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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Messier, Christian author Puettmann, Klaus J. author Chazdon, Robin L. author Andersson, K.P. author Angers, V.A. author Brotons, Lluís author Filotas, Elise author Tittler, R. author Parrott, Lael author Levin, Simon A. author 2020-06-17T09:01:04Z 2020-06-17T09:01:04Z 2014-12-04 The world's forests and forestry sector are facing unprecedented biological, political, social, and climatic challenges. The development of appropriate, novel forest management and restoration approaches that adequately consider uncertainty and adaptability are hampered by a continuing focus on production of a few goods or objectives, strong control of forest structure and composition, and most importantly the absence of a global scientific framework and long‐term vision. Ecosystem‐based approaches represent a step in the right direction, but are limited in their ability to deal with the rapid pace of social, climatic, and environmental changes. We argue here that viewing forest ecosystems as complex adaptive system provides a better alternative for both production‐ and conservation‐oriented forests and forestry. We propose a set of broad principles and changes to increase the adaptive capacity of forests in the face of future uncertainties. These span from expanding the sustained‐yield, single‐good paradigm to developing policy incentives and interventions that promote self‐organization and integrated social‐ecological adaptation. This research was supported by the Marie Curie IRSES Newforests Project (EU‐FP7–612645). http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69035 Complex adaptive systems Resilience Sustainable forest management Global change Socioecological systems From management to stewardship: viewing forests as complex adaptive systems in an uncertain world