The Revelator - Diana Six

Diana Six

Diana Six is professor emerita of forest entomology/pathology at the University of Montana; extraordinary professor of ecology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa; a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society; Mercator research fellow, Germany; and the recipient of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Award. She has published approximately 100 papers on bark beetle and forest ecology, climate change, and forest adaptation.

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‘Active Management’ Harms Forests — And It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse

Forest management approaches promoted as “resilience,” “restoration,” “fuel reduction,” and “forest health” often degrade natural systems and reduce carbon stocks.

May 9, 2025

Dominick A. DellaSala and David Lindenmayer and Diana Six

Forest management approaches promoted as “resilience,” “restoration,” “fuel reduction,” and “forest health” often degrade natural systems and reduce carbon stocks.