The living dead: acknowledging life after tree death to stop forest degradation
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- Global sustainability agendas focus primarily on halting deforestation, yet the biodiversity crisis resulting from the degradation of remaining forests is going largely unnoticed. Forest degradation occurs through the loss of key ecological structures, such as dying trees and deadwood, even in the absence of deforestation. One of the main drivers of forest degradation is limited awareness by policy makers and the public on the importance of these structures for supporting forest biodiversity and ecosystem function. Here, we outline managementGlobal sustainability agendas focus primarily on halting deforestation, yet the biodiversity crisis resulting from the degradation of remaining forests is going largely unnoticed. Forest degradation occurs through the loss of key ecological structures, such as dying trees and deadwood, even in the absence of deforestation. One of the main drivers of forest degradation is limited awareness by policy makers and the public on the importance of these structures for supporting forest biodiversity and ecosystem function. Here, we outline management strategies to protect forest health and biodiversity by maintaining and promoting deadwood, and propose environmental education initiatives to improve the general awareness of the importance of deadwood. Finally, we call for major reforms to forest management to maintain and restore deadwood; large, old trees; and other key ecological structures.…
Author: | Simon Thorn, Sebastian Seibold, Alexandro B Leverkus, Thomas Michler, Jörg Müller, Reed F Noss, Nigel Stork, Sebastian Vogel, David B Lindenmayer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218575 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Fakultät für Biologie / Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
Year of Completion: | 2020 |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 9 |
First Page: | 505 |
Last Page: | 512 |
Source: | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2020; 18(9):505–512, DOI:10.1002/fee.2252 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2252 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Tag: | biodiversity; deadwood; forest degradation |
Release Date: | 2021/10/12 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |