GFBI Steering Committee Javier G.P. Gamarra Forestry Department,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Han Chen Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources Management Mo Zhou Assistant Professor of Forest Economics, Purdue University Susan Wiser Landcare Research, New Zealand Hans Pretzsch Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Faculty of Forest Science and Resource Management, Technische Universität München Alain Paquette International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees (IDENT), Centre d'étude de la forêt (CEF), Université du Québec à Montréal Nicolas Picard GIP ECOFOR, Paris, France Bruno Hérault Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, CNRS, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana. JeanFrancois Bastin Global Ecosystems Ecology, Crowther Lab ETH Zurich Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Thomas W. Crowther ETH Zurich Global Ecosystems Ecology Crowther Lab Giorgio Alberti Associate Professor in Silviculture and Forest Management, Di4A - Department of Agri-Food, Animal and Environmental Sciences, University of Udine Jingjing Liang Purdue University Gert-Jan M.M. Nabuurs Wageningen University and Research (Environmental Sciences Group) Sergio de Miguel Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida. Joint Research Unit CTFC - Agrotecnio