложенного нами подхода представлены для публикаций авторов, аффилированных с Сургутским государственным университетом в Scopus за период 1995–2021 гг. Разработанный инструмент позволяет определять основные направления научных исследований, выявлять передовые коллективы научных работников по отдельным направлениям, а также анализировать взаимосвязи научных коллективов. Представлены результаты распределения публикаций по времени, девяти основным темам, расчет метрик графов соавторства, построенных на основе исследуемого набора данных. В будущем разработанный подход можно применить для оценки научно-исследовательского потенциала научных организаций, для оперативного определения направлений научных исследований, выявления передовых коллективов и научных работников по перспективным направлениям. The study presents a new research community analytical tool based on topic modeling and methods from graph theory. The results of the proposed approach are presented for Scopusindexed publications by the authors affiliated with Surgut State University in 1995–2021. The tool makes it possible to determine the key research areas, identify the leading research teams in certain areas and analyze the relationships between these teams. The paper includes the distribution of publications over time, nine main areas of publications, and a range of metrics for the coauthorship graphs of the studied dataset. In the future, the tool can be applied to assess the potential of research organizations, select the research areas, and identify the leading research teams and researchers in promising areas.


2011 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rabindra Man Tamrakar

Greenhouse effect causes global warming and its main consequence is the climate change. Average global temperature is rising significantly over the period. Despite the contribution of total GHG emission by Nepal to the global community is insignificant compared to the developed countries, Nepal has already encountered several adverse effects due to the global climate change, leading to the melting of Himalayan glaciers, reduced agriculture production, loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and changes in social structure and livelihoods. Forest land use change is responsible for CO2 emissions. Forest management therefore can play a significant role in climatic change mitigation. REDD has become the key mechanism in mitigating climate change. The success of REDD mechanism however depends primarily on availability of reliable forestry data including biomass changes and forest carbon estimates. Various Remote Sensing data including optical sensor data have been used for the analysis of forest cover change and estimation of degree of deforestation and degradation. LiDAR however has been widely used in estimating forest biomass for the climate change mitigation.


2021 ◽  

The book contains abstracts submitted to 11th International Conference on Applied Economics Contemporary Issues in Economy, Poland 17-18 June 2021. The conference was organized by Institute of Economic Research (Poland), Polish Economic Society Branch in Toruń (Poland), Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland) in partnership with: Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic), “Constantin Brancusi” University of Targu-Jiu, Center of Fundamental and Applied Economic Studies (Romania), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (Russian Federation), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Pablo de Olavide University (Spain), Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Economics and Management (Czech Republic), University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economic Informatics (Slovakia), University of Entrepreneurship and Law (Czech Republic), University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communication (Slovakia), VilniusTech University, Faculty of Business Management (Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics and Management (Lithuania). European Regional Science Association. Polish Section, Slovak Society for Operations Research were scientific institutional partners of the conference. The conference was especially addressed to economist from all European Union countries and Eastern Europe. Main conference tracks included: a) economics and finance b) quantitative methods d) entrepreneurship and management.


2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-179
Author(s):  
Adam Kaliszewski

Abstract The aim of the paper was to evaluate the priorities set for policy-making in forestry formulated under the Forest Europe process and in programmes, policies, strategies and legal acts of the European Union after 1997, which is also the year when the Polish ‘National Forest Policy’ was adopted by the Council of Ministers. During the last two decades, rapid policy development has been occurring Europe-wide. Forest policy goals defined within the Forest Europe process have also been reflected in EU’s strategic documents and legal acts and both processes are complementary as well as influencing each other. Forest policy priorities after 1997 cover all three major aspects of sustainable forest management (SFM): ecological, economic and social. However, the main emphasis has been put on economic and social aspects of SFM. The key priorities defined in numerous Forest Europe and EU documents are the following: enhancing the role of forests and forest management in mitigating climate change including the promotion of production and wide use of wood; adapting forests to climate change and changing environmental conditions; conserving, protecting and enhancing forest biodiversity; enhancing the role of forests and forest management in rural development; fostering coordination and cross-sectoral cooperation within forestry. The need for enhancing forest research has been pointed out in almost all analysed Forest Europe commitments as well as in numerous EU documents.


2021 ◽  

The book contains papers in quantitative methods submitted to 11th International Conference on Applied Economics Contemporary Issues in Economy, Poland 17-18 June 2021. The conference was organized by Institute of Economic Research (Poland), Polish Economic Society Branch in Toruń (Poland), Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland) in partnership with: Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic), “Constantin Brancusi” University of Targu-Jiu, Center of Fundamental and Applied Economic Studies (Romania), Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship (Russian Federation), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Pablo de Olavide University (Spain), Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Economics and Management (Czech Republic), University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Economic Informatics (Slovakia), University of Entrepreneurship and Law (Czech Republic), University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communication (Slovakia), VilniusTech University, Faculty of Business Management (Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics and Management (Lithuania). European Regional Science Association. Polish Section, Slovak Society for Operations Research were scientific institutional partners of the conference. The conference was especially addressed to economist from all European Union countries and Eastern Europe. Main conference tracks included: (1) economics, (2) finance, (3) quantitative methods, (4) entrepreneurship and management.


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