Primary forests and conservation of forests

Authors & references

Authors:

Seppo Kellomäki, Timo Karjalainen and Antti Marjokorpi

References: 

1. Keenan, R. J., Reams G., Achard, F., de Freitas, J. V., Grainger, A., and Lindquist,E. 2015. Dynamics of global forest areas: results from FAO forest resources assessment 2015. Forest Ecology and Management 352: 9–20.
2. Kindermann, G.E., McCallum, I., Fritz, S., and Obersteiner, M. 2008. A global forest growing stock, biomass and carbon map based on FAO statistics. Silva Fennica 42(3): 387–396
3. Karjalainen, T., Kellomäki, S., and Marjokorpi, A. Global forest resources. In: Kellomäki S. (ed.) Forest resources and sustainable management. Second Edition. Book 2 in Papermaking Science and Technology. Paper engineers’ Association/Paper ja Puu Oy. Jyväskylä. 98–132 p.
4. Morales-Hidalgo, D., Sonja, N. Oswalt, S. N., and Somanathan, E. 2015. Status and trends in global primary forest, protected areas, and areas designated for conservation of biodiversity from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. Forest Ecology and Management 352: 68–77.
5. FAO. 2016. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. How are the world’s forests changing? Second edition. Rome. 44 p.