When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration
University of Connecticut · Universidade de São Paulo · +8 more institutions
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 33.23
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 54
Authors
9- RLRobin L. ChazdonCorresponding
University of Connecticut
- PHPedro H. S. Brancalion
Universidade de São Paulo
- LLLars Laestadius
World Resources Institute, Institute of Wood Science and Technology
- ABAoife Bennett‐Curry
University of Oxford, Center for International Forestry Research
- KBKathleen Buckingham
World Resources Institute
Topics & keywords
- Forest restoration
- Operationalization
- Environmental resource management
- Forest management
- Context (archaeology)
- Forest ecology
- Forest dynamics
- Intact forest landscape
- Life in Land