TY - JOUR AU - Bernes, Claes AU - Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar AU - Junninen, Kaisa AU - Lõhmus, Asko AU - Macdonald, Ellen AU - Müller, Jörg AU - Sandström, Jennie PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/05 TI - What is the impact of active management on biodiversity in forests set aside for conservation or restoration? A systematic review protocol JO - Environmental Evidence SP - 22 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - The traditional approach to limiting impacts of forestry on biodiversity is to set aside forest areas of particular conservation interest, either as formally protected reserves or on a voluntary basis. Many set-asides are left more or less untouched, but some of them have a history of disturbances such as wildfires, forest grazing, coppicing or small-scale felling. Such areas may gradually lose the qualities that were to be safeguarded unless the disturbances are re-introduced (e.g. by burning) or replaced with alternatives (e.g. gap-felling). Active management of forest set-asides may be particularly relevant in areas where the biota has been impoverished by intensive and large-scale harvesting. Here, biodiversity may not be able to recover adequately without restoration measures such as gap-felling or creation of dead wood. SN - 2047-2382 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2382-3-22 DO - 10.1186/2047-2382-3-22 ID - Bernes2014 ER -