What a Forest Is — and What It Is Not — in Light of the Universal Declaration of Tree Rights
What distinguishes a forest ecosystem from land merely planted with trees? This foundational doctrinal article of the Universal Declaration of Tree Rights establishes a global classification of forest ecosystems according to their naturalness, ecological integrity, origin, structure, functioning, and trajectory. It distinguishes natural forests from production tree plantations, affirms the non-substitution of primary forests, and...