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Share From March 22 to March 27, Petrozavodsk State University together with the Mytishchi branch of the Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman (MGTI) held the XXth International Conference of Young Scientists “Forests of Eurasia” in Petrozavodsk. The opening of the conference took place at the “Boiling Point” of Petrozavodsk State University. The conference was held in a mixed format. More than 150 scientists and specialists from Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, Finland, Kazakhstan, Poland, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary,...

In Conversation With Jaboury Ghazoul, ETH Professor of Ecosystem Management Our key takeaways Oil palm development has led to the destruction of undisturbed rainforest in Southeast Asia. The whole picture, however, is more complex. In many cases, oil palm plantations have been cultivated on former rice paddies, logging areas and more recently on former rubber plantations. Hence, the oil palm is often not the immediate cause of deforestation for it is much cheaper to establish plantations in areas that require no forest clearing. There has been a lot of effort worldwide to establish standards...

Michael Green Architecture Designs a Mass-Timber Research Complex The Oregon Forest Science Complex is a proving ground for mass timber’s sustainable, seismic, and even psychological benefits. The new Peavy Hall is a stout structure composed of two intersecting volumes that partially enclose a new arboretum at its rear. Michael Green Architecture (MGA), which has designed several mass-timber buildings, inserted an amphitheaterlike staircase into the atrium, made of recycled glulam beams from Peavy’s demolished predecessor. It’s topped by a third-story “treehouse.” Courtesy Josh Pa...

With the witch Bella Yaga asleep in bed and her demonic roommate, the Mandrake, off toiling away in his secret hideout, it's safe for the young Earwig to snoop around. A putrid waft from whatever potion her cruel adoptive mother brewed earlier that day lingers in the air as the orphan girl creeps from her bedroom in search of something, anything that could help her escape. In the garage, she discovers a car. Specifically, a yellow Citroën 2CV. It's not something that can free her from the current circumstance as a witch's slavish assistant, but it's an important item for the story of the fil...

New tool allows the measurement of the quality of urban green spaces A research team has developed a tool to evaluate...