Perspective The monitoring and study of forests south of the Alps have enabled us to gain a deeper understanding of the effects of climate change and air pollution: the frequency and intensity of (...)
02/2025
In his doctoral thesis on private forests in Switzerland of 1948, forest engineer Alfred Huber had already noted that the «legal and forestry-related concepts of forest ownership» do not always (...)
01/2025
The condition of the tree crown is an important indicator of the vitality of a tree. In Swiss forests, the crown condition has been surveyed since 1985 as part of the Sanasilva inventories and since (...)
Perspectives In Switzerland, the European white elm (Ulmus laevis) is a poorly known tree species, and its natural origin in this country has often been contested. Consequently, it has received little (...)
06/2024
Perspectives Sonia Blind 1 , Thomas Egloff 2 , Christoph Niederberger 3 , Martin Rufer 4 1 Association pour l’aménagement du territoire, EspaceSuisse 2 Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz 3 WaldSchweiz (...)
04/2025
Essai Patrik Fouvy 1,* 1 Director and Inspecteur cantonal des forêts, Republic and Canton of Geneva, Geneva (CH) Between 2015 and 2024, 54 final clearances were approved in Geneva, covering an area of (...)
Perspektive The Forest Police Act of 1876, passed almost 150 years ago, marked the beginning of strict protection of forest areas in Switzerland. Following its revision in 1902, it has applied to the (...)
Essay Moritz Baumeister 1,* 1 Fachbereich für Landwirtschaft, Ökotrophologie und Landschaftsentwicklung, Hochschule Anhalt, Bernburg (DE) There is laughter, sometimes anger, whenever the name Peter (...)
Essay Philippe Domont 1,* 1 sylvacom.ch, Zurich (CH) In his books, Peter Wohlleben alleges that trees are intelligent and sentient beings, capable of feelings and suffering. This view contradicts (...)
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