Contributors: Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO); University of Freiburg Freiburg; Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM); German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv); Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT); Forest Research Great Britain; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, Italie (FAO); University of Minnesota Morris (UMM); University of Minnesota System (UMN); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Natal (UFRN); Département de biologie Sherbrooke (UdeS); Faculté des sciences Sherbrooke (UdeS); Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS)-Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS); Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ); Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP); Département Performances des systèmes de production et de transformation tropicaux (Cirad-PERSYST); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad); Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro); Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; University of Oxford; Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES); Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo); Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL); Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC); Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven); University of Alberta; UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH); Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL); McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada; University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC); Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU); Institute of Biology of the University of Neuchâtel; Université de Neuchâtel = University of Neuchatel (UNINE)
نبذة مختصرة : International audience ; As of 2020, the world has an estimated 290 million ha of planted forests and this number is continuously increasing. Of these, 131 million ha are monospecific planted forests under intensive management. Although monospecific planted forests are important in providing timber, they harbor less biodiversity and are potentially more susceptible to disturbances than natural or diverse planted forests. Here, we point out the increasing scientific evidence for increased resilience and ecosystem service provision of functionally and species diverse planted forests (hereafter referred to as diverse planted forests) compared to monospecific ones. Furthermore, we propose five concrete steps to foster the adoption of diverse planted forests: (1) improve awareness of benefits and practical options of diverse planted forests among land-owners, managers, and investors; (2) incentivize tree species diversity in public funding of afforestation and programs to diversify current maladapted planted forests of low diversity; (3) develop new wood-based products that can be derived from many different tree species not yet in use; (4) invest in research to assess landscape benefits of diverse planted forests for functional connectivity and resilience to global-change threats; and (5) improve the evidence base on diverse planted forests, in particular in currently under-represented regions, where new options could be tested.
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