Quantifying forest degradation requires a long-term, landscape-scale approach

Matthew G. Betts*, Zhiqiang Yang, Adam S. Hadley, Jessica Hightower, Fangyuan Hua, David Lindenmayer, Eugene Seo, Sean P. Healey

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Abstract

Forests are spatially and temporally dynamic, such that forest degradation is best quantified across whole landscapes and over the long term. The European Union’s forest degradation policy, which focuses on contemporary primary forest conversion to plantations, ignores other globally prevalent forestry practices that can flip forests into a degraded state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1054-1057
Number of pages4
JournalNature Ecology and Evolution
Volume8
Issue number6
Early online date12 Apr 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

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