ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the effects of planted forests on water resources. Planted forests include both intensively managed forest plantations and more extensively managed planted forests (sensu FAO, 2004) that have been established for wood production, water and soil protection, landscape restoration, biodiversity conservation or other purposes. In most cases, the general impacts on water resources of different types of planted forests will be similar, with differences resulting from tree species selection or management activities.
