European forest carbon and biodiversity policies have a limited win-win potential
Climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation are key forest functions, but how to pursue them jointly in timber-managed forests is still unclear. We use a Europe-wide dataset of forest multi-taxon diversity and stand structure to (i) evaluate the importance of aboveground carbon stocks in determining species richness of six taxonomic groups; (ii) assess relationships between species richness and carbon stocks; (iii) discuss the potential to jointly enhance carbon and biodiversity and policy implications. Carbon-diversity relationships are positive for several groups, but mostly when deadwood pools are considered. Forest policies should consider the complex relationship between different carbon pools and taxonomic groups. Environmental policies emphasizing carbon sequestration in aboveground living biomass may conflict with biodiversity conservation by promoting homogeneous, fast-growing forests that fail to support species diversity of multiple groups. Sustainable forest management should acknowledge that deadwood carbon instead may translate into positive outcomes for both carbon storage and biodiversity conservation.
Details
| Type | A1: Web of Science-artikel |
|---|---|
| Categorie | Onderzoek |
| Tijdschrift | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS |
| Issns | 2041-1723|0921-7126 |
| Uitgeverij | Nature Publishing Group |
| Taal | Engels |
Bibtex
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title = "European forest carbon and biodiversity policies have a limited win-win potential",
abstract = "Climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation are key forest functions, but how to pursue them jointly in timber-managed forests is still unclear. We use a Europe-wide dataset of forest multi-taxon diversity and stand structure to (i) evaluate the importance of aboveground carbon stocks in determining species richness of six taxonomic groups; (ii) assess relationships between species richness and carbon stocks; (iii) discuss the potential to jointly enhance carbon and biodiversity and policy implications. Carbon-diversity relationships are positive for several groups, but mostly when deadwood pools are considered. Forest policies should consider the complex relationship between different carbon pools and taxonomic groups. Environmental policies emphasizing carbon sequestration in aboveground living biomass may conflict with biodiversity conservation by promoting homogeneous, fast-growing forests that fail to support species diversity of multiple groups. Sustainable forest management should acknowledge that deadwood carbon instead may translate into positive outcomes for both carbon storage and biodiversity conservation.",
author = "Lorenzo Balducci and Elena Haeler and Yoan Paillet and Edoardo Alterio and Christian Ammer and Frederic Archaux and Steffen Boch and Christophe Bouget and Gediminas Brazaitis and Francesco Chianucci and Andrea Cutini and Pallieter De Smedt and Inken Doerfler and Daniel Dvořák and Markus Fischer and Paolo Giordani and Marion Gosselin and Jacob Heilmann-Clausen and Eva Holá and Jeňýk Hofmeister and Jan Hošek and Itziar García-Mijangos and Philippe Janssen and Kirsten Jung and Sebastian Kepfer Rojas and Nathalie Korboulewsky and Daniel Kozák and Tomáš Kuras and thibault Lachat and Jiří Malíček and Anders Mårell and Martin Mikoláš and Jörg Müller and Francesca Napoleone and Björn Nordén and Péter Ódor and Zdeněk Palice and Peter Schall and Tommaso Sitzia and Kastytis Šimkevičius and Miroslav Svoboda and Aleš Tenčík and Flóra Tinya and Giovanni Trentanovi and Mariana Ujhazyova and Kris Vandekerkhove and Michael Wohlwend and Wolfgang W. Weisser and Sabina Burrascano",
year = "2026",
month = jan,
day = "23",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68668-x",
language = "Nederlands",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
address = "België,
type = "Other"
}
Auteurs
Lorenzo BalducciElena Haeler
Yoan Paillet
Edoardo Alterio
Christian Ammer
Frederic Archaux
Steffen Boch
Christophe Bouget
Gediminas Brazaitis
Francesco Chianucci
Andrea Cutini
Pallieter De Smedt
Inken Doerfler
Daniel Dvořák
Markus Fischer
Paolo Giordani
Marion Gosselin
Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Eva Holá
Jeňýk Hofmeister
Jan Hošek
Itziar García-Mijangos
Philippe Janssen
Kirsten Jung
Sebastian Kepfer Rojas
Nathalie Korboulewsky
Daniel Kozák
Tomáš Kuras
thibault Lachat
Jiří Malíček
Anders Mårell
Martin Mikoláš
Jörg Müller
Francesca Napoleone
Björn Nordén
Péter Ódor
Zdeněk Palice
Peter Schall
Tommaso Sitzia
Kastytis Šimkevičius
Miroslav Svoboda
Aleš Tenčík
Flóra Tinya
Giovanni Trentanovi
Mariana Ujhazyova
Kris Vandekerkhove
Michael Wohlwend
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Sabina Burrascano