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Public participation in forestry is a key issue in ensuring the democratization of decision-making processes, increasing the social acceptance of policies, and reducing conflicts between forest users. Public participation also provides an opportunity for the improvement of the quality of information, public debate, personal reflection, and professionalization, raising awareness. Participation in forestry implies the involvement of stakeholders (the interest group participation approach) and/or the involvement of people (the direct citizen participation approach) in the decision-making process. Since the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992), new norms and perspectives have emerged encouraging a bottom-up approach in forest governance. Consequently, several participatory techniques, methods, and tools for stakeholder involvement in forest governance have been developed and applied. These different experiences allow us to learn from failures and successes and contribute to knowledge improvement. The future challenges of participatory forestry deal with adaptation to changes in ecological, social, and economic contexts.

forest planning --- green space quality assessment --- forest management practice --- forest degradation --- urban trees --- Slovenia --- participatory process --- transdisciplinary research --- deliberative-analytical process --- panarchy theory --- participatory forums --- climate change --- community forestry --- empathetic utility functions --- smallholder --- questionnaire survey --- British Columbia --- Ghana --- cocoa --- participatory --- entrepreneurial education --- Natura 2000 --- deforestation --- social assessment --- climate change mitigation --- stakeholder analysis --- social network analysis --- social forestry --- REDD+ --- photography --- participation --- interviews survey --- diffusion --- traditional knowledge --- forest carbon --- AI decision-making algorithms --- stakeholders --- participatory modeling --- innovative training --- stakeholders’ involvement --- appraisal --- slash-and-burn agriculture --- public opinion --- user participation --- public participation --- summer-winter --- forest multifunctionality --- preferences --- community-based forest management --- forest management --- urban woodland management --- national forest policy framework --- perceptions --- forest governance --- stakeholder engagement --- forest history --- role-playing games --- assessment of sustainability --- management program --- forestry training

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Understanding the patterns of biodiversity and their relationship with environmental gradients is a key issue in ecological research and conservation in forests. Several environmental factors can influence species distributions in these complex ecosystems. It is therefore important to distinguish the effects of natural factors from the anthropogenic ones (e.g., environmental pollution, climate change, and forest management) by adopting reliable models able to predict future scenarios of species distribution. In the last 20 years, the use of statistical tools, such as Species Distribution Models (SDM) or Ecological Niche Models (ENM), allowed researchers to make great strides in the subject, with hundreds of scientific research works in this field. This book collects several research articles where these methodological approaches are the starting point to deepen the knowledge in many timely and emerging topics in forest ecosystems around the world, from Eurasia to America.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Dominant species --- Relative groups --- Phylogenetic distance --- Quantitative distribution --- Phylogenetic relationships --- Permutation test --- climate change --- Euscaphis japonica --- forest management --- GARP --- Maxent --- potential suitable habitat --- old-growth --- quadrat counts --- tree diameters --- tree distribution patterns --- species count data --- mixed forests --- Charcoal --- Ecological Niche Model --- Forest History --- Last Glacial Maximum --- Paleoecology --- Pinus nigra --- Pinus mugo/uncinata --- Pinus sylvestris --- Quercus pubescens --- endangered --- species geographic distribution modeling --- conservation --- protected areas --- biodiversity --- ecological sustainability --- fine-filter approach --- geographical information systems --- habitat restoration --- habitat suitability model --- indicator species --- pressure-state-response model --- stand structure --- ecological modelling --- Mediterranean area --- future spatial projection --- silviculture --- Eucalyptus --- biomod2 --- species distribution models --- habitat --- climatic change --- biodiversity conservation --- chlorophyll fluorescence --- epiphytic macrolichens --- growth rates --- humid forest --- habitat quality --- soil moisture --- aridization --- Carabidae --- species distribution --- spatial modeling --- forest formation --- association group --- ecological-phytocoenotic classification --- MaxEnt --- SDMtoolbox --- Moscow Region --- Landsat --- amphibian --- dispersal --- beta diversity --- ephemeral wetland --- zooplankton --- macroinvertebrate --- variation partitioning --- forested wetland --- sexual reproduction --- vegetative propagules --- functional traits --- Dominant species --- Relative groups --- Phylogenetic distance --- Quantitative distribution --- Phylogenetic relationships --- Permutation test --- climate change --- Euscaphis japonica --- forest management --- GARP --- Maxent --- potential suitable habitat --- old-growth --- quadrat counts --- tree diameters --- tree distribution patterns --- species count data --- mixed forests --- Charcoal --- Ecological Niche Model --- Forest History --- Last Glacial Maximum --- Paleoecology --- Pinus nigra --- Pinus mugo/uncinata --- Pinus sylvestris --- Quercus pubescens --- endangered --- species geographic distribution modeling --- conservation --- protected areas --- biodiversity --- ecological sustainability --- fine-filter approach --- geographical information systems --- habitat restoration --- habitat suitability model --- indicator species --- pressure-state-response model --- stand structure --- ecological modelling --- Mediterranean area --- future spatial projection --- silviculture --- Eucalyptus --- biomod2 --- species distribution models --- habitat --- climatic change --- biodiversity conservation --- chlorophyll fluorescence --- epiphytic macrolichens --- growth rates --- humid forest --- habitat quality --- soil moisture --- aridization --- Carabidae --- species distribution --- spatial modeling --- forest formation --- association group --- ecological-phytocoenotic classification --- MaxEnt --- SDMtoolbox --- Moscow Region --- Landsat --- amphibian --- dispersal --- beta diversity --- ephemeral wetland --- zooplankton --- macroinvertebrate --- variation partitioning --- forested wetland --- sexual reproduction --- vegetative propagules --- functional traits