Forest management is evolving rapidly in the United States and Europe. New approaches are a response to external and management-induced maladies that render forests unhealthy, unstable, and unproductive. The goal is to design management that fosters sustainable, healthy, forest ecosystems, at the stand-level and across landscapes. In the United States the new approach is termed "Ecosystem Management." In central Europe "Glose-To-Nature" forestry are common English-language translations. These approaches represent a substantial departure from traditional forestry practices that are driven by short-term economics. Recognising differences in historical utilisation patterns, societal development, and biophysical conditions provides inspiration for beneficiat integration of approaches. Foresters and researchers in the United States can learn from systems developed within the culturally-dominated landscapes of Europe. Europeans can benefit by incorporating ideas originating in the semi-natural landscapes of the United States.
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