Modelling forest dynamics to assess and improve forest management at a regional scale: an analysis of forest changes in Wallonia (southern Belgium). ; Modéliser la dynamique forestière pour évaluer et améliorer la soutenabilité de la gestion forestière à l'échelle régionale: une analyse des changement forestiers en Wallonie.

Covering one-third of the world's land, forests provide many essential resources and services on which more than 25% of the world's population directly depend for their livelihoods. Moreover, because of their importance in the carbon and water cycle and in the production of renewable materials, forests are one of the main means of mitigating the consequences of current and future global climate change. The need to balance ecological, economic and social roles to achieve sustainable management of forest resources is therefore evident from the local to the global scale. Accurate and up-to-date i... Mehr ...