Background Acacia mangium, a fast-growing tree native to parts of Indonesia, Papua New
Guinea and Australia, has been cultivated outside its native environment and introduced into …

Vietnam has established 1.1 million ha of acacia plantations for wood production, managed
on 5-to 10-year rotation cycles. Nearly 50% of the resource is managed by small growers …

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost
exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these “pristine” …

Secondary forests and monoculture plantations are widespread in the tropics and are the
two most common forms of reforestation. To assess the value of both systems for CO2 …

Acacia and eucalypt plantations, managed over rotation cycles of 5–8 years, are important
resources for wood production in Southeast Asia. This paper reviews the processes that …

Understory plants are one of the important components of forest biological diversity and play
important roles in forest function. Although convincing evidence exists that mixed-species …

Abstract The Returning Farmland to Forest Program (RFFP; tuigeng huanlin gongcheng),
which compensates farmers for cultivating forest on previously non-forested land, is central …

Landscapes are being degraded and simplified across the globe. This book explores how
forest restoration might be carried out to increase landscape heterogeneity, improve …

Soil absorbs a lot of carbon dioxide (CO 2). Soil organic carbon (SOC) is understudied in
tropical regions despite its importance. This study examines how forest management might …

High deforestation rates, especially in the tropics, currently result in the annual emission of
large amounts of carbon, contributing to global climate change. There is therefore an urgent …