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title: "The Role of Forest in Mountain Risk Engineering"
author: "Christian Scheidl"
date: "2024-08-19T15:34:29Z"
tags: [Textbook]
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This is a students textbook on the role of forest in mountain risk engineering [...] Managed in a sustainable way, forest have the potential to fulfill many important functions like soil protection, protection against natural hazards, renewable source of raw materials and energy, job creation, climate protection, conservation of ecosystems and preservation of the alpine landscape (Dellagiacoma et al. 2016). Thus, forests and specifically protective forests influence cultural identity of many mountainous countries to a considerable extent. In German-speaking countries the particular ...
