The suggestion that landscapes should contain 40% of forest cover lacks evidence and is problematic
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Author(s)
Banks-Leite, Cristina
Larrosa, Cecilia
Carrasco, Luis Roman
Tambosi, Leandro R
Milner-Gulland, Eleanor
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A recent review suggests that forest cover needs to be restored or maintained on at least 40% of land area. In the absence of empirical evidence to support this threshold, we discuss how this suggestion is unhelpful and potentially dangerous. We advocate for regionally defined thresholds to inform conservation and restoration.
Date Issued
2021-05-01
Date Acceptance
2020-12-02
Citation
Ecology Letters, 2021, 24 (5), pp.1112-1113
URI
URL
DOI
ISSN
1461-023X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1112
End Page
1113
Journal / Book Title
Ecology Letters
Volume
24
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following article: Banks‐Leite, C. et al., 'The suggestion that landscapes should contain 40% of forest cover lacks evidence and is problematic', Ecology Letters, 24(5), pp. 1112-1113, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13668.
Identifier
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.13668
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Ecology
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Biodiversity crisis
conservation planning
extinction threshold
forest restoration
forest threshold
land-use planning
THRESHOLDS
HALF
Biodiversity crisis
conservation planning
extinction threshold
forest restoration
forest threshold
land-use planning
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Forests
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
Forests
Ecology
0501 Ecological Applications
0602 Ecology
0603 Evolutionary Biology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-02-01