NEW GISF Research Paper 011: Large Timberland Transactions in the Northern Forest 1980 - 2006
Lloyd C. Irland, John Hagan, and Jack Lutz

The Global Institute offers week-long courses that bring the latest thinking on sustainable forestry management to working professionals.
Executive level courses are offered borth for management professionals without a background in forestry whose work requires an understanding of forestry, as well as for those with forestry background who wish to go more deeply into the interconnections of the various spheres that make up forest science.
The Executive level course will take place March 24 - 29, 2013 at Yale School of Foresty & Environmental Studies.

Forest Stand Dynamics is an intensive course for mid-level forestry practitioners.  It will take place February 10 - 15, 2013 at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, Eatonville WA.

Click on the links for more information.

Students are involved with GISF in many ways, from student assistantships to collaborating on speakers series and events.

Yale Forest Forum Lunchtime Seminar Series
YFF Lunchtime seminars are now credited .5 CEU for CT Forest Practitioners.  See Barbara Ruth to receive certificate.

NEW: Monitoring Protocol for Forest Ecosystem Health CT Highlands Pilot Project Report to the US Forest Service, Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry
April 20, 2012

Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Audubon Connecticut
University of Connecticut Extension
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
 

NEW:  Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate 
Mark Ashton, Mary Tyrrell, Deborah Spalding, Bradford Gentry, Editors

• A unique synthesis of forest carbon science, management and policy of what we know and what we do not know
• A comprehensive review of current thinking with recommendations for research
• A set of guidelines and recommendations for forest carbon management and policy

The goal of this volume is to provide guidance for advanced students, land managers and policymakers seeking to understand the complex science and policy of forest carbon as it relates to tangible problems of forest management and the more abstract problems of addressing drivers of deforestation and negotiating policy frameworks for reducing emissions from forests. It is an attempt at a comprehensive state-of-the-art review, encompassing the science of carbon sequestration in forests, management of forests for carbon and other values, and the socio-economic and policy implications and challenges of managing forests for carbon.

Since its founding in 1900, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has been in the forefront of developing a science-based approach to forest management, and in training leaders world-wide.

The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry established in 2000 continues this tradition. It's mission is to integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry research, education and outreach to address the challenges of sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world.