The study attempts to assess the economic viability of afforestation of poor quality agricultural lands. The change in the direction of use of the poorest soils is justified both for environmental and agro-economic reasons. Assumptions regarding the increase in the forest cover ratio have been...

Afforestation is a common and effective method for restoring degraded ecosystems worldwide. Robinia pseudoacacia is a main non-native tree species that has been widely planted in the Loess Plateau for revegetation. However, suitability and sustainability of R. pseudoacacia must be considered due...

Despite political commitment, Europe is struggling to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Forests, as the hosts of much of the biological diversity in Europe, are vital to this debate. Any initiative designed to halt the biodiversity loss in Europe must take forests into account.