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Forest Reserves: Where nature has priority

Publishing year
2017
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17 pages
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, 2017: Forest Reserves: Where nature has priority. WSL magazine Diagonal, 2017, 1: 2-18.

 

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Return to the wild?

What happens to a forest if it is no longer managed? Research in natural forest reserves provides some answers.

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Collaborating on research in virgin forests is useful for both partners

Thanks to the research on virgin forests in Ukraine and Bulgaria, we now understand better how Swiss forests develop.

It depends on the quality

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Forest reserves, unmanaged forests and commercial forests in Switzerland

Around five per cent of the forests in Switzerland have so far received protection as reserves. Many more forests, however, especially in the Alps and...