The role of plantations in managing the world's forests in the Anthropocene
Abstract
The public view of tree plantations is somewhat ambiguous. While planting a single tree is generally considered good for the environment, planting a million trees raises concerns in some circles. Although plantations are often used to compensate for bad forestry practices, to willingly simplify otherwise complex forest ecosystems, or as a strategy for allowing the current petroleum‐based economy to continue on its course, we believe plantations have a legitimate place in the sustainable management of forests. Multi‐purpose plantations, designed to meet a wide variety of social, economic, and environmental objectives, can provide key ecosystem services, help preserve the world's remaining primary forests, and sequester an important proportion of the atmospheric carbon released by humans over the past 300 years.
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Delivering environmental benefits through native forest restoration typically creates a trade-off with wood production because plantations have a yield advantage over restored native forests.
“However, delivering these outcomes will typically result in a trade-off with wood production because of the yield advantage of plantations over restored native forests (31)(32)(33), as measured in wood volumes”
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The 'Protection of natural or unmanaged forests' section (p. 2) reports higher wood-volume yields for intensive plantations than for natural forests, supporting the yield-advantage portion of the claim. It does not specifically compare plantations with restored native forests or establish that restoration typically entails a trade-off with wood production. The 'Restoration and ecological services' section (p. 4) also says ecological and socioeconomic objectives need not necessarily be at odds. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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- Authors
- Paquette, A., & Messier, C.
- Affiliations
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Paquette, Alain
- Venue
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-02-20
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-34
- ISSN
- 1540-9295 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-9309
- OpenAlex
- W2063292842
- Cited by
- 585
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 16.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (publishedVersion)
- Archipel (Université du Québec à Montréal) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Forest ecology and management
- Keywords
- forest plantations, forest management, Anthropocene, ecosystem services, primary forest conservation, carbon sequestration, sustainable forest management
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