Background The development of forestry as a scientific and management discipline over the
last two centuries has mainly emphasized intensive management operations focused on …

With an increasing fraction of the world's forests being intensively managed for meeting
humanity's need for wood, fiber and ecosystem services, quantitative understanding of the …

Forest restoration is being scaled up globally to deliver critical ecosystem services and
biodiversity benefits; however, there is a lack of rigorous comparison of cobenefit delivery …

Afforestation, the conversion of non‐forested lands to forest plantations, can sequester
atmospheric carbon dioxide, but the rapid growth and harvesting of biomass may deplete …

This paper quantifies two important native forest ecosystem services in southern Chile: water
supply and recreational fishing opportunities. We analyzed streamflow in relation to forest …

The Amazon Basin appears poised to experience rapid expansion of oil palm agriculture.
Nearly half of Amazonia is suitable for oil palm cultivation, and Malaysian corporations are …

Chile has a strong forest sector based on plantations of exotic species and an extensive
area of temperate rainforests with unique ecological features and a wealth of biodiversity …

Afforestation, the conversion of unforested lands to forests, is a tool for sequestering
anthropogenic carbon dioxide into plant biomass. However, in addition to altering biomass …

Changing forest disturbance regimes pose a major challenge for current day forestry. Yet
our understanding of the economic impacts of disturbances remains incomplete. Existing …

Compared to planted forest ecosystems (PFE), natural forest ecosystems (NFE) generally
have a longer history and theoretically have stronger environmental adaptability. Changes …