The new boreal forestry: adjusting timber management to accommodate biodiversity

Forestry practices intended to ensure ecological sustainability have been developed rapidly during the past decade and now are widely deployed and promoted. In a recent special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, forest ecologists and biodiversity experts consider how this new management responds to Fennoscandian concerns about biodiversity. The authors conclude that the new forestry practices are largely untested scientific hypotheses, and explore a sound research framework aimed at improving management of boreal forests.