In a nutshell: • Public awareness about the importance of deadwood for biodiversity is lacking • Removal of dead and dying trees often results in major losses of forest biodiversity, but elicits little or no public response • Halting forest degradation requires protecting and restoring key attributes of forest structure, especially large deadwood structures with long persistence times • Enhancing public understanding of the ecological importance of deadwood is critical

中文翻译：

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活死人：承认树木死亡后的生命以阻止森林退化

简而言之： • 公众对枯木对生物多样性的重要性缺乏认识 • 移除枯死和垂死的树木通常会导致森林生物多样性的重大损失，但很少或根本不会引起公众反应 • 阻止森林退化需要保护和恢复树木的关键属性森林结构，尤其是持续时间长的大型枯木结构 • 提高公众对枯木生态重要性的理解至关重要