Special Side Event of the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, October 23 – 25, 2018 in Beijing, China

Forests are of great importance for attaining SDG through their provisioning (wood and non-wood products, ecosystem services, etc.), supporting (e.g. biodiversity conservation, etc.), regulating (e.g. adaptation to climate change, etc.) and cultural (aesthetics, spiritual) benefits. Planted forests constitute an important component of the world’s forest resources. Among the 3,999 million ha of forests worldwide (or 30.6%...

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