The concept of sustainable use of biodiversity is essential in this regard: it means that forest species, ecosystems and genes are used in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biodiversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

The management of coastal ecosystems can supplement efforts to reduce emissions from tropical forest degradation.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

As the Nature piece notes, a 2010 study found that reports of drought-related forest stress and destruction had risen steadily since 1985 in varied ecosystems around the world, and suggested the pattern was tied to climate change.

FORBES: Forests and Climate Change: a Combustible Combination

That is no argument for human carelessness, environmentalists insist: species can adapt to almost anything over millions of years, but man's activities, such as scraping the ocean floor with nets, cause unbearably abrupt changes to ecosystems which are as delicate, complex and fragile as any Brazilian forest.

ECONOMIST: Marine conservation