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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
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
This textbook offers a detailed overview of the current state of
knowledge concerning the ecology and management of compositionally
and structurally diverse forests. It provides answers to central
questions such as: What are the scientific concepts used to assess
the growth, dynamics and functioning of mixed-species forests, how
generalizable are they, and what kind of experiments are necessary
to develop them further? How do mixed-species stands compare with
monocultures in relation to productivity, wood quality, and
ecological stability in the face of stress and disturbances? How
are the effects of species mixtures on ecosystem functioning
influenced by the particular species composition, site conditions,
and stand structure? How does any over- or underyielding at the
forest-stand level emerge from the tree and organ level, and what
are the main mechanisms behind mixing effects? How can our current
scientific understanding of mixed-species forests be integrated
into silvicultural concepts as well as practical forest management
and planning? Do the ecological characteristics of mixed-species
stands also translate into economic differences between mixtures
and monocultures? In addition, the book addresses experimental
designs and analytical approaches to study mixed-species forests
and provides extensive empirical information, general concepts,
models, and management approaches for mixed-species forests. As
such, it offers a valuable resource for students, scientists and
educators, as well as professional forest planners, managers, and
consultants.
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