GFIS in collaboration with the Joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on Forest Education and Universities from around the World have partnered to create a space dedicated to global forest-related education. Outlined here are the locations, names, and links to most of the World’s forest-related Bachelor, Master and PhD programs.
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The rapidly growing world population and changing consumption patterns are placing increasing pressure on agricultural and forestry production systems. However, the classic intensification approach to increase yield of food and biomass by genetic standardization, mechanization and application of pesticides and fertilizer, has led to ambivalent results. In many places, negative environmental and so...
Thinking about the forests and landscapes that most of us are familiar with, this question presents an interesting thought exercise. It is a hypothetical question that allows us to consider how birds contribute to our experience of the surrounding environment and the role they play in ecosystems. On the island of Guam, this question is no … Continue reading A Silent Forest: Working in Jungl...
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