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Deadwood - living forests
| Author: |
Dudley, N.; Vallauri, D. |
| Date: |
2004 |
| Periodical: |
Gland, Switzerland: World Wildlife Fund for Nature. 15 p. |
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http://www.panda.org/downloads/forests/deadwoodwithnotes.pdf
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| Abstract: |
In international and European political processes, deadwood is increasingly being accepted as a key indicator of naturalness in forest ecosystems. Governments which have recognised the need to preserve the range of forest values and are committed to these processes can help reverse the current decline in forest biodiversity. This can be done by including deadwood in national biodiversity and forest strategies, monitoring deadwood, removing perverse subsidies that pay for its undifferentiated removal, introducing supportive legislation and raising awareness. WWF calls on European governments, forest owners and the forest industry to help conserve biodiversity by increasing deadwood in boreal and temperate forests to 20-30 cubic meters per hectare by 2030.
In this brochure WWF describes the importance of deadwood, outlines some necessary steps for its conservation and restoration, and invites forest managers, forest owners, governments and the public to give this vitally important microhabitat a chance. |
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