Forests for a Better Future

<p>This book highlights the role of research in innovation and sustainability in the forest sector. The contributions included fall within the broad thematic areas of forest science and cover crucial topics such as biocontrol forest fire risk harvesting and logging practices quantitative and qualitative assessments of forest products urban forests and wood treatments-topics that have also been addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions also have practical applications as they deal with the ecological and economic importance of forests and new technologies for the conservation monitoring and improvement of services and forest value.</p>