Humanity faces triple threats from the loss and degradation of natural systems, declining biodiversity, and a warming climate. The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation highlighted the need for new approaches to managing forested landscapes. IUFRO has developed the Resilient Future Forests Laboratory (RFFL) as a global network of demonstration, research, and monitoring plots that cover large gradients of climatic and socio-economic conditions.
The RFFL Network contributes to meeting the demand for a more active role of forest science in designing future resilient landscapes by integrating trees for a wide range of goals and purposes.
This publication was prepared by contributors to the “Resilient Future Forests Laboratory Initiative” led by the IUFRO Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC).
By John Stanturf. Published in June 2024 as IUFRO Occasional Paper 37.
ISBN 978-3-903345-30-0
