@lwhemmings @naturesustainab Planted mixed native forest is still a plantation, but if they are not intensively managed, are rather forestlike and an intermediate category. See https://t.co/ZOxpWpggxs Plantations have *some* biodiversity value if they do
There have been widespread concerns about the potential impacts of such plantations on ecosystem services and biodiversity (https://t.co/5qkpeFeDub), but until now there have been no attempts to synthesise studies to compare the impacts of plantations and
@eleanormharris Hi Eleanor, my comment was in reference to afforestation plantations where sitka is planted on land that was historically not naturally forested. This review of the effects of plantations on biodiversity shows that afforestation is bad for
@TeacupFarm @IrishRainforest "there is abundant evidence that plantation forests can provide valuable habitat, even for some threatened and endangered species, and may contribute to the conservation of biodiversity by various mechanisms" https://t.co/7nMD