TY - JOUR
T1 - Can triad forestry reconcile Europe’s biodiversity and forestry strategies? A critical evaluation of forest zoning
AU - Nagel, Thomas A.
AU - Rodríguez-Recio, Mariano
AU - Aakala, Tuomas
AU - Angelstam, Per
AU - Avdagić, Admir
AU - Borowski, Zbigniew
AU - Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés
AU - Brazaitis, Gediminas
AU - Campagnaro, Thomas
AU - Ciach, Michał
AU - Curovic, Milic
AU - Doerfler, Inken
AU - Fotakis, Dimitrios
AU - Govedar, Zoran
AU - Gregor, Konstantin
AU - Gültekin, Yaşar Selman
AU - Heilmann-Clausen, Jacob
AU - Hoffmann, Johanna
AU - Hofmeister, Jeňýk
AU - Jansone, Diāna
AU - Jansons, Āris
AU - Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
AU - Lachat, Thibault
AU - Lapin, Katharina
AU - Lõhmus, Asko
AU - Manton, Michael
AU - Mikac, Stjepan
AU - Mikoláš, Martin
AU - Mohren, Frits
AU - Nordén, Björn
AU - Odor, Peter
AU - Oettel, Janine
AU - Paillet, Yoan
AU - Panayotov, Momchil
AU - Roibu, Catalin Constantin
AU - Sitzia, Tommaso
AU - Svoboda, Miroslav
AU - Tanács, Eszter
AU - Trentanovi, Giovanni
AU - Vacchiano, Giorgio
AU - van der Sluis, Theo
AU - Zlatanov, Tzvetan
AU - Burrascano, Sabina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Balancing increasing demand for wood products while also maintaining forest biodiversity is a paramount challenge. Europe’s Biodiversity and Forest Strategies for 2030 attempt to address this challenge. Together, they call for strict protection of 10% of land area, including all primary and old growth forests, increasing use of ecological forestry, and less reliance on monocultural plantations. Using data on country wide silvicultural practices and a new database on strict forest reserves across Europe, we assess how triad forest zoning could help meet these goals. Our analysis reveals that zoning in Europe is overwhelmingly focused on wood production, while there has been little concomitant protection of forests in strict reserves. Moreover, most strict forest reserves are < 50 ha in size, likely too small to capture the minimum dynamic area necessary to sustain many taxa. We outline research priorities to meet future demands for timber while minimizing the impact on native biodiversity.
AB - Balancing increasing demand for wood products while also maintaining forest biodiversity is a paramount challenge. Europe’s Biodiversity and Forest Strategies for 2030 attempt to address this challenge. Together, they call for strict protection of 10% of land area, including all primary and old growth forests, increasing use of ecological forestry, and less reliance on monocultural plantations. Using data on country wide silvicultural practices and a new database on strict forest reserves across Europe, we assess how triad forest zoning could help meet these goals. Our analysis reveals that zoning in Europe is overwhelmingly focused on wood production, while there has been little concomitant protection of forests in strict reserves. Moreover, most strict forest reserves are < 50 ha in size, likely too small to capture the minimum dynamic area necessary to sustain many taxa. We outline research priorities to meet future demands for timber while minimizing the impact on native biodiversity.
KW - Biodiversity conservation
KW - Disturbance
KW - Forest management
KW - Forest reserve
KW - Land sharing/sparing
KW - Wood production
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-024-02116-2
DO - 10.1007/s13280-024-02116-2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 39699610
AN - SCOPUS:85212507881
JO - Ambio
JF - Ambio
SN - 0044-7447
ER -