Sustainable Forest Management, Biodiversity and Livelihoods: a good Practice Guide

Ecosystem services produced by forests

• INTRODUCTION

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• Ecosystem goods and services
• The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment reports that a large and increasing number of forest ecosystems, populations and species are threatened globally or being lost due to the loss and degradation of forest habitats.
• Tropical moist forests are home to the largest number of threatened species of any biome. It is assumed that numerous, but not yet scientifically described, species are presently being lost together with their tropical forest habitats (MEA 2005).
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