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Fifanou, Vodouhe G., Coulibaly Ousmane, Biaou Gauthier, and Sinsin Brice. "Traditional agroforestry systems and biodiversity conservation in Benin (West Africa)." Agroforestry Systems 82, no. 1 (2011): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-011-9377-4.

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FEARNSIDE, PHILIP M. "Biodiversity as an environmental service in Brazil's Amazonian forests: risks, value and conservation." Environmental Conservation 26, no. 4 (1999): 305–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892999000429.

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The environmental service provided by the great biodiversity of Amazonian forests is one of several factors leading to the conclusion that much greater efforts are warranted to reduce the destruction of these forests. Risks to biodiversity in Amazonian forests include deforestation, logging, fires, fragmentation, depletion of fauna, invasion by exotic species, and climate change. Financial values assigned to biodiversity depend strongly on the purposes of valuation. Utilitarian benefits include the values of presently-marketed and presently-unexploited forest products, and the monetary value of environmental benefits. Non-monetary values of Amazonian forests are also essential components of decision-making on conservation. Measures of ‘willingness to pay’ and ‘willingness to accept’ can be useful as indicators of potential financial flows, but should not be confused with the true values of the forests to society. Valuation for the purpose of setting penalties for destruction of biodiversity is an important legal question in Brazil and must take into consideration additional factors.Conservation of biodiversity in Brazil includes creation of various types of protected areas. The status of these areas varies greatly, with practice frequently deviating from official requirements. Creating reserves that include human occupants has a variety of pros and cons. Although the effect of humans is not always benign, much larger areas can be brought under protection regimes if human occupants are included. Additional considerations apply to buffer zones around protected areas. The choice and design of reserves depends on the financial costs and biodiversity benefits of different strategies. In Brazil, rapid creation of lightly-protected ‘paper parks’ has been a means of keeping ahead of the advance of barriers to establishment of new conservation units, but emphasis must eventually shift to better protection of existing reserves. Indigenous peoples have the best record of maintaining forest, but negotiation with these peoples is essential in order to ensure maintenance of the large areas of forest they inhabit. The benefits of environmental services provided by the forest must accrue to those who maintain these forests. Development of mechanisms to capture the value of these services will be a key factor affecting the long-term prospects of Amazonian forests. However, many effective measures to discourage deforestation could be taken immediately through government action, including levying and collecting taxes that discourage land speculation, changing land tenure establishment procedures so as not to reward deforestation, revoking remaining incentives, restricting road building and improvement, strengthening requirements for environmental impact statements (RIMAs) for proposed development projects, and creating employment alternatives.

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Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Etotépé A. Sogbohossou, Barthélémy Kassa, Christian B. Ahouandjinou, Hugues A. Akpona, and Brice Sinsin. "Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving the Highly Hunted Mammal Species as Bushmeat in Southern Benin." Open Ecology Journal 11, no. 1 (2018): 14–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874213001811010014.

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Background: The habitat degradation together with fragmentation and illegal hunting represent a major threat for biodiversity conservation in Lama protected areas. Method: We used a combination of questionnaire survey with local communities for ranking the hunted mammal species as bushmeat and track surveys in gridded-cell system of 500x500 m2 (n=268) to assess at what extend the management design, the anthropogenic factors and habitat type affect the occupancy model of those mammal species. Results: Twenty mammal species have been predominantly reported by the local inhabitants to consume bushmeat species and 5 of them have been identified as the most preferable as hunted game mammals. The selection of the preferred habitat among the swampy forest, the dense forest, the tree plantations and cropland for the prioritized game species varies between species but looks similar when grouping in different orders. Some bushmeat species were found to select the more secure habitat (natural forest); suggesting the zoning system in the Lama forest can passively protect those species. However, some species such as T. swinderianus although highly hunted showed preference to anthropogenic habitat, avoiding the well secured core zone in Lama Forest. Conclusion: Our findings highlighted the importance of the zoning system with different management objectives in the habitat occupancy model of the highly hunted wildlife species.

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Brazner, John, and Frances MacKinnon. "Relative conservation value of Nova Scotia’s forests: forested wetlands as avian diversity hotspots." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50, no. 12 (2020): 1307–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0101.

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Nova Scotia’s forested landscapes are degraded and under stress. As the province moves toward an ecological forestry management approach, land managers need more complete information about the relative biodiversity value of various habitats in landscapes that they manage to fully assess conservation consequences of different management options. To begin assessing the relative conservation value of different forest types, we surveyed bird communities in 18 forested wetlands (wooded bogs, tall shrub swamps, and treed swamps), mature upland forest stands, and regenerating upland forest stands in western Nova Scotia during the breeding season in 2017 and 2018. There were distinct differences among the bird communities in each forest type. Bird species diversity, overall abundance, and abundance of several guilds and species of conservation concern were higher in forested wetlands than in mature and regenerating upland forests. Bogs and shrub swamps had the highest number of species with strong habitat affinities, but treed swamps and mature sites had unique suites of strongly associated species and guilds — several of conservation concern. Regenerating sites were occupied mainly by forest-edge species and conservation value was low. Our study highlights the importance of forested wetlands to bird conservation and supports the idea that forested wetlands are avian diversity hotspots.

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Ahoyo, Carlos C., Thierry D. Houehanou, Alain S. Yaoitcha, et al. "A quantitative ethnobotanical approach toward biodiversity conservation of useful woody species in Wari-Maro forest reserve (Benin, West Africa)." Environment, Development and Sustainability 20, no. 5 (2017): 2301–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-017-9990-0.

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Ekblom, Anneli, Anna Shoemaker, Lindsey Gillson, Paul Lane, and Karl-Johan Lindholm. "Conservation through Biocultural Heritage—Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa." Land 8, no. 1 (2019): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land8010005.

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In this paper, we review the potential of biocultural heritage in biodiversity protection and agricultural innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. We begin by defining the concept of biocultural heritage into four interlinked elements that are revealed through integrated landscape analysis. This concerns the transdisciplinary methods whereby biocultural heritage must be explored, and here we emphasise that reconstructing landscape histories and documenting local heritage values needs to be an integral part of the process. Ecosystem memories relate to the structuring of landscape heterogeneity through such activities as agroforestry and fire management. The positive linkages between living practices, biodiversity and soil nutrients examined here are demonstrative of the concept of ecosystem memories. Landscape memories refer to built or enhanced landscapes linked to specific land-use systems and property rights. Place memories signify practices of protection or use related to a specific place. Customary protection of burial sites and/or abandoned settlements, for example, is a common occurrence across Africa with beneficial outcomes for biodiversity and forest protection. Finally, we discuss stewardship and change. Building on local traditions, inclusivity and equity are essential to promoting the continuation and innovation of practices crucial for local sustainability and biodiversity protection, and also offer new avenues for collaboration in landscape management and conservation.

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Toko Imorou, Ismaïla, Ousséni Arouna, Laurent G. Houessou, and Brice Sinsin. "Contribution of sacred forests to biodiversity conservation: case of Adjahouto and Lokozoun sacred forests in southern Benin, West Africa." International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 11, no. 6 (2018): 2936. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v11i6.30.

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Tschopp, Tobias, Rolf Holderegger, and Kurt Bollmann. "Auswirkungen der Douglasie auf die Waldbiodiversität." Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 166, no. 1 (2015): 9–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3188/szf.2015.0009.

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Effects of Douglas fir on forest biodiversity Under climate change, forestry in Switzerland promotes the increased cultivation of exotic Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), as Douglas fir is more drought-resistant than native spruce. However, nature conservation organisations fear that enhanced planting of Douglas fir will negatively affect biodiversity and that Douglas fir has invasive potential. Based on the existing scientific and grey literature, we compile the present knowledge on the effects on forest habitats and biodiversity and the invasiveness of Douglas fir in Central Europe. The cultivation of Douglas fir does not seem to have any additional negative effects on soils as compared to native conifers, and its effects on biodiversity are diverse and often inconsistent. Overall, there is often a shift in species composition and in the dominance ratio for most studied groups of organisms (e.g. fungi, plants, arthropods, birds) in Douglas fir stands. Although natural regeneration of Douglas fir does occur in many regions of Central Europe, its extent, site-specificity and frequency and, therefore, the invasiveness of Douglas fir are not yet clear. We identified the following knowledge gaps: 1) Douglas fir should be studied along mixture gradients with other tree species, especially beech, in order to determine threshold values at which negative effects of biodiversity begin to appear. 2) The effects of Douglas fir on Red List, priority or characteristic forest species have not yet been thoroughly evaluated. 3) Frequency of natural regeneration and dispersal potential of Douglas fir in Central Europe should be assessed. Filling these knowledge gaps will allow a more reliable and integral assessment of the biodiversity effects of Douglas fir and its invasive potential.

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Kurniawan, Iwan, Baba Barus, and Andrea Emma Pravitasari. "Pemodelan Spasial Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan di Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak dan Daerah Penyangganya." Journal of Regional and Rural Development Planning 1, no. 3 (2018): 270. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jp2wd.2017.1.3.270-286.

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Land use activities in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park (GHSNP) that does not comply with the zoning plan of GHSNP cause degradation, deforestation and decreasing GHSNP size, while land use activities intensively in the surrounding of GHSNP (buffer area) that does not comply with the spatial allocation plan may alter landscape configuration that influence ecological processes and biodiversity within national park. Predicting land use and land cover (LULC) change patterns in the future provides important information for identifying areas that vulnerable to changes. Multi-temporal remote sensing data was used to identify LULC, a multi-layer perceptron neural network with a Markov chain model (MLPNN-M) was used to predict LULC in 2025 and to analyze LULC trend, Overlaying analysis was used to analyze the consistency between LULC and spatial allocation regulation in 2025. The results show that LULC in GHSNP and its buffer area consist of prmary forests, secondary forests, mixture crops, plantations, settlements, agriculture, shrubs, and water. The primary forests, secondary forests, mixture crops, and agriculture were predicted to decrease while settlements, plantations and shrubs were predicted to increase. Land conversion trends into secondary forests, plantations, agriculture and shrubs that begin to show centralized patterns within and the boundaries of GHSNP need to be anticipated. In 2025, inconsistency between land use and GHSNP zonation is the existence of mixture crops, plantations, settlements and agriculture outside the special zone whereas inconsistency between land use and spatial allocation regulation is existence of plantations and agriculture in conservation forest, protection forest and production forest.

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Tripathi, Hemant G., Emily S. Woollen, Mariana Carvalho, Catherine L. Parr, and Casey M. Ryan. "Agricultural expansion in African savannas: effects on diversity and composition of trees and mammals." Biodiversity and Conservation 30, no. 11 (2021): 3279–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02249-w.

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AbstractLand use change (LUC) is the leading cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. However, the global understanding of LUC's impact on biodiversity is mainly based on comparisons of land use endpoints (habitat vs non-habitat) in forest ecosystems. Hence, it may not generalise to savannas, which are ecologically distinct from forests, as they are inherently patchy, and disturbance adapted. Endpoint comparisons also cannot inform the management of intermediate mosaic landscapes. We aim to address these gaps by investigating species- and community-level responses of mammals and trees along a gradient of small scale agricultural expansion in the miombo woodlands of northern Mozambique. Thus, the case study represents the most common pathway of LUC and biodiversity change in the world's largest savanna. Tree abundance, mammal occupancy, and tree- and mammal-species richness showed a non-linear relationship with agricultural expansion (characterised by the Land Division Index, LDI). These occurrence and diversity metrics increased at intermediate LDI (0.3 to 0.7), started decreasing beyond LDI > 0.7, and underwent high levels of decline at extreme levels of agricultural expansion (LDI > 0.9). Despite similarities in species richness responses, the two taxonomic groups showed contrasting β-diversity patterns in response to increasing LDI: increased dissimilarity among tree communities (heterogenisation) and high similarity among mammals (homogenisation). Our analysis along a gradient of landscape-scale land use intensification allows a novel understanding of the impacts of different levels of land conversion, which can help guide land use and restoration policy. Biodiversity loss in this miombo landscape was lower than would be inferred from existing global syntheses of biodiversity-land use relations for Africa or the tropics, probably because such syntheses take a fully converted landscape as the endpoint. As, currently, most African savanna landscapes are a mosaic of savanna habitats and small scale agriculture, biodiversity loss is probably lower than in current global estimates, albeit with a trend towards further conversion. However, at extreme levels of land use change (LDI > 0.9 or < 15% habitat cover) miombo biodiversity appears to be more sensitive to LUC than inferred from the meta-analyses. To mitigate the worst effects of land use on biodiversity, our results suggest that miombo landscapes should retain > 25% habitat cover and avoid LDI > 0.75—after which species richness of both groups begin to decline. Our findings indicate that tree diversity may be easier to restore from natural restoration than mammal diversity, which became spatially homogeneous.

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ASSOGBA, Orgely Doris Imeilda, Kolawolé Valère SALAKO, Benjamin FANTODJI, Éméline P. S. ASSÉDÉ, Achille Ephrem ASSOGBADJO, and Paxie Wanangwa CHIRWA. "Does land use type impact the demographic and spatial structures of Adansonia digitata L. in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Northern Benin?" BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES 344 (August 18, 2020): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.19182/bft2020.344.a31908.

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Changes in land use type (LUT) are a major driver of biodiversity loss and species decline. Responses to changes in LUT are species-specific, which may in turn be context-dependent. Understanding such responses is essential for the management of socio-economically important wild tree species. The baobab, Adansonia digitata L., is an important traditional agroforestry tree species in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assesses how LUT affects the demographic and spatial structure of baobab stands. Using data from a census and mapping of baobab trees in 12 plots of 250 m × 250 m each, the study compared baobab tree density, total height and diameter, diameter size-class distribution (SCD), stand stability, and spatial relationships in a strictly protected area (national park), a buffer zone and farmlands (Matéri and Boukombé) in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin. The results show that the highest young and adult tree densities are in farmlands (particularly in Matéri), followed by the buffer zone and the national park. No significant differences in tree diameter and total height of baobab trees were found among the different LUT. The SCD had a reverse J-shape with a better negative slope and population stability metrics in farmlands (particularly in Matéri) but a flattened slope in the buffer zone. The spatial distributions of juvenile and adult baobab trees were random, and independent of each other. The spatial distribution of juvenile and adult baobabs was also independent of the other tree species, irrespective of LUT. It was concluded that baobab conservation is better in farmlands than in the national park but that the difference between park and farmlands may be context-dependent, probably linked to local environmental conditions, the socio-ecological context and interactions with baobab trees.

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Juutinen, Artti, Pasi Reunanen, Mikko Mönkkönen, Olli-Pekka Tikkanen, and Jari Kouki. "Conservation of forest biodiversity using temporal conservation contracts." Ecological Economics 81 (September 2012): 121–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.06.015.

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Vodouhê, Fifanou G., Ousmane Coulibaly, Anselme Adégbidi, and Brice Sinsin. "Community perception of biodiversity conservation within protected areas in Benin." Forest Policy and Economics 12, no. 7 (2010): 505–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2010.06.008.

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Gullison, R. E. "Does forest certification conserve biodiversity?" Oryx 37, no. 2 (2003): 153–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605303000346.

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Forest certification provides a means by which producers who meet stringent sustainable forestry standards can identify their products in the marketplace, allowing them to potentially receive greater market access and higher prices for their products. An examination of the ways in which certification may contribute to biodiversity conservation leads to the following conclusions: 1) the process of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certification generates improvements to management with respect to the value of managed forests for biodiversity. 2) Current incentives are not sufficient to attract the majority of producers to seek certification, particularly in tropical countries where the costs of improving management to meet FSC guidelines are significantly greater than any market benefits they may receive; available incentives are even less capable of convincing forest owners to retain forest cover and produce certified timber on a sustainable basis, rather than deforesting their lands for timber and agriculture. 3) At present, current volumes of certified forest products are insufficient to reduce demand to log high conservation value forests. If FSC certification is to make greater inroads, particularly in tropical countries, significant investments will be needed both to increase the benefits and reduce the costs of certification. Conservation investors will need to carefully consider the biodiversity benefits that will be generated from such investments, versus the benefits generated from investing in more traditional approaches to biodiversity conservation.

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Verheyen, Kris, Beatrijs Bossuyt, Olivier Honnay, and Martin Hermy. "History And Forest Biodiversity: Challenges for Conservation." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 84, no. 3 (2003): 128–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623(2003)84[128:hafbcf]2.0.co;2.

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Singh, J. S., and S. P. S. Kushwaha. "Forest biodiversity and its conservation in India." International Forestry Review 10, no. 2 (2008): 292–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/ifor.10.2.292.

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Kettle, Chris J. "Management of Forest Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation." Biotropica 43, no. 6 (2011): 766. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00829.x.

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Ghazoul, Jaboury. "Barriers to Biodiversity Conservation in Forest Certification." Conservation Biology 15, no. 2 (2001): 315–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015002315.x.

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Fredericksen, Todd S. "Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Forests." Forests 12, no. 8 (2021): 1054. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12081054.

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Ptichnikov, A. V. "Market based forest conservation opportunities." Izvestiya Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriya geograficheskaya, no. 6 (December 17, 2019): 97–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s2587-55662019697-106.

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Forests of Russia have global ecological significance. They include huge massive of boreal forests, almost a quarter of global area of intact forest landscapes. The global role of Russian forests in inhibition of aridization and land degradation is well known. Development of representative system of forest protection is one of the main tasks of Russian Federation in implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity obligations. The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 20112020 and the Aichi Strategic Goals plan protection of no less than 17% of terrestrial ecosystems area to the 2020, especially the sites of high significance for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The main forest protection mechanisms are protected natural areas (PNA), forests with protective functions, and protective sites (PS). PNA contains around 7% of forest covered area. Forests with protective functions make up around 16% of forest covered areas, but the management regimes of many types of such forests are not conforming to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. Many of forests with protective functions are under lease for forest management. Since recently the significance of voluntary Forest Stewardship council (FSC) certification for biodiversity conservation is increasing. The standards of FSC certification require from forest companies to implement protection and appropriate use of high conservation value forests (HCVF). Totally there are 46 mln ha of FSC certified forests in Russia, from them around 56 mln ha of HCVF received additional protection from certification. One of the most important categories of HCVF are intact forest landscapes (IFLs). Around 1 mln ha of IFLs are protected as the result of forest certification, providing significant input into Convention on Biological Diversity. For 35 FSC certified companies the share of identified HCVFs with nature conservation regimes in their leased forests is comparable with the average share of PNAs (without certification) on the regional or district level. The main output of the research is that the role of voluntary forest certification for enhancing the system of forest protection in Russia is increasing, which receives worldwide recognition.

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Mason, F., and L. Zapponi. "The forest biodiversity artery: towards forest management for saproxylic conservation." iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 9, no. 2 (2016): 205–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor1657-008.

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Miller, Darren A., and T. Bently Wigley. "Introduction: Herbicides and Forest Biodiversity." Wildlife Society Bulletin 32, no. 4 (2004): 1016–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1016:ihafb]2.0.co;2.

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Woinarski, J. C. Z. "Biodiversity conservation in tropical forest landscapes of Oceania." Biological Conservation 143, no. 10 (2010): 2385–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.009.

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Peres, Carlos A., Toby A. Gardner, Jos Barlow, et al. "Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes." Biological Conservation 143, no. 10 (2010): 2314–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.021.

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Calver, Mike. "Conserving Forest Biodiversity: A Comprehensive, Multiscaled Approach." Pacific Conservation Biology 8, no. 4 (2002): 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc030291.

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OVER several years Lindenmayer and Franklin have developed a position that the long-term conservation of many forest animals relies on both an expanded, representative reserve system and management of production forest to assist in the conservation of biodiversity (e.g., Gibbons and Lindenmayer 1997; Lindenmayer and Franklin 1997, 2000; Lindenmayer and Pope 2000). In this book they present a detailed explication of that position, organized into four broad sections:

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Acharya, Uma, R. John Petheram, and Rowan Reid. "Biodiversity conservation: Officials' perceptions and discord with community forest management in Nepal." Forestry Chronicle 81, no. 3 (2005): 387–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc81387-3.

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Two topics receiving much attention in design of forest policy and management in Nepal are conservation of biodiversity and participation of forest-local people. Government officials, forest users and development workers are all involved in shaping policy for the management of forest for biodiversity and other values. It is therefore crucial to understand the different viewpoints about biodiversity among these stakeholders. This paper is derived from a broad case study on the views of various stakeholders in community forestry in Nepal, but is focused on understanding the views of policy-level government officials in regards to biodiversity conservation. Using a grounded theory approach, qualitative data were collected on two field visits in 2002–2003 to the study area. The results of interviews with officials indicate diverse perspectives in interpreting biodiversity conservation. These include perceptions of forest users' understanding about diversity, and strong beliefs about definition of biodiversity and about dependence of users on forest for their livelihood. Implications of the results include an obvious need for better understanding by staff at various levels of government and other agencies involved in community forestry, of the different concepts and views held about biodiversity conservation. A broader understanding among officials of biodiversity and deeper knowledge of other's views on biodiversity conservation could help in designing and implementing policies and programs in the context of community forest management. Key words: views, perceptions, understanding, community, forestry, users, government officials, policy, qualitative method

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Safe'i, Rahmat, Christine Wulandari, and Hari Kaskoyo. "Assessment of Forest Health in Various Forest Types in Lampung Province." Jurnal Sylva Lestari 7, no. 1 (2019): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jsl1795-109.

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In Lampung Province, awareness of the importance of forest health in achieving sustainable forest management in various types of forests is still low so that forest health problems have not received serious attention so far. This study aims to obtain indicators of forest health assessment and the status of forest health conditions in various types of forests in Lampung Province. This research was carried out in mangrove and community forests in East Lampung District, and protected and conservation forests in Tanggamus District in 2018. The stages of this study consisted of formulating guarantees of forest health indicators, making measuring plots, measuring forest health, processing data, and forest health assessment. The results showed that indicators for assessing the health of forests in mangrove forests are vitality and biodiversity, in community forests are productivity, vitality and site quality, in protected forests are biodiversity, vitality and productivity, and in conservation forests are biodiversity and productivity. The status of health conditions in each cluster of plots in mangrove forest is bad and good, in community forests is good and medium, in protected forests is bad and good, and in conservation forests are bad and good.Keywords: indicator, forest health status, forest types, Lampung Province

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Ezebilo, Eugene E. "Local participation in forest and biodiversity conservation in a Nigerian rain forest." International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 18, no. 1 (2011): 42–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2011.544389.

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Singh, Preeti. "Evaluation of Importance and Conservation Strategies of Forest Biodiversity." International Journal of Scientific Research 3, no. 8 (2012): 417–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/august2014/126.

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Gorenflo, L. J., and Katrina Brandon. "Agricultural Capacity and Conservation in High Biodiversity Forest Ecosystems." AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 34, no. 3 (2005): 199–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-34.3.199.

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Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Lenore Fahrig, Marcelo Tabarelli, et al. "Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation." Ecology Letters 23, no. 9 (2020): 1404–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13535.

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MÖNKKÖNEN, MIKKO, ANNA-LIISA YLISIRNIÖ, and TANJA HÄMÄLÄINEN. "Ecological Efficiency of Voluntary Conservation of Boreal-Forest Biodiversity." Conservation Biology 23, no. 2 (2009): 339–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01082.x.

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Cuckston, Thomas. "Bringing tropical forest biodiversity conservation into financial accounting calculation." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 26, no. 5 (2013): 688–714. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-02-2013-1231.

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Putz, Francis E., Geoffrey M. Blate, Kent H. Redford, Robert Fimbel, and John Robinson. "Tropical Forest Management and Conservation of Biodiversity: an Overview." Conservation Biology 15, no. 1 (2001): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00018.x.

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Mac NALLY, RALPH. "Monitoring Forest Biodiversity: Improving Conservation through Ecologically-Responsible Management." Austral Ecology 37, no. 2 (2012): e16-e17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02368.x.

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MacKinnon, K., K. Richardson, and J. MacKinnon. "Protected and other conserved areas: ensuring the future of forest biodiversity in a changing climate." International Forestry Review 22, no. 1 (2020): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/146554820829523943.

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Biodiversity loss and climate change are two of the greatest environmental challenges of our times and are inextricably interlinked. The most significant drivers of forest and biodiversity loss are habitat loss and fragmentation due to land use changes and overexploitation. These changes will be exacerbated by climate change with increasing land degradation and more conversion of forests to meet increasing demands for agriculture and forest resources. Protected areas are the cornerstones of biodiversity conservation. Currently terrestrial protected areas cover about 15 percent of the world's land surface but this is inadequate to fully represent global biodiversity, with many forest ecosystems poorly represented in protected area networks. Ensuring effective biodiversity conservation post-2020 will require both expansion of formal reserve systems and recognition and support for other effective conservation measures, under a diverse range of governance and management regimes. Expanding forest conservation efforts will not only protect biodiversity but is increasingly recognised as an efficient and cost-effective strategy to help societies to cope with climate change and its impacts.

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Williams, J. T. "International aspects of biodiversity." Forestry Chronicle 68, no. 4 (1992): 454–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc68454-4.

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Conservation of biodiversity is a global responsibility, and forest trees are a major part of the resources which have to be managed. We need to highlight what we do know and what we do not know about biodiversity. A number of research areas are described which need enhanced attention in order to adopt wise strategies for conservation and development.

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FLUECK, WERNER T., and JO ANNE M. SMITH-FLUECK. "Herbicides and Forest Biodiversity: An Alternative Perspective." Wildlife Society Bulletin 34, no. 5 (2006): 1472–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1472:hafbaa]2.0.co;2.

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Botequim, Brigite, Miguel N. Bugalho, Ana Raquel Rodrigues, Susete Marques, Marco Marto, and José G. Borges. "Combining Tree Species Composition and Understory Coverage Indicators with Optimization Techniques to Address Concerns with Landscape-Level Biodiversity." Land 10, no. 2 (2021): 126. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10020126.

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Sustainable forest management needs to address biodiversity conservation concerns. For that purpose, forest managers need models and indicators that may help evaluate the impact of management options on biodiversity under the uncertainty of climate change scenarios. In this research we explore the potential for designing mosaics of stand-level forest management models to address biodiversity conservation objectives on a broader landscape-level. Our approach integrates (i) an effective stand-level biodiversity indicator that reflect tree species composition, stand age, and understory coverage under divergent climate conditions; and (ii) linear programming optimization techniques to guide forest actors in seeing optimal forest practices to safeguard future biodiversity. Emphasis is on the efficiency and effectiveness of an approach to help assess the impact of forest management planning on biodiversity under scenarios of climate change. Results from a resource capability model are discussed for an application to a large-scale problem encompassing 14,765 ha, extending over a 90-years planning horizon and considering two local-climate scenarios. They highlight the potential of the approach to help assess the impact of both stand and landscape-level forest management models on biodiversity conservation goals. They demonstrate further that the approach provides insights about how climate change, timber demand and wildfire resistance may impact plans that target the optimization of biodiversity values. The set of optimized long-term solutions emphasizes a multifunctional forest that guarantees a desirable local level of biodiversity and resilience to wildfires, while providing a balanced production of wood over time at the landscape scale.

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Repo, Anna, Kyle Eyvindson, Panu Halme, and Mikko Mönkkönen. "Forest bioenergy harvesting changes carbon balance and risks biodiversity in boreal forest landscapes." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50, no. 11 (2020): 1184–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0284.

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Climate solutions relying on forest bioenergy may be in conflict with carbon sequestration and storage by forests as well as conservation of biodiversity. We quantified effects of forest-residue harvesting for bioenergy on both forest carbon balance and biodiversity in a boreal forest landscape. Through a modeling framework, we simulated forest development in four real watersheds with three scenarios: (i) with and (ii) without forest-residue harvesting and (iii) set aside to study the conservation potential of these landscapes in the future without management. We simulated changes in the forest carbon stocks and in the quality and quantity of deadwood resources for 100 years and combined this information with the information on species habitat associations based on expert judgements. In this study, current practices of slash and stump harvesting reduced forest carbon stocks and deadwood volumes at the landscape scale and, consequently, halved the emissions savings that can be obtained with bioenergy. In addition, logging-residue harvesting reduced 15%–21% of the combined species conservation capacity of the landscape for red-listed, saproxylic species compared with forest management without bioenergy harvesting. Furthermore, the results indicated a potential conflict between areas of high bioenergy potential and high conservation potential.

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Green, Elizabeth J., Louise McRae, Robin Freeman, et al. "Below the canopy: global trends in forest vertebrate populations and their drivers." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1928 (2020): 20200533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0533.

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Global forest assessments use forest area as an indicator of biodiversity status, which may mask below-canopy pressures driving forest biodiversity loss and ‘empty forest’ syndrome. The status of forest biodiversity is important not only for species conservation but also because species loss can have consequences for forest health and carbon storage. We aimed to develop a global indicator of forest specialist vertebrate populations to improve assessments of forest biodiversity status. Using the Living Planet Index methodology, we developed a weighted composite Forest Specialist Index for the period 1970–2014. We then investigated potential correlates of forest vertebrate population change. We analysed the relationship between the average rate of change of forest vertebrate populations and satellite-derived tree cover trends, as well as other pressures. On average, forest vertebrate populations declined by 53% between 1970 and 2014. We found little evidence of a consistent global effect of tree cover change on forest vertebrate populations, but a significant negative effect of exploitation threat on forest specialists. In conclusion, we found that the forest area is a poor indicator of forest biodiversity status. For forest biodiversity to recover, conservation management needs to be informed by monitoring all threats to vertebrates, including those below the canopy.

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Bett, Larissa Amanda, Celso Garcia Auer, Susan Grace Karp, and Leila Teresinha Maranho. "Forest biotechnology: economic aspects and conservation implications." Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity 9, no. 1 (2021): 107–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.20873/jbb.uft.cemaf.v9n1.bett.

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The importance of forest ecosystems for ecological balance and as a reservoir of genetic heritage and biodiversity is evident, the need for conservation is further exalted by the great anthropic pressure suffered by these ecosystems due to the increasing demand of the forest sector. The possibility of using biotechnological practices to combine conservation with sustainable economic development emerges as a promising alternative for the recovery and use of forest species, especially those threatened with extinction. The aims of the article is to demonstrate the main aspects of Forest Biotechnology with regard to conservation and the continuity of the supply of the demand of the economic sector. The central role of wood in economic development has led to the intense exploitation of forest ecosystems, which has resulted in the loss of biodiversity and reduced capacity to meet the demands of the sector. The tools of forest biotechnology, when employed in the optimization of conservation, allow a compatibilization with commercial production, acting as instruments of sustainable development. Forestry Biotechnology acts as an instrument to reconcile conservation with economic development, including forests at the heart of a strategy for a sustainable future.

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Paul, AK, MM Mian, MB Khan, and MT Islam. "Study on Biodiversity Conservation Practice in Madhupur Sal Forest, Bangladesh." Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources 6, no. 1 (2015): 187–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v6i1.22064.

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The study was conducted in Madhupur Sal Forest, which is very well known for its characteristics as deciduous forest, to describe the diversity of plant species and animal species and to examine the diversity status in Madhupur Sal Forest. A stratified random quadrate method was employed in the study. A total of 40 plant species were recorded of which 21 were tree species, 9 were herbs, 5 were shrubs and rests 5 were climbers. Total 17 animal species were recorded of which 9 were birds, 3 were amphibians, 2 were reptiles and 3 were mammals. With regards to the quantitative attributes of total flora and fauna species, the highest number was found in trees (mean, 14.20) and the lowest number was found in mammals (mean, 0.80). The result showed very high significant variation among them. It was evident from the study that the people around the forest collect forest flora (75.45%) and fauna (8.18%) illegally is the major cause of biodiversity loss. The people are not aware of the importance of forest in various aspects like social, economical, ecological and environmental aspects. Forest authorities are trying to involve the people in and around the forest in community forestry through motivation and training.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v6i1.22064 J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 6(1): 187-193 2013

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Rudolph, Victor J. "Modifying Forest Management for Biodiversity." Conservation Biology 17, no. 5 (2003): 1463–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01755.x.

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Lancia, Richard A., and Malcolm L. Hunter. "Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems." Journal of Wildlife Management 64, no. 2 (2000): 612. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3803265.

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Thani, P. R., R. KC, B. K. Sharma, P. Kandel, and K. Nepal. "Integrating biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services into operational plan of community forest in Nepal : status and gaps." Banko Janakari 29, no. 1 (2019): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/banko.v29i1.25149.

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After initiation of community forestry system in Nepal, the status of forest cover has improved due to significant roles of people in conservation, management and utilization of forest resources. As a result of increased productivity of the forest and restoration of degraded areas, forest users have been able to receive various economic, social, cultural and environmental benefits to strengthen their livelihood. Despite many positive outcomes of community forestry, there are still some factors which haven’t allowed the proper biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services maintenance. The study carried out on 100 operational plans from different parts of the country and it showed that the incorporation status of biodiversity and ecosystem services into community forest operational plan is worse despite the fact that such plan is the main component to lead the destination of any community forest. In addition to this, some gaps and challenges were observed in community forestry which have not favoured to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services management systematically at an optimum level. Among them, duplication problem of biodiversity and ecosystem services related issues in operational plan; timber oriented operational plan; limited provision about wildlife conservation and negative perception of people on wildlife and their conservation owing to human wildlife conflict; dominant socioeconomic factors; impact of introduced species, invasive and alien species; lacking in provision of adaptation and mitigation methods to cope with impact of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services and shrinking of biological corridor due to habitat fragmentation were major issues. Besides this, to address these issues, it was also identified from the national consultation workshop of forest officials and experts that most appropriate uniform methods, measures and mechanisms are needed to be developed for the complete assessment, prioritization, analysis and development of action plans to main stream biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services management into operational plan of community forestry.

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Lindenmayer, David B. "Integrating forest biodiversity conservation and restoration ecology principles to recover natural forest ecosystems." New Forests 50, no. 2 (2018): 169–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11056-018-9633-9.

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McAfee, Brenda J. "Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Canada's forests: Progress and challenges." Forestry Chronicle 79, no. 4 (2003): 761–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc79761-4.

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This paper is a summary of an assessment of the forest community's progress toward meeting its commitment to the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy of maintaining the extent, diversity and health of a large portion of the world's temperate and boreal forests. The past decade's success with current sustainable forest management programs has been important in achieving Canada's custodial responsibilities. So, too, is our enviable position of a high degree of public ownership of forests, the wilderness nature of most northern forests and limited development that has largely retained forests in their natural state. As Canada develops a new National Forest Strategy, there is again the opportunity to examine emerging issues and develop new programs to meet the challenges over the next five years. Canada has made considerable progress in achieving a strong commitment to biodiversity conservation by establishing a variety of new mechanisms to monitor and deliver programs. The Canadian Biodiversity Strategy is a long-term commitment that requires sustained resources and co-operation from a variety of governmental, industry and community interests. Key words: forest biodiversity, sustainable forest management, ecosystem approach.

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Venier, L. A., C. Hébert, L. De Grandpré, A. Arsenault, R. Walton, and D. M. Morris. "Modelling deadwood supply for biodiversity conservation: Considerations, challenges and recommendations." Forestry Chronicle 91, no. 04 (2015): 407–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2015-070.

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There are concerns that deadwood supply (both snags and downed wood) may become a limiting resource for biodiversity conservation as the bio-economy develops. Despite this concern, it remains difficult to monitor all elements of biodiversity to ensure that forest management activities are not reducing deadwood below minimum thresholds. As a dynamic resource, deadwood quantity and quality does change throughout forest succession. Simulation modelling represents one approach to integrating this variability and supporting the refinement of forest management guidelines. In this paper, we review important considerations for developing deadwood models that address biodiversity concerns. These include defining initial conditions, estimating deadwood inputs over time, identifying parameters necessary to represent biodiversity, identifying data available to parameterize, calibrate and validate models, and identifying requirements for model validation and documentation. In addition, we consider how deadwood characteristics such as form, size, state of decay, tree species, cause of mortality and position can be treated in models to represent the full range of biodiversity requirements. Lastly, we review examples of stand-alone and study-specific deadwood modelling approaches to provide a road map for development of a robust, temporally dynamic deadwood model that addresses biodiversity and sustainability issues related to biomass harvest for bioenergy.

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Recher, HA. "Conserving forest biodiversity: A comprehensive multiscaled approach." Australian Mammalogy 25, no. 1 (2003): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am03113_br.

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DAVID Lindenmayer and Jerry Franklin are the two most influential forest conservation biologists of the past decade and will probably remain so for the coming decade. Each has contributed significantly to forest research, management, biodiversity conservation and policy. Lindenmayer is an Australian based at the Australian National University in Canberra who has worked mainly in the temperate eucalypt forests of Victoria and southeastern New South Wales. Most of his research is wildlife oriented, with an emphasis on arboreal marsupials and the impacts of forest management on forest vertebrates. Franklin is an American at the University of Washington, Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. His research is more botanically oriented, with an emphasis on the impacts of forest management on forest structures (e.g., large trees and logs) and processes. Of the two, Franklin has had the greatest involvement in the political, economic and social processes driving the modern change in forestry practices and attitudes. Together they form a formidable team to present a summary and an analysis of how temperate forests globally can and should be managed. Their goal is not just to enhance biodiversity and other ecological values, but to ensure the long-term sustainability of forest ecosystems. Only when forests are managed sustainably to protect biodiversity can forest managers guarantee the many social and economic benefits derived from the world’s forests, including wood production.

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