4.3. Implications for carbon-driven forest restoration interventions
The finding of this study that mixed indigenous plantation forest
had higher aboveground carbon stock than old-growth secondary
forest, and yet they were of comparable stand age and
woody species richness, provides useful insight for investment in
carbon-driven forest restoration efforts. The result suggests that
planting a large proportion of tree species with high wood specific
gravity leads to significantly more aboveground carbon stock than
passive restoration interventions, such as natural forest regeneration.
This observation is consistent with findings of Oliver and
Fried (2013) that passive forest restoration efforts may not produce