Global environmental change poses complex challenges to our continued demand for ecosystem services. Where forestry in the past focused on the production of a few commodities, the threat of global environmental change demands that we adopt a new paradigm of forest management that combines past knowledge with innovative management planning strategies that consider a full range of projected ecosystem responses, and resilience to unanticipated factors. The challenge of restoring ecosystems processes while safeguarding ecosystem services in a balanced mosaic landscape demands a global dialogue on innovative methodologies.