Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantation Forests

Jürgen Bauhus is professor of silviculture at Freiburg University, Germany. Peter van der Meer is a senior scientist in tropical forest ecology and sustainable use of biodiversity at Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Markku Kanninen is senior scientist at the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), whose headquarters are in Indonesia.

• 1. Plantation Forests: Global Perspectives2. Quantifying and Valuing Goods and Services Provided by Plantation Forests 3. Managing Forest Plantations for Carbon Sequestration Today and in the Future4. Planted Forests and Water5. Silvicultural Options to Enhance and Use Forest Plantation Biodiversity6. Smallholder Plantations in the Tropics - Local People between Outgrower Schemes and Reforestation Programs 7. Policies to Enhance the Provision of Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantations8. Ecosystem Goods and Services - The Key for Sustainable Plantations

"This publication, produced by a renowned group of forest researchers and academics presents a fresh, balanced and well documented vision concerning the roles, potential benefits and challenges of planted forests, looking at the potential contribution of these valuable resources to the continuous and enhanced flow of ecosystem goods and services... I trust that readers will enjoy the book as much as I did." Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization "Planted forests provide society with a lot more than just timber - they are a rich source of ecosystem services and this fact needs to be more widely recognised. This book meets that important need." Jeff Sayer, Professor of Development Practice, James Cook University, Australia"With a detailed glossary which is particularly helpful, the editors have produced an articulate collection of well-referenced chapters from a renowned group of forest researchers and scientists. This book is highly relevant to managing current trends in environmental management and sustenance." — Jolocam Mbabazi, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2011