The effective implementation of sustainable forest management depends largely on carrying
out forest operations in a sustainable manner. Climate change, as well as the increasing …

Forest soils can suffer from various threats, some of which are human induced. Although
mechanized harvesting allows for high productivity, it may also seriously damage forest …

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

Forests managed for timber have an important role to play in conserving global biodiversity.
We evaluated the most common timber production systems worldwide in terms of their …

The majority of the world's forests are used for multiple purposes, which often include the
potentially conflicting goals of timber production and biodiversity conservation. A …

Vast expanses of tropical forests worldwide are being impacted by selective logging. We
evaluate the environmental impacts of such logging and conclude that natural timber …

Background The development of forestry as a scientific and management discipline over the
last two centuries has mainly emphasized intensive management operations focused on …

In 2004, Navjot Sodhi and colleagues warned that logging and agricultural conversion of
Southeast Asia's forests were leading to a biodiversity disaster. We evaluate this prediction …

Given the short time-frame to limit global warming, and the current emissions gap, it is critical
to prioritise mitigation actions. To date, scant attention has been paid to the mitigation …

Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is
essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we …