"::::I am glad to be discussing the subject with an editor having experience in forest ecology. The name of the article, ""Close to nature forestry"", comes from a continental school, but the content incorporates the US theory and practice I found reading the work of professor Tom Mc Evoy, ""Positive Impact Forestry"", and I also made reference to the ""Ecoforestry Institute"". I thought that the title ""Close to nature forestry"" reflected better the concept than ""positive impact forestry"". Also I may be biased, because of being a continental, but looking closer, as I am Spanish, and the current is of German origin, I may have certain neutrality. The article does not claim novelty, since the German movement was initiated in 1950. I think that the main value is to consider that the human action in forest should only be to help nature do more quickly the process it would make slowly by itself; and as a result the idea that to manage a forest as an ecosystem has sense also from the economical point of view, as it reduces operating costs. Needless to say that the article is open to incorporate any additional information, particularly concerning US practice and experience, and help balance it.  

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