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The #LivingLabs focus interview of today dives deep into Bulgaria! 🔥 Led by the University of Forestry, Sofia, the team has faced some challenges in the ongoing journey to enhance wildfire resilience: fragmented approaches to prevention, political turnover, administrative hurdles...Yet, their experience really shows how a project can turn into an opportunity, for instance: 👉 to create a state-of-the-art for fire management, 🤝 to feed fuel models thanks to new collaborations, 🗨 to advocate for a much needed integrated landscape management. If you're curious and want to know more, read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eAvzXdhh

Level up... 💚🍃 Faunal Diversity Assessment in the newly established Left Bank of Kaluthara River Mouth: Implications for Ecosystem Restoration Article publish. 28th International Forestry and Environment Symposium Jayavardanapura University. 💚✌️

[PDF] Visualization in Landscape and Environmental Planning: Technology and Applications Ian D. Bishop, Eckart Lange digsell This major reference presents the challenges, issues and directions of computer-based visualization of the natural and built environment and the role of such visualization in landscape and environmental planning. It offers a uniquely systematic approach to the potential of visualization and the writers are acknowledged experts in their field of specialization. Case studies are presented to illustrate many aspects of landscape management including forestry, agriculture, ecology, mining and urban development. https://lnkd.in/eqFb2bWC

In case you missed it, Clemson University’s new mass timber forestry and environmental sciences building is breaking ground, setting precedents, and making headlines. Read American School & University’s article highlighting the first mass timber academic building on the Clemson campus: https://ow.ly/gzce50R8x05 #MoseleyArchitects #designingsolutions

If you're looking to expand your knowledge about #UrbanForests and #ClimateChange, this brand new course from Michigan State University's Forest Carbon and Climate Program is for you. On the fence? Listen to Dr. Asia Dowtin, PhD describe the course content and why it matters - then follow the link to register!

Check out the results of this innovative project co-led by CCC member Vance Russell. It's pretty uncommon to see a theory of change for forest management combined with business planning. Plus, it's all backed up by robust spatial modeling. It is great to see such an interdisciplinary approach to tackling a huge issue: how to protect forest health in the face of climate change, increasing fire risk, disease, and other risks - while looking at the business side.

Making the links between planning, implementation, measurement, and learning are critical for developing community-based forest businesses. In this storymap, Chris Sacco of Aegis Conservation Ecology, and I show how to combine the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation with geospatial analysis. #forestbusinessalliance

This is a great idea to begin creating this database and possibly observing how outages have changed over time, including how utilities are starting to collect more details surrounding tree-caused outages.

Tomorrow (Sunday) at 10 AM EST, I am talking about of higher studies in the #UnitedStates, career opportunities in the area of #sustainability, and #entrepreneurship, and #leadership. Please join me, if you can.

The #Ukrainian forestry community is challenged with not just the impacts from war, but also a drain in #research capacity, precisely when solutions are needed to address #climatechange , #foresthealth dynamics, #wildfires , and a decrease in #forestproductivity. I remotely attended a two-day forum, hosted by IUFRO - International Union of Forest Research Organizations , International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) that brought together scientific experts to offer concrete recommendations to address forest research needs and priorities. #UkraineForestForum2023