When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration
We present a historical overview of forest concepts and definitions, linking these changes with distinct perspectives and management objectives. Policies dealing with a broad range of forest issues are often based on definitions created for the purpose of assessing global forest stocks, which do not...
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| author | Chazdon, R.L. Brancalion, Pedro H.S. Laestadius, L. Bennett-Curry, A. Buckingham, K. Kumar, C. Moll-Rocek, J. Guimarães Vieira, I.C. Wilson, S.J. |
| author_browse | Bennett-Curry, A. Brancalion, Pedro H.S. Buckingham, K. Chazdon, R.L. Guimarães Vieira, I.C. Kumar, C. Laestadius, L. Moll-Rocek, J. Wilson, S.J. |
| author_facet | Chazdon, R.L. Brancalion, Pedro H.S. Laestadius, L. Bennett-Curry, A. Buckingham, K. Kumar, C. Moll-Rocek, J. Guimarães Vieira, I.C. Wilson, S.J. |
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| description | We present a historical overview of forest concepts and definitions, linking these changes with distinct perspectives and management objectives. Policies dealing with a broad range of forest issues are often based on definitions created for the purpose of assessing global forest stocks, which do not distinguish between natural and planted forests or reforests, and which have not proved useful in assessing national and global rates of forest regrowth and restoration. Implementing and monitoring forest and landscape restoration requires additional approaches to defining and assessing forests that reveal the qualities and trajectories of forest patches in a spatially and temporally dynamic landscape matrix. New technologies and participatory assessment of forest states and trajectories offer the potential to operationalize such definitions. Purpose-built and contextualized definitions are needed to support policies that successfully protect, sustain, and regrow forests at national and global scales. We provide a framework to illustrate how different management objectives drive the relative importance of different aspects of forest state, dynamics, and landscape context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace939682025-06-17T08:24:00Z When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration Chazdon, R.L. Brancalion, Pedro H.S. Laestadius, L. Bennett-Curry, A. Buckingham, K. Kumar, C. Moll-Rocek, J. Guimarães Vieira, I.C. Wilson, S.J. deforestation forest management landscape plantations reforestation We present a historical overview of forest concepts and definitions, linking these changes with distinct perspectives and management objectives. Policies dealing with a broad range of forest issues are often based on definitions created for the purpose of assessing global forest stocks, which do not distinguish between natural and planted forests or reforests, and which have not proved useful in assessing national and global rates of forest regrowth and restoration. Implementing and monitoring forest and landscape restoration requires additional approaches to defining and assessing forests that reveal the qualities and trajectories of forest patches in a spatially and temporally dynamic landscape matrix. New technologies and participatory assessment of forest states and trajectories offer the potential to operationalize such definitions. Purpose-built and contextualized definitions are needed to support policies that successfully protect, sustain, and regrow forests at national and global scales. We provide a framework to illustrate how different management objectives drive the relative importance of different aspects of forest state, dynamics, and landscape context. 2016-09 2018-07-03T10:56:43Z 2018-07-03T10:56:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93968 en Open Access Springer Chazdon, R.L., Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Laestadius, L., Bennett-Curry, A., Buckingham, K., Kumar, C., Moll-Rocek, J., Guimarães Vieira, I.C., Wilson, S.J.. 2016. When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration Ambio, 45 (5) : 538-550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0772-y |
| spellingShingle | deforestation forest management landscape plantations reforestation Chazdon, R.L. Brancalion, Pedro H.S. Laestadius, L. Bennett-Curry, A. Buckingham, K. Kumar, C. Moll-Rocek, J. Guimarães Vieira, I.C. Wilson, S.J. When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title_full | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title_fullStr | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title_full_unstemmed | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title_short | When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| title_sort | when is a forest a forest forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration |
| topic | deforestation forest management landscape plantations reforestation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93968 |
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