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Dr. Marcin Spyra
Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany

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Conference paper
Published: 11 May 2021 in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
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In our research we focus on the bicycle accessibility to cultural ecosystem services areas (CES), located in the cross-boundary landscape. As a case study we selected the part of the cross-boundary landscape of Upper Silesia located between Poland and the Czech Republic, Europe. We designed a spatially explicit methodology, which allows us to analyze the accessibility between CES benefitting areas (urban fabric) and CES providing areas (Natura 2000 areas). The results show unequal distribution of CES providing areas in the analyzed landscape. We classified CES benefitting areas according to their accessibility to CES providing areas. We delimitated CES providing areas, which have a potential for better accessibility to CES benefitting areas. To delimitate the missing cross-boundary links between CES providing and benefitting areas, particular attention was given to the aspect of the national boundary. Our findings can inform planning and governance in the analyzed cross-boundary landscape. These findings support delimitation of the missing links between CES providing and benefitting areas. By analyzing the amount of such links, this study can support sustainability of different kinds of landscapes and inhabitants’ well-being.

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Marcin Spyra; Adam Hamerla. Bicycle Accessibility to Cultural Ecosystem Services in a Cross-Boundary Landscape. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2021, 91 -99.

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Marcin Spyra, Adam Hamerla. Bicycle Accessibility to Cultural Ecosystem Services in a Cross-Boundary Landscape. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 2021; ():91-99.

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Marcin Spyra; Adam Hamerla. 2021. "Bicycle Accessibility to Cultural Ecosystem Services in a Cross-Boundary Landscape." Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , no. : 91-99.

Journal article
Published: 08 May 2021 in Land Use Policy
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Peri-urbanisation is a dynamic process consisting primarily of the expansion of artificial areas into natural, semi-natural, and agricultural areas. This process reduces peri-urban open spaces, thus it is threatening peri-urban biodiversity and hampers the provision of ecosystem services. In this manuscript, we introduced the concept of peri-urban open spaces and exemplified it on the level of regional policy-making in the following six European case study regions: Basque Country (Spain), Flanders (Belgium), Gorenjska (Slovenia), Hajdú-Bihar (Hungary), Mazovia (Poland), and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). Our study aimed (1) to analyse land cover changes related to peri-urban open spaces in the case study regions, (2) to identify and classify policy improvements that are useful to protect peri-urban open spaces, and (3) to provide recommendations for regional policy instruments to improve the protection of peri-urban open spaces. We designed a mixed-method approach combining Geographical Information Systems, an explorative questionnaire, and a semi-quantitative survey to fulfil our research aims. Our results showed that peri-urban open spaces are decreasing in all case study regions but with different scale and dynamics over time. Mostly (non-irrigated) arable land was transformed into non-peri-urban open space. Moreover, we identify 15 policy improvements that are suitable to support the protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional policy-making. Our results indicated a potential for improving the regulatory instruments and showed the usefulness of multi-level governance that better address the protection of peri-urban open spaces at regional level. Using our research results, we provided recommendations for regional policy-makers who are willing to pay more attention to the protection of peri-urban open spaces.

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Marcin Spyra; Janina Kleemann; Nica Claudia Calò; Alina Schürmann; Christine Fürst. Protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional policy-making: Examples from six European regions. Land Use Policy 2021, 107, 105480 .

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Marcin Spyra, Janina Kleemann, Nica Claudia Calò, Alina Schürmann, Christine Fürst. Protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional policy-making: Examples from six European regions. Land Use Policy. 2021; 107 ():105480.

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Marcin Spyra; Janina Kleemann; Nica Claudia Calò; Alina Schürmann; Christine Fürst. 2021. "Protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional policy-making: Examples from six European regions." Land Use Policy 107, no. : 105480.

Perspectives and notes
Published: 11 March 2021 in Conservation Science and Practice
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As wild areas disappear and agricultural lands expand, understanding how people and wildlife can coexist becomes increasingly important. Human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are obstacles to coexistence and negatively affect both wildlife populations and the livelihood of people. To facilitate coexistence, a number of frameworks have been developed to both understand the drivers of conflict and then to find solutions that mitigate conflict. However, each framework has different foci and strengths in particular stages of analysis. Here, we propose an integrated framework that leverages the individual strengths of previously fairly isolated methodologies, allowing for holistic HWC analysis. The framework for participatory impact assessment (FoPIA) provides a toolset for developing wildlife scenarios, selecting assessment indicators and assessing the impact of different scenarios. The social‐ecological framework of ecosystem services and disservices (SEEDS) analyzes the ecosystem services trade‐offs related to scenarios, and the 3i stakeholder analysis approach, supports the identification of stakeholders and provides a mechanism to explore, in detail stakeholders' interests, relative influence, and how outcomes of research are likely to impact different stakeholders. We apply these approaches to eastern Germany, where the increase in several wildlife populations (i.e., wild boar, common crane, gray wolf, and European bison) has contributed to conflict with people. We demonstrate the complementarity of FoPIA, SEEDS, and 3i in identifying stakeholder needs and showing how wildlife dynamics may affect coexistence and create imbalanced ecosystem service and disservice distributions. The integrated framework introduced here provides guidelines for analyzing the multistage process of stakeholder participation and enables a comprehensive approach to the complex challenge of HWCs.

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Hannes J. König; Silvia Ceaușu; Mark Reed; Helen Kendall; Karoline Hemminger; Henrik Reinke; Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita; Elena Wenz; Luca Eufemia; Till Hermanns; Moritz Klose; Marcin Spyra; Tobias Kuemmerle; Adam T. Ford. Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts. Conservation Science and Practice 2021, 3, e399 .

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Hannes J. König, Silvia Ceaușu, Mark Reed, Helen Kendall, Karoline Hemminger, Henrik Reinke, Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita, Elena Wenz, Luca Eufemia, Till Hermanns, Moritz Klose, Marcin Spyra, Tobias Kuemmerle, Adam T. Ford. Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts. Conservation Science and Practice. 2021; 3 (3):e399.

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Hannes J. König; Silvia Ceaușu; Mark Reed; Helen Kendall; Karoline Hemminger; Henrik Reinke; Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita; Elena Wenz; Luca Eufemia; Till Hermanns; Moritz Klose; Marcin Spyra; Tobias Kuemmerle; Adam T. Ford. 2021. "Integrated framework for stakeholder participation: Methods and tools for identifying and addressing human–wildlife conflicts." Conservation Science and Practice 3, no. 3: e399.

Journal article
Published: 09 April 2020 in Land Use Policy
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Peri-urban landscapes (PULs) are specific transitional forms of urban landscapes undergoing dynamic land-use changes. PULs’ transformations are driven by close and significant influence of an urban core, cross-administrative boundary character, and diversity of governance actors. PULs have significant potential to provide ES and respond to the urban and peri-urban demand for ES, but they are also particular contexts where significant and different ES trade-offs can occur. Majority of existing forms of governance are not able to deal and address such trade-offs, which thus call for more innovative and effective governance approaches and mechanisms, aimed at achieving ES synergies and reducing ES conflicts. This paper discusses the characteristics of PULs in the context of governance questions related to the management of ES trade-offs in the urban peripheries. The drivers of ES trade-offs are presented and different trade-off relationships between and within the main ES types are analyzed. The paper drafts a way forward from the current state-of-the-art related to governance of peri-urban ES trade-offs by providing recommendations for more effective governance that would address these trade-offs. Due to the very dynamic character of PULs, it is difficult to manage land-use changes and ES trade-offs. Hence, the governance approaches need to be adaptive and integrative at multiple levels, while engaging diverse actors to balance ES trade-offs that have mixed urban and rural character.

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Marcin Spyra; Daniele La Rosa; Ingo Zasada; Marta Sylla; Anton Shkaruba. Governance of ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes. Land Use Policy 2020, 95, 104617 .

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Marcin Spyra, Daniele La Rosa, Ingo Zasada, Marta Sylla, Anton Shkaruba. Governance of ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes. Land Use Policy. 2020; 95 ():104617.

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Marcin Spyra; Daniele La Rosa; Ingo Zasada; Marta Sylla; Anton Shkaruba. 2020. "Governance of ecosystem services trade-offs in peri-urban landscapes." Land Use Policy 95, no. : 104617.

Research article
Published: 30 November 2018 in Landscape Ecology
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Several case studies investigated the role of ecosystem services in participatory planning processes. However, no systematic study exists that cuts across a large number of empirical cases to identify the implications of using ecosystem services in participatory planning. This study explores the potential of the ecosystem services concept to act as a boundary concept (“new Esperanto”) to facilitate the integration of actors’ perceptions and objectives into planning goals. We analyzed eleven case studies to explore how the ecosystem services concept has been operationalized to support participatory planning processes, and to identify lessons from successful applications. We characterized the case studies according to contextual and methodological criteria. Each case study was assessed through a codified score card method in order to detect success or failure criteria in using the ecosystem services concept in participatory planning. We compared the case study criteria with the results of the balanced score card method. We identified several positive effects of applying the ecosystem services concept in participatory planning, including the facilitation of knowledge sharing and consideration of local experiences, the support towards a shared vision, and the increased awareness among local actors concerning their role as ecosystem services suppliers or beneficiaries. Among the drawbacks, we identified the risk of overemphasizing specific ecosystem goods or services during the process. We conclude by providing some recommendations to enhance future practice related to issues such as communication, use of local knowledge and integration of ecosystem services in existing legal instruments.

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Marcin Spyra; Janina Kleemann; Nuket Ipek Cetin; Cesar Jesús Vázquez Navarrete; Christian Albert; Igone Palacios-Agundez; Ibone Ametzaga; Daniele La Rosa; Daniel Rozas-Vásquez; Blal Adem Esmail; Paolo Picchi; Davide Geneletti; Hannes J. König; Hongmi Koo; Leena Kopperoinen; Christine Fürst. The ecosystem services concept: a new Esperanto to facilitate participatory planning processes? Landscape Ecology 2018, 34, 1715 -1735.

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Marcin Spyra, Janina Kleemann, Nuket Ipek Cetin, Cesar Jesús Vázquez Navarrete, Christian Albert, Igone Palacios-Agundez, Ibone Ametzaga, Daniele La Rosa, Daniel Rozas-Vásquez, Blal Adem Esmail, Paolo Picchi, Davide Geneletti, Hannes J. König, Hongmi Koo, Leena Kopperoinen, Christine Fürst. The ecosystem services concept: a new Esperanto to facilitate participatory planning processes? Landscape Ecology. 2018; 34 (7):1715-1735.

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Marcin Spyra; Janina Kleemann; Nuket Ipek Cetin; Cesar Jesús Vázquez Navarrete; Christian Albert; Igone Palacios-Agundez; Ibone Ametzaga; Daniele La Rosa; Daniel Rozas-Vásquez; Blal Adem Esmail; Paolo Picchi; Davide Geneletti; Hannes J. König; Hongmi Koo; Leena Kopperoinen; Christine Fürst. 2018. "The ecosystem services concept: a new Esperanto to facilitate participatory planning processes?" Landscape Ecology 34, no. 7: 1715-1735.

Chapter
Published: 23 March 2018 in Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes
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Urban systems keep growing worldwide with different intensities and characters. As a direct consequence, peripheries increase in number, typologies, and complexity, and their growth is highly dependent on local territorial and socioeconomic conditions. Particularly in peri-urban areas, landscapes underwent fast socioeconomic transitions that have deeply modified their territorial assets and land uses. Forests, agricultural and seminatural areas in peri-urban contexts have been affected by processes of urban developments that heavily modify the provision of ecosystem services. Urban development has produced discontinuous and low-density patterns so that outside the main city, the landscape is characterized by a strong fragmentation of farmlands, forests, seminatural areas, and strong mixes of urban and non-urban land uses. Planning approaches are required to deal with complex drivers of urban and landscape development to achieve a sustainable growth of peri-urban landscapes and maintain the current provision of ecosystem services. This chapter outlines the main characteristics of peri-urban landscapes and introduces a set of planning topics, solutions, and approaches that are under the lens of current applied research of sustainable planning. Examples from recent literature of such approaches are presented, along with a discussion about their potentials, uncertainties, limitations, and trade-offs about the usability and effectiveness in reaching a better level of sustainability.

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Daniele La Rosa; Davide Geneletti; Marcin Spyra; Christian Albert; Christine Fürst. Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes. Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes 2018, 89 -126.

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Daniele La Rosa, Davide Geneletti, Marcin Spyra, Christian Albert, Christine Fürst. Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes. Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes. 2018; ():89-126.

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Daniele La Rosa; Davide Geneletti; Marcin Spyra; Christian Albert; Christine Fürst. 2018. "Sustainable Planning for Peri-urban Landscapes." Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes , no. : 89-126.

Article
Published: 02 March 2018 in Urban Ecosystems
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Quantitative analyses of the influence of boundary lines on ecosystem services distributions remain rare. Approaches towards integrative assessments of green and grey landscape systems, particularly in cross-boundaries contexts, remain underdeveloped. This study aims to close that knowledge gap. This study was carried out in the cross-boundary landscape of the cities of Cieszyn (in Poland) and Český Těšín (in the Czech Republic), which form one urban system that is divided by a national boundary. The study proposes a novel quantitative method to (1) assess and analyse the spatial structure of urban green and grey systems and (2) analyse the potential provision of ecosystem services (ES) in cross-boundary landscapes. The methodology could be useful for various types of cross-boundary landscapes. A spatial analysis using technomass (Ψ) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators was performed and combined with population data. The ratio between technomass and number of inhabitants to NDVI, used as a proxy indicator for the provision of ES, was implemented for the identification of areas of deficits in ecosystem services provision. The study shows significant spatial asymmetries, indicated inter alia by the share of grey and green systems and distribution of ES deficit areas. The spatial asymmetries of the urban cross-boundary landscape indicate the need for environmental governance covering green and grey systems located on both sides of a boundary as a spatial unit. This challenges current planning frameworks based mostly on “static” Euclidean land-use zones.

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Marcin Spyra; Luis Inostroza; Adam Hamerla; Jan Bondaruk. Ecosystem services deficits in cross-boundary landscapes: spatial mismatches between green and grey systems. Urban Ecosystems 2018, 22, 37 -47.

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Marcin Spyra, Luis Inostroza, Adam Hamerla, Jan Bondaruk. Ecosystem services deficits in cross-boundary landscapes: spatial mismatches between green and grey systems. Urban Ecosystems. 2018; 22 (1):37-47.

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Marcin Spyra; Luis Inostroza; Adam Hamerla; Jan Bondaruk. 2018. "Ecosystem services deficits in cross-boundary landscapes: spatial mismatches between green and grey systems." Urban Ecosystems 22, no. 1: 37-47.

Review
Published: 01 September 2017 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Davide Geneletti; Daniele La Rosa; Marcin Spyra; Chiara Cortinovis. A review of approaches and challenges for sustainable planning in urban peripheries. Landscape and Urban Planning 2017, 165, 231 -243.

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Davide Geneletti, Daniele La Rosa, Marcin Spyra, Chiara Cortinovis. A review of approaches and challenges for sustainable planning in urban peripheries. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017; 165 ():231-243.

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Davide Geneletti; Daniele La Rosa; Marcin Spyra; Chiara Cortinovis. 2017. "A review of approaches and challenges for sustainable planning in urban peripheries." Landscape and Urban Planning 165, no. : 231-243.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2017 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Daniele La Rosa; Davide Geneletti; Marcin Spyra; Christian Albert. Special issue on sustainable planning approaches for urban peripheries. Landscape and Urban Planning 2017, 165, 172 -176.

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Daniele La Rosa, Davide Geneletti, Marcin Spyra, Christian Albert. Special issue on sustainable planning approaches for urban peripheries. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2017; 165 ():172-176.

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Daniele La Rosa; Davide Geneletti; Marcin Spyra; Christian Albert. 2017. "Special issue on sustainable planning approaches for urban peripheries." Landscape and Urban Planning 165, no. : 172-176.

Journal article
Published: 26 January 2017 in Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
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This communication paper investigates requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies. We refer to European cross-border regions, which are located in the European Baltic Sea Region. We hypothesize that there is no efficient cross-border spatial planning without engagement from various stakeholders, supported by novel spatial planning technologies. This study presents the results from a survey that identifies the requirements for spatial planning technologies adequate for cross - border regions. On the basis of this survey, carried out within the INTECRE project partners coming from the Baltic Sea Region, the study provides general recommendations about cross - border spatial planning technologies. Addressed in the survey are the following central issues: definition of the scope of such technologies, the data base and international planning data provision, features and properties of planning technologies, and stakeholder involvement. The research findings are transferable to wider European and extra- European contexts.

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Susanne Frank; Marcin Spyra; Christine Fürst. Requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies in the European context. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems 2017, 3, 1 .

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Susanne Frank, Marcin Spyra, Christine Fürst. Requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies in the European context. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems. 2017; 3 (1):1.

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Susanne Frank; Marcin Spyra; Christine Fürst. 2017. "Requirements for cross-border spatial planning technologies in the European context." Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems 3, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2016 in Ecological Indicators
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Jennifer Hauck; Christian Albert; Christine Fürst; Davide Geneletti; Daniele La Rosa; Carsten Lorz; Marcin Spyra. Developing and applying ecosystem service indicators in decision-support at various scales. Ecological Indicators 2016, 61, 1 -5.

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Jennifer Hauck, Christian Albert, Christine Fürst, Davide Geneletti, Daniele La Rosa, Carsten Lorz, Marcin Spyra. Developing and applying ecosystem service indicators in decision-support at various scales. Ecological Indicators. 2016; 61 ():1-5.

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Jennifer Hauck; Christian Albert; Christine Fürst; Davide Geneletti; Daniele La Rosa; Carsten Lorz; Marcin Spyra. 2016. "Developing and applying ecosystem service indicators in decision-support at various scales." Ecological Indicators 61, no. : 1-5.

Review
Published: 01 February 2016 in Ecological Indicators
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Daniele La Rosa; Marcin Spyra; Luis Inostroza. Indicators of Cultural Ecosystem Services for urban planning: A review. Ecological Indicators 2016, 61, 74 -89.

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Daniele La Rosa, Marcin Spyra, Luis Inostroza. Indicators of Cultural Ecosystem Services for urban planning: A review. Ecological Indicators. 2016; 61 ():74-89.

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Daniele La Rosa; Marcin Spyra; Luis Inostroza. 2016. "Indicators of Cultural Ecosystem Services for urban planning: A review." Ecological Indicators 61, no. : 74-89.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2014 in iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
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IForest is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF). The journal encompasses a broad range of research aspects concerning forest science: forest ecology, biodiversity/genetics and ecophysiology, silviculture, forest inventory and planning, forest protection and monitoring, forest harvesting, landscape ecology, forest history, wood technology. Of special interest are studies addressing the biological and ecological bases for the sustainable management of forest ecosystems.

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Marcin Spyra. The feasibility of implementing cross-border land-use management strategies: a report from three Upper Silesian Euroregions. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 2014, 7, 396 -402.

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Marcin Spyra. The feasibility of implementing cross-border land-use management strategies: a report from three Upper Silesian Euroregions. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry. 2014; 7 (6):396-402.

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Marcin Spyra. 2014. "The feasibility of implementing cross-border land-use management strategies: a report from three Upper Silesian Euroregions." iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 7, no. 6: 396-402.