Sustainability is a very important issue in forestry. The monito- ring and evaluation of sustainability in our forest is still a methodological problem because the selection of indicatorsfor evaluating the impact of human land use is arbitrary and not supported by a strong ecological framework. According to new ecosystem theories based on thermodynamics, ecosystems and radia- tion blanace is thus a potential indicator for the complexity/ integrity of ecosystems. A monitoring protocol will be elabora- ted. Also a new indicator for forest structure will be developed since the diversity of structure is a major factor for creating habitat and species diversity. Several new sensors and technolo- gies will make it possible to measure the structure in a stan- dardised way. The new developed indicators will be tested in forest reserves and managed forests.
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forest rehabilitation, local knowledge, natural regeneration, participatory research, soil restoration
