A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests

The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic purposes such as timber supply, carbon sequestration, water quality and biodiversity conservation, reveal widely var...

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Main Authors: Baral, H., Guariguata, Manuel R., Keenan, R.J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93975
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author Baral, H.
Guariguata, Manuel R.
Keenan, R.J.
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description The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic purposes such as timber supply, carbon sequestration, water quality and biodiversity conservation, reveal widely varying opinions across and within different settings. Recent research highlights the role of planted forests in providing multiple ecosystem services to human society. However, there has been little assessment of ecosystems services, partly due to lack of suitable frameworks and evaluation tools. Planted forests generally have low ecosystem services values initially and are more vulnerable to erosion and other impacts of mismanagement than natural forests. Careful monitoring of change in ecosystem services values over time is therefore vital to investors and all stakeholders in plantations. Drawing on lessons derived from ecosystem services assessment for various land use types, here we propose an easy-to-apply framework to assess ecosystem services from planted forests that could be used in various planted forest types around the world. A necessary next step for researchers and practitioners is to test the proposed framework under various settings.
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spelling CGSpace939752025-06-17T08:24:05Z A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests Baral, H. Guariguata, Manuel R. Keenan, R.J. biodiversity carbon carbon sequestration ecosystem services erosion forest management forest plantations forestry policies forests land use monitoring nature conservation resource conservation stakeholders timber supply The planting of forests has been met with both scepticism and support in international forest policy and management fora. Discussions regarding the values of plantations for extrinsic purposes such as timber supply, carbon sequestration, water quality and biodiversity conservation, reveal widely varying opinions across and within different settings. Recent research highlights the role of planted forests in providing multiple ecosystem services to human society. However, there has been little assessment of ecosystems services, partly due to lack of suitable frameworks and evaluation tools. Planted forests generally have low ecosystem services values initially and are more vulnerable to erosion and other impacts of mismanagement than natural forests. Careful monitoring of change in ecosystem services values over time is therefore vital to investors and all stakeholders in plantations. Drawing on lessons derived from ecosystem services assessment for various land use types, here we propose an easy-to-apply framework to assess ecosystem services from planted forests that could be used in various planted forest types around the world. A necessary next step for researchers and practitioners is to test the proposed framework under various settings. 2016-12 2018-07-03T10:56:44Z 2018-07-03T10:56:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93975 en Open Access Elsevier Baral, H., Guariguata, M.R., Keenan, R.J.. 2016. A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests Ecosystem Services, 22 (Part B) : 260-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.002
spellingShingle biodiversity
carbon
carbon sequestration
ecosystem services
erosion
forest management
forest plantations
forestry policies
forests
land use
monitoring
nature conservation
resource conservation
stakeholders
timber supply
Baral, H.
Guariguata, Manuel R.
Keenan, R.J.
A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title_full A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title_fullStr A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title_full_unstemmed A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title_short A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
title_sort proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests
topic biodiversity
carbon
carbon sequestration
ecosystem services
erosion
forest management
forest plantations
forestry policies
forests
land use
monitoring
nature conservation
resource conservation
stakeholders
timber supply
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