A More Realistic Portrayal of Tropical Forestry: Response to Kormos and Zimmerman | Zendy

Putz Francis E. | Zendy; Zuidema Pieter A. | Zendy; Synnott Timothy | Zendy; PeñaClaros Marielos | Zendy; Pinard Michelle A. | Zendy; Sheil Douglas | Zendy; Vanclay Jerome K. | Zendy; Sist Plinio | Zendy; GourletFleury Sylvie | Zendy; Palmer John | Zendy; Zagt Roderick | Zendy; Griscom Bronson | Zendy

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A More Realistic Portrayal of Tropical Forestry: Response to Kormos and Zimmerman

Author(s) -

Putz Francis E.,

Zuidema Pieter A.,

Synnott Timothy,

PeñaClaros Marielos,

Pinard Michelle A.,

Sheil Douglas,

Vanclay Jerome K.,

Sist Plinio,

GourletFleury Sylvie,

Palmer John,

Zagt Roderick,

Griscom Bronson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

conservation letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153

H-Index - 79

ISSN - 1755-263X

DOI - 10.1111/conl.12044

Subject(s) - logging , stewardship (theology) , government (linguistics) , illegal logging , forest management , sustainable forest management , tropics , biodiversity , business , agroforestry , subsidy , tropical forest , tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , community forestry , deforestation (computer science) , geography , forestry , ecology , political science , politics , environmental science , subtropics , linguistics , philosophy , law , biology , computer science , programming language

doi: 10.1111/conl.12044 In their response to our recent article (Putz et al. 2012), Kormos and Zimmerman (K&Z) do not take issue with the result of our meta-analysis of more than 100 pub-lished studies that biodiversity and carbon stocks are mostly retained in selectively logged tropical forests. In-stead, they object to what they misconstrue as our advo-cacy of subsidies for logging operations. To be clear, what we advocate is support for efforts to improve tropical for-est management and the safety of forest workers. For example, we endorse efforts to restrict logging in ripar-ian buffer zones and on steep slopes, to promote careful planning of harvesting operations, and to provide worker training and safety gear. K&Z disregard the contribution

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