Stewart Maginnis

Seeing the grasslands through the trees

In his Perspective “Ancient grasslands at risk” (8 January, p. [120][1]), W. J. Bond makes a compelling argument for the need to identify, study, and preserve ancient grassland ecosystems because of their ecological importance. We strongly agree. However, we disagree with his claim that our

Sparing grasslands: map misinterpreted.

J. W. Veldman et al. argue that the worlds ancient (old-growth) grasslands should be spared from restoration-motivated tree planting (“Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes,” Letters, 30 January, p. [484][1]). We strongly agree. However, they also claim that the global Atlas of Forest Landscape

A Stepwise Approach to Increasing Ecological Complexity in Forest Landscape Restoration

©2018 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. A Stepwise Approach to Increasing Ecological Complexity in Forest Landscape Restoration Nigel Dudley (corresponding author: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; Equilibrium Research, 47 The Quays, Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UQ, UK, nigel@ equilibriumresearch.com) and Stewart Maginnis (International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 rue Mauverney, CH1196 Gland, Switzerland).

Ecosystem approaches to sustainable forest management: changing realities

This chapter summarizes the result of a study on parallel concepts for forest conservation that have emerged during recent times in order to cope with new trends and challenges in sustainable forest management (Sayer and Maginnis, 2005). The findings reveal an unexpected level of progress in the use of ecosystem approaches in many of the countries studied. Major shifts in forest management policy and practices have seen conventional, commodity production–oriented approaches replaced by more holistic, people-centred ecosystem-level approaches. In many ways, ecosystem approach practice has moved ahead of the theoretical discussions going on within international forest dialogues. However, there are real practical and institutional obstacles to its widespread application in the worlds forests.

Carbono, bosques y gentes : hacia el manejo integrado del secuestro del carbono, el medio ambiente y los medios de vida sostenibles

Mitigating the impact of climate change presents governments and communities throughout the world with one of the main environmental challenges of our times. This publication provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges for carbon sequestration activities in the forestry and agricultural sectors of both industrialized and developing countries. It outlines a set of strategies and approaches seeking to ensure that forest and other land-use climate change mitigation measures deliver sustainable development benefits in an equitable and cost-effective manner.