Forest Management
Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with the overall administrative, economic, legal and social aspects and with the essentially scientific and technical aspects, especially silviculture, protection, and forest regulation. Forests are the most diverse ecosystems on land, because they hold the vast majority of the world's terrestrial species, providing a habitat for a multitude of flora and fauna. Forest biodiversity is a broad term that refers to all life forms found within forested areas and the ecological roles they perform. The complexity and rich diversity of life found in forests provides many vital services to human beings. Forests unfold an exceptionally large ecosystem volume and expose a vast biotic surface, providing crucial ecosystem functions and services, including carbon sequestration and regional climate regulation. Thus, Healthy forest ecosystems are ecological life-support systems. Many of the human activities that modify or destroy natural forest ecosystems may cause deterioration of ecological services. Thus, sustainable management of forestry is needed to manage the ecological goods and services provided by forests for future human needs. This includes management for aesthetics, fish, recreation, urban values, water, wilderness, wildlife, wood products, forest genetic resources and other forest resource values. Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that aims to publish the most complete and reliable source of information in the mode of original articles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc. in all major themes pertaining to Forest management and making them available online freely without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers worldwide. The publcations focuses on the topics that include: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity Management, Forest Biodiversity & Conservation, Forest Ecology & Ecosystem Services, Forests & Forest Products, Sustainable Forest Management, Restoration Ecology, Non-Timber Forest Products, Forest Management techniques like prescribed burning, thinning, harvesting and reforestation, Forest Succession.