Resilient landscapes

Background

• Changes in global climatic patterns and associated impacts on forestry production landscapes prompted questions regarding ecosystem services and its role in human well-being.

• Forestry landscapes can be more than just sources of timber and fiber – they can potentially provide a spectrum of ecosystem services in support of whole socio-ecological systems.  

• Plantation forest landscapes have the potential to provide wide array of goods, services, ecological  functions, as well as direct benefits to society and the environment.

• This demand is likely to increase in South Africa, with its prominent challenges associated with environmental degradation, socio-economic disparities and predicted changes in climatic patterns.

The challenge