biomass in energy, which depends on the availability of land. Thus an opportunity has been created on the EU market for …

Sustainable management in the forestry sector is complicated by the size and slow growth of commercial forests …. Forestry and Biodiversity makes the case for adaptive management -- a structured approach to learning by doing -- to sustain …Forestry and Biodiversity describes an innovate program for sustaining biodiversity in managed forests that will be of …

circulating matter and energy will diminish the need for new input. Its concept lies in maintaining the value of products … sustainability, economic growth, environmental resilience, and a better quality of life for all. The most efficient way to close …-products, human resources, logistics, services, waste, energy, or water. To that end, this Special Issue seeks to contribute to the …

We use the case of the timber industry in Myanmar to analyse how national regulatory frameworks and international … ecological discourses affect forest management and small businesses. The state plays two roles in the timber industry in Myanmar …: it is the main producer and legal source of raw timber for the private sector; and it regulates timber extraction and the …

(Biermann, 1996; Hylander, 2009; Laurila, 1998). However, the process of globalisation manifested among others by the rise of … peripheral regions which find themselves in the midst of a development discourse on the necessity of creating mechanisms to … promote regional innovation systems. The aim of this paper is to discuss and illustrate how local institutions enabled the …