Ecosystem-based forestry is a collective name for forestry utilizing models, with nature as a role model in one way or another.
All forestry methods can be defined by how much nature is altered. The image on the left shows how nature is completely changed and turned into a plantation. On the right, nature is more or less untouched.
The ecosystem-based forestry I´m working with is the Lübeck model. The Lübeck model aims at having the managed forest be as much like a natural forest as possible. This would be as seen as far to the right side in the picture as possible.