Research Highlights: This review gives an overview of existing literature on the emerging
topic of human wellbeing-forest contact nexus and provides a preliminary framework linking …

A changing climate, a growing population, increasing demand for food and energy,
expanding urban areas and many other factors pose severe threats to natural resources and …

Windstorms are considered the main disturbing abiotic agent in European forests. They
affect a multiplicity of forest-related dimensions, such as forest ecology, forest operations, …

The demand for enjoyable recreational environments is growing. At the same time, the increase
of urban areas and intensively managed agricultural areas are deemed major threats to …

Cancer cells reprogram their metabolism to support growth and invasion. While previous
work has highlighted how single altered reactions and pathways can drive tumorigenesis, it …

Sustainable forest management is driving the development of forest decision support systems
(DSSs) to include models and methods concerned with climate change, biodiversity and …

Europe's forests provide vital habitat for biodiversity and essential ecosystem services whose
provision must be sustained or enhanced over the coming century. However, the potential …

Decentralization has been the most remarkable reform process that has occurred in the
institutional arrangements and framework in Italy, a country of contrasts and contradictions with …

Forest-dependent communities in remote rural areas face challenges such as delocalization
of industry and loss of economic activities (only partially stemmed by tourism), ageing, …

Understanding the magnitude of illegal logging and related timber trade as well as illegal
trade flows is critical to addressing the problem. This chapter provides an overview of the …