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BIOFORE
Biodiversity
Targets Take Root
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Maintain and increase
proportion of native tree
species and their natural
composition.
Use harvest and
regeneration techniques to
ensure that tree species native
to a particular site thrive.
Manage deadwood quality and
quantity to enhance biodiversity.
Deadwood provides an important
habitat, shelter and food source
for insects, especially beetles, fungi
and lichens, but also birds, bats and
mammals. Wood inhabiting species
breakdown the wood structure
releasing nutrients back into the soil
where they can help living trees
and other vegetation to grow.
Protect valuable habitats
and manage them for their
biodiversity value.
Valuable
habitats provide the richest
and most varied components
for biodiversity. They are
often naturally small and the
specialised conditions mean
that many rare species can
inhabit them.
UPM set six global biodiversity
targets in 2006 and reaffirmed
those targets in 2011 to guide
the development of individual
country targets and local level
forest tract actions plans.
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MARSHA MILLER
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UPM AND JOHN CONNELLY
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MARSHA MILLER
PHOTOGRAPHY
UPM AND JOHN CONNELLY