Forest management practices in Spain: Understanding past trends to better face future challenges

Vadell, Enric; Pemán, Jesús; Verkerk, Pieter Johannes; Erdozain, Maitane; de‐Miguel, Sergio

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120526

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“…In Spain, 5.6 million ha were planted between 1940 and 2006, initially (1940-1970) with native pine trees, but also using fast-growing species, like P. radiata and E. globulus, among others. After 1970, the plantation of the native species Q. robur and Q. suber was performed, but after 1990, there was again an increase in the plantation of fast-growing species such as E. globulus, E. nitens, P. radiata, and Populus hybrids [62].…”

Section: Forest Expansion and Impacts In Other Mediterranean And Temp...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of Land Use Changes on Native Forest and Agricultural Areas in Central-Southern Chile during the Last Fifty Years

del Pozo,

Catenacci-Aguilera,

Acosta-Gallo

2024

Land

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Chile’s central-south region has experienced significant land use changes in the past fifty years, affecting native forests, agriculture, and urbanization. This article examines these changes and assesses their impact on native forest cover and agricultural land. Agricultural data for Chile (1980–2020) were obtained from public Chilean institutions (INE and ODEPA). Data on land use changes in central and south Chile (1975–2018), analysed from satellite images, were obtained from indexed papers. Urban area expansion in Chile between 1993 and 2020 was examined using publicly available data from MINVIU, Chile. Additionally, photovoltaic park data was sourced from SEA, Chile. Field crop coverage, primarily in central and southern Chile, decreased from 1,080,000 ha in 1980 to 667,000 ha in 2020, with notable decreases observed in cereal and legume crops. Conversely, the coverage of export-oriented orchards and vineyards increased from 194,947 ha to 492,587 ha. Forest plantations expanded significantly, ranging from 18% per decade in northern central Chile to 246% in the Maule and Biobío regions. This was accompanied by a 12.7–27.0% reduction per 10 years in native forest. Urban areas have experienced significant growth of 91% in the last 27 years, concentrated in the Mediterranean climate region. Solar photovoltaic parks have begun to increasingly replace thorn scrub (Espinal) and agricultural land, mirroring transformations seen in other Mediterranean nations like Spain and Portugal.

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Section: Forest Expansion and Impacts In Other Mediterranean And Temp...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Consequences of Land Use Changes on Native Forest and Agricultural Areas in Central-Southern Chile during the Last Fifty Years

del Pozo,

Catenacci-Aguilera,

Acosta-Gallo

2024

Land

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“…In contrast, the less Mediterranean species were more fragmented in the FTs of broadleaved species. The role of past land uses (e.g., harvesting for firewood, extensive livestock) (Valbuena-Carabaña et al, 2010;Elena-Rosselló et al, 2013;Iriarte-Goñi, 2013;López-Leiva et al, 2020;Vadell et al, 2022) and wildfires (Ortega et al, 2012;Martín-Martín et al, 2013), which are intrinsically associated with the Mediterranean environment (Pausas and Vallejo, 1999;Verdú and Pausas, 2007), and the influence of land ownership Mölder et al, 2021), should be considered in future works aiming to explain these findings.…”

Section: Fragmentation Profiles At the Forest Type Levelmentioning

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Multiscale fragmentation of forest types in Spain

González-Ávila

Ortega

Martín

2023

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…The maritime pine species is naturally distributed in the Mediterranean basin and occupies a significant area in southern Europe, namely in France, Spain and Portugal [8][9][10]. Forests in Portugal cover about 36% of the country's total land area.…”

Section: Maritime Pine (Pinus Pinaster)mentioning

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Pinus pinaster Diameter, Height, and Volume Estimation Using Mask-RCNN

Malta,

Lopes,

Salas-González

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Pinus pinaster, commonly called the maritime pine, is a vital species in Mediterranean forests. Its ability to thrive in the local climate and rapid growth make it an essential resource for wood production and reforestation efforts. Accurately estimating the volume of wood within a pine forest is of great significance to the wood industry. The traditional process is either a rough estimation without measurements or a time-consuming process based on manual measurements and calculations. This article presents a method for determining a tree’s diameter, total height, and volume based on a photograph. The method involves placing reference targets of known dimensions on the trees. A deep learning neural network is used to extract the tree trunk and the targets from the background, and the dimensions of the trunk are estimated based on the dimensions of the targets. The results indicate less than 10% estimation errors for diameter, height, and volume in general. The proposed methodology automates the estimation of the dendrometric characteristics of trees, reducing field time consumed in a forest inventory and without the need to use nonprofessional instruments.

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Forest management practices in Spain: Understanding past trends to better face future challenges

Cited by 22 publications

References 70 publications

Consequences of Land Use Changes on Native Forest and Agricultural Areas in Central-Southern Chile during the Last Fifty Years

Consequences of Land Use Changes on Native Forest and Agricultural Areas in Central-Southern Chile during the Last Fifty Years

Multiscale fragmentation of forest types in Spain

Pinus pinaster Diameter, Height, and Volume Estimation Using Mask-RCNN

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