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Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantation Forests (Hardcover, New)
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Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantation Forests (Hardcover, New)
Series: The Earthscan Forest Library
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Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically
assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in
terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of
clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. Often
they are monocultures that do not appear to invite people for
recreation and other direct uses. Yet as this book clearly shows,
they can play a vital role in the provision of ecosystem services,
when compared to agriculture and other forms of land use or when
natural forests have been degraded. This is the first book to
examine explicitly the non-timber goods and services provided by
plantation forests, including soil, water and biodiversity
conservation, as well as carbon sequestration and the provision of
local livelihoods. The authors show that, if we require a higher
provision of ecosystem goods and services from both temperate and
tropical plantations, new approaches to their management are
required. These include policies, methods for valuing the services,
the practices of small landholders, landscape approaches to
optimise delivery of goods and services, and technical issues about
how to achieve suitable solutions at the scale of forest stands.
While providing original theoretical insights, the book also gives
guidance for plantation managers, policy-makers, conservation
practitioners and community advocates, who seek to promote or
strengthen the multiple-use of forest plantations for improved
benefits for society. Published with CIFOR
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