Can triad forestry reconcile Europe’s biodiversity and forestry strategies? : a critical evaluation of forest zoning

Nagel, Thomas Andrew (author)

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.

• Language: English
• Keywords: biodiversity conservation, disturbance, forest management, forest reserve, land sharing, land sparing, wood production
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Other scientific articles
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 632-641
• Numbering: Vol. 54, Iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167603
• UDC: 630*91:630:6
• ISSN on article: 1654-7209
• DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02116-2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 220396035
• Publication date in RUL: 03.03.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Ambio
• Publisher: Springer Nature, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• ISSN: 1654-7209
• COBISS.SI-ID: 516083993

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: ohranjanje biotske raznovrstnosti, motnje, gospodarjenje z gozdovi, gozdni rezervati, segregacijski pristop, večnamenski pristop, proizvodnja lesa