http://www.forestknowledge.net This is an internet gateway to forest-related information provided by international experts. Recently published news and information: de-de http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/waldoekologie/pilze_flechten/wsl_pilze_feuer_EN Large trees weakened by fire provide ideal conditions for fungal colonisation. The Research Institute WSL is investigating the reaction of beech, oak and chestnut trees to forest fires and observing which fungi colonise the trees. Marco Conedera, Lara Lucini, Ottmar Holdenrieder 2008-04-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/umwelt_landschaft/co2_klimaschutz/wsl_jahrringe_EN For the first time a 1000 year old oxygen isotope data series has been produced from tree-rings. Using this method precipitation development in the Karakorum Mountains in Northern Pakistan was reconstructed for the last thousand years. Editorial office forestknowledge.net - WSL 2008-03-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/naturgefahren/krisenmanagement/fva_sturmhandbuch_EN Extreme storm events with forest damages – a lot of things have to be organized in a short time. Due to the experience with storm "Lothar" 1999, this manual offers support in all relevant realms. Jutta Odenthal-Kahabka 2008-03-06T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/naturgefahren/wsl_waldbranddatenbank_EN Swiss cantons have up to present recorded the occurrence of forest fires individually. Now all information on forest fires is being collected in one central data base which is an optimal tool for forest fire management. Boris Pezzatti, Marco Conedera, Andrea Kaltenbrunner 2008-03-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.waldwissen.net/themen/waldschutz/insekten/fva_insektizideinsatz_EN Instructions for professional application of insecticides. Jutta Odenthal-Kahabka 2008-02-29T00:00:00+01:00