Suzanne Simard: “Trees communicate!”
Years ago, the Canadian forest ecologist Suzanne Simard was ecstatic when she used her Geiger counter by the needles of fir and […]
Auteur: Celine Boeykens
UNEP and GRID-Arendal on the increasing risk of wildfires
Wildfires happen more frequently and with a bigger intensity, ravaging communities and ecosystems in their path. From Australia to the Arctic to […]
Acceleration of forest dynamics in the Northern Alps
Observational evidence has suggested that forests in the Northern Alps are changing due to climate change. However, it is still unclear whether […]
Video of the Croatian Paklenica National Park
On the Youtube channel of BEECH POWER, you can find a beautiful video of the Croatian Paklenica National Park. In this video […]
How to make our forests stormproof?!
In hindsight of recent weather events, two forestry professors made statements on specific forest management and making our forests stormproof. Next to […]
A high degree of old-growthness should coincide with low management intensity.
Large structural and compositional changes, compared to the natural state, are the result of major anthropogenic impacts in the past that almost […]
Hooray, the amount of deadwood is increasing again!
On 12/10/2020, an article appeared in the Flemish magazine ‘EOS Wetenschap’ concerning the research of Kris Vandekerkhove, forest expert of INBO (Institute […]