1. 1Director, Forest and Wood Research Site, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France
2. 2National research program leader for International Science Issues, USDA Forest Service-Research and Development, 4th floor RP-C, North Kent Street, Arlington, VA 22209
3. 3Senior scientist in the Forest Health and Biodiversity group at Ensis, University of Canterbury, P.O. Box 29237, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand
4. 4Honorary president, Institut Europe´en de la Foreˆt Cultive´e, 33610, Cestas, France
5. 5Director, Forest Entomology Laboratory, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France
6. 6Director, Biodiversity Research Unit, Institut National Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Pierroton, 33610 Cestas, France
7. 7Associate professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
8. 8Professor of Silviculture, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
9. 9Associate professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada E4L 1A7. An earlier version of this article was presented at UNFF Intersessional Experts Meeting on the Role of Planted Forests in Sustainable Forest Management, Mar. 24 – 30, 2003, New Zealand. Buck, A., J. Parrotta, and G. Wolfrum (eds.). 2003. P. 33– 49 in Science and technology— building the future or the world’s forests and planted forests and biodiversity. International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Occasional Paper No. 15. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna, Austria