Sustainable development and use of ecosystems with non-forest trees

Abstract

Non-forest trees are components of managed ecosystems including orchards and agroforestry systems (see for example Sect. III.5.2.(i) for a discussion of agroforestry systems) and natural ecosystems such as savannas (Box III.5.9) and riparian corridors (Box III.5.10). Each of these ecosystems includes trees but does not have a complete tree canopy or spatial extent necessary to create a true forest ecosystem. Nonetheless, orchards, agroforestry, savannas, and riparian corridors each represent important land uses in terms of their ecosystem services and in supplying food and fiber for human use. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.