Craig Allen

NEBRASKA — An international panel chaired by Husker scientist Craig Allen is pointing to the crucial benefits forests provide and calling on countries to adopt well-informed resilience strategies. Forests face major challenges, locally and globally, from urban sprawl, conversion to agriculture, and climate stresses, raising concerns for communities, as well as for the planet’s climate. “Once a particular forest has been fundamentally changed, it is impossible to restore it to that same state again,” said Allen, a School of Natural Resources professor with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes. …The forest research organization released the report June 5, describing it as “the first of its kind to comprehensively explore how forests contribute to social and economic resilience in the face of disturbance and change, and how societies can, in turn, support and steward resilient forest systems.”