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

doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02409-5

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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Fenner School of Environment & Society

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1054-1057
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Ecology and Evolution
Volume	8
Issue number	6
Early online date	12 Apr 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02409-5
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024

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