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forests are critical habitats for biodiversity and they are also essential for the provision of a wide range of ecosystem services that are important to human well-being. There is increasing evidence that biodiversity contributes to forest ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services. Here we provide a review of forest ecosystem services including biomass production, habitat provisioning services, pollination, seed dispersal, resistance to wind storms, fire regulation and mitigation, pest regulation of native and invading insects, carbon sequestration, and cultural ecosystem services, in relation to forest type, structure and diversity. We also consider relationships between forest biodiversity and multifunctionality, and trade-offs among ecosystem services. We compare the concepts of ecosystem processes, functions and services to clarify their definitions. Our review of published studies indicates a lack of empirical studies that establish quantitative and causal relationships between forest biodiversity and many important ecosystem services. The literature is highly skewed; studies on provisioning of nutrition and energy, and on cultural services, delivered by mixed-species forests are under-represented. Planted forests offer ample opportunity for optimising their composition and diversity because replanting after harvesting is a recurring process. Planting mixed-species forests should be given more consideration as they are likely to provide a wider range of ecosystem services within the forest and for adjacent land uses. This review also serves as the introduction to this special issue of Biodiversity and Conservation on various aspects of forest biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Read this article by De Ramon Garcia about biodiversity and forests and highlight
with red the negative practices and with blue color the solutions or good
practices
There are many reasons why we need to protect our forests. They make the landscape
beautiful and they are home to great biological diversity Forests contain 80% of all the
world's bodiversity and are the natural habitat of animals, plants and micro-organisms in
addition, this diversity provides important natural resources that sustain our lives by releasing
Oxygen absorbing Co, preventing soil erosion,
conserving water and moderating temperatures.
Sadly, the growth of the human population and our
needs for housing, fuel paper, food and many other
things love a negative impact on the forests of the
world. According to FAO, the world loses 13 million
hectares of forest every year.
We need to support good practices that protect and
restore forests by reducing the demand for paper,
creating protected natural reserves, controlling
agricultural development, and stopping legal mining
na logging. However, the most powerful way to
achieve at these solutions is by educating people.
We need to understand that the exploitation of
forests can brlog imgsediate benefits now, but it will
destroy opportunities for future generación.Por favor lo necesito
