Abstract Purpose of Review The comprehensive assessment of timber and fuelwood
harvesting operations through the consideration of the three pillars of sustainability …

Abstract Purpose of the Review The aim of the review was to better understand the impacts
of the dominant harvesting systems in Europe, namely harvester-forwarder (HFW), chainsaw …

Efficient forest operations are required for the provision of biodiversity and numerous
ecosystem services, such as wood production, carbon sequestration, protection against …

Reducing potential soil damage due to the passing of forest machinery is a key issue in
sustainable forest management. Limiting soil compaction has a significant positive impact on …

Ground-based skidding can lead to severe soil disturbance by increasing surface water flow
and soil erosion. Organic mulches have been shown to be effective in contrasting this type of …

Dynamic motion primitives (DMPs) is a motion planning method based on the concept of
teaching a robot how to move based on human demonstration. To this end, DMPs use a …

In order to compare the vibration and noise exposure of STIHL's battery-powered MSA 220
C and the combustion driven MS 201 C, a professional operator was monitored during a pre …

Estimating carbon footprint of forest operations is essential to budget the environmental
impacts of the industry. The study objectives were to a) assess the carbon footprint of whole …

Wood is a renewable product, but for the supply of wood non-renewable materials are also
necessary, which can have negative environmental impacts. The objective of this study was …

In the field of forestry, one of the most economically important ecosystem service is the
provision of timber. The need to calculate the economic effects of forest management in the …