Keeping Forest as Forest

The document identifies the ecosystem services provided by southern US forests and the drivers threatening them, while introducing five categories of measures—land use instruments, fiscal incentives, liability limitations, market incentives, and education/capacity building—to promote forest conservation.

• Forests in the southern United States provide various ecosystem services, including timber production, water purification, soil erosion control, carbon sequestration for climate regulation, and opportunities for outdoor recreation, hunting, and fishing.
• The quantity and quality of southern forests are threatened by several direct drivers of change, specifically suburban encroachment, unsustainable forest management, climate change, surface mining, invasive species, wildfire, and pest and pathogen outbreaks.
• To address drivers of change and promote sustainable management, the document identifies five categories of measures: land use instruments, fiscal incentives, liability limitations, market incentives, and education/capacity building.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Keeping Forest as Forest. https://www.wri.org/research/keeping-forest-forest

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Keeping Forest as Forest. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/keeping-forest-forest.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=World Resources Institute |title=Keeping Forest as Forest |url=https://www.wri.org/research/keeping-forest-forest |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendkeeping, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Keeping Forest as Forest}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/keeping-forest-forest}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }