At the root of the controversy over even-aged
plantations is their lack of variability. People enjoy
the diversity of a forest and perceive this diversity is
natural whether it is in life forms, species, tree sizes, or
therefore important to note that these demands for
transformation of even-aged forests to alternative structures have become the result of social/political factors in addition to ecological. Solutions to this political challenge should therefore respond to these political pressures and should not be ecological reactions.
have existed since the 1900s (Schutz, 1999), that È At the root of the controversy over even-aged
plantations is their lack of variability. People enjoy