Abstract
Herein we provide the context within which the 16th Caribbean Foresters Meeting took place, some background information about the meeting, and a general introduction to this Special Issue focused on that meeting.
Keywords
Caribbean forests,
environmental changes,
forest dynamics,
regional forestry initiatives
Citation
Heartsill-Scalley, Tamara and Gonzalez, Grizelle. 2016. Introduction: Caribbean forest dynamics and regional forestry initiatives. The Caribbean Foresters: A collaborative network for forest dynamics and regional forestry initiatives. Caribbean Naturalist. Special Issue No. 1:1-12.