Dear Colleagues,

In the last 5 decades, the productivity of forest plantations in tropical regions has increased drastically, thanks to breeding programs and adequate management practices, all of this associated with favorable edaphoclimatic conditions. However, this high productivity has come in the expense of high resource consumption, mainly water and nutrients. Light is abundant in the tropics, but water and nutrients can become limited. This has increased the dependence of forest plantations in the tropics on external inputs, such as fertilizer application. Climate change has also increased the frequency of extreme climatic events, such as drought and heat waves. Beyond that, many forest plantations in the tropics are made with exotic species with low genetic diversity, which can result in pests and disease outbreaks. All of this has threatened the sustainability of the production of this type of forest.

This Specie Issue of Forests is dedicated to reporting on new knowledge and strategies to ensure production sustainability of forest plantations in the tropics. Manuscripts of interest for this issue may focus on i) increasing resilience to extremes climatic events, pests, and diseases; ii) decreasing dependence on external inputs; iii) identifying management practices to promote soil and water conservation; iv) managing landscape to increase resilience; and v) creating a management strategy to increase water and nutrient use efficiency.

Dr. José Henrique Tertulino Rocha
Prof. Dr. José Leonardo de Moraes Gonçalves
Guest Editors

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• resilience
• soil conservation
• nutrient use efficiency
• water use efficiency
• landscape management
• wood productivity