Now that climate scientists can make better projections of climate change, biologists need to project and prevent its impacts on biodiversity.
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Stump Harvesting for Bioenergy: Climatic and Environmental Impacts
Could stumps from managed forests provide sustainable biomass in a future bio-economy or are they all needed in the forest to support other ecosystem services and biodiversity?
From Damaged Woods to Renewable Bioenergy
The opportunities and challenges of salvage logging of biomass after natural disturbances to supply wood-based bioenergy.
Protecting Mangroves Can Reduce Carbon Emission
As the home of the largest mangrove area in the world, Indonesia is a key player in the international blue carbon agenda. While it has over 22% of world’s mangroves, Indonesia is also facing rapid mangrove degradation.
Ecosystem Engineers in Rivers: How and Where Organisms Create Positive Biogeomorphic Feedbacks
Dr. Polvi and Dr. Sarneel point to the study of ecosystem engineers being an expanding field that is gaining importance, in particular with the need to understand the impacts of invasive species and river restoration.
Reinventing Wood
Wood could potentially replace petrol in chemistry and concrete in construction, according to studies conducted under the Swiss Research Programme “Resource Wood”.
Environmental Humanities and Climate Change: Equity and Justice beyond Humans
A review by Libby Robin considers historically how the environment and the humanities became conceptualized together
Mediterranean Wetlands: Archaeology, Ecology, Sustainability
Current climatic challenges are driving the rediscovery of the numerous values of wetlands, in terms of climate regulation, but also biodiversity conservation and cultural heritage.
Synthetic Alienation of Microbes
Review by Kubyshkin and Budisa in Biotechnology Journal explores the why and the how.
Go with the Flow: Protecting Undervalued Ecosystems
Temporary rivers fluctuate between flowing, pool and dry states, making their instream habitats more dynamic and variable than those in equivalent rivers with year-round flow.
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