For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

Messier, Christian; Bauhus, Jürgen; Sousa‐Silva, Rita; Auge, Harald; Baeten, Lander; Barsoum, Nadia; Bruelheide, Helge; Caldwell, Benjamin; Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine; Dhiedt, Els; Eisenhauer, Nico; Ganade, Gislene; Gravel, Dominique; Guillemot, Joannès; Hall, Jefferson S.; Hector, Andrew; Hérault, Bruno; Jactel, Hervé; Koricheva, Julia; Kreft, Holger; Mereu, Simone; Muys, Bart; Nock, Charles A.; Paquette, Alain; Parker, John D.; Perring, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8553-4893; Ponette, Quentin; Potvin, Catherine; Reich, Peter B.; Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael; Schnabel, Florian; Verheyen, Kris; Weih, Martin; Wollni, Meike; Zemp, Delphine Clara. 2022 For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! Conservation Letters, 15 (1), e12829. 8, pp. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829

Abstract/Summary

As of 2020, the world has an estimated 290 million ha of planted forests and this number is continuously increasing. Of these, 131 million ha are monospecific planted forests under intensive management. Although monospecific planted forests are important in providing timber, they harbor less biodiversity and are potentially more susceptible to disturbances than natural or diverse planted forests. Here, we point out the increasing scientific evidence for increased resilience and ecosystem service provision of functionally and species diverse planted forests (hereafter referred to as diverse planted forests) compared to monospecific ones. Furthermore, we propose five concrete steps to foster the adoption of diverse planted forests: (1) improve awareness of benefits and practical options of diverse planted forests among land-owners, managers, and investors; (2) incentivize tree species diversity in public funding of afforestation and programs to diversify current maladapted planted forests of low diversity; (3) develop new wood-based products that can be derived from many different tree species not yet in use; (4) invest in research to assess landscape benefits of diverse planted forests for functional connectivity and resilience to global-change threats; and (5) improve the evidence base on diverse planted forests, in particular in currently under-represented regions, where new options could be tested.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1755-263X
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	biodiversity, climate change mitigation, ecosystem services, forest functioning, forest landscape restoration, plantations, resilience, sustainable forest management
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	31 Dec 2021 15:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531657

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

1755-263X

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

biodiversity, climate change mitigation, ecosystem services, forest functioning, forest landscape restoration, plantations, resilience, sustainable forest management

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

31 Dec 2021 15:35 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531657