The AA. consider the role played by forest struggles and forest intellectuals in the rewriting of India's forest policies. They also evaluate the utility of a moral economy framework in guiding joint forestmanagement policies. They draw on village
-level fieldwork to highlight the value of an approach to the management of Degraded Protected Forests that offer a key role to active and informed forest citizens.
The basics of sustainable forestmanagement in forest promotional complexes
Biodiversity ; Concept ; Dead wood ; Decision making process ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Forestry ; Sustainable development
protection and to introduce the rules of sustainable and balanced forest development. Main subject of this study is a dead wood and its ecological functions in managedforests and chosen FPC reserves. The problem of naturalization or ecologisation of forest
The intent to create Forest Promotional Complex (FPC) was introducing a new quality to Polish forestry – by taking into account social preference for forests, by embracing local community needs, by compromising forest production with nature
management is discussed.
[b1] Forest Ecology Unit, Forest Research Unit, Raszyn, Pologne
Fir tree ; Forest ; Forest resources ; Forestry ; Nepal ; Resource management
Internal dynamics of the fir forest make a steady flow of Abies spectabilis timber in Nepalese village forests impossible to sustain. Management practices exacerbate the problem. Alternative management options are presented.―(DWG)
Aldo Leopold and stewardship : lessons for forest planning and management in the Nordic countries ?
Europe ; Forest ; Forest resources ; Forestry ; Landscape esthetics ; Place ; Resource management ; Scandinavia
The article presents some key aspects of A. Leopold's thinking that are of relevance for forest stewardship, and discusses these in relation to key forest stewardship trends in a Nordic forestry context. In the tradition, forestmanagement
and planning are deeply rooted in local management practice carried out by official local supervisors in cooperation with forest owners and other stakeholders. Today's post-modern forestry includes complex multi-valued forest situations on different scales
, which are even more complex and challenging to manage than the more utilitarian historical forest was.
[b2] Dept. of Forest Ecology, Univ., Helsinki, Finlande
Third World meets First World in the West Coast region of the South Island : possum hunting and the role of social forestry in indigenous forestmanagement
Environment ; Fauna ; Forest ; Forest resources ; Forestry ; New Zealand ; Resource management ; South Island
The radical change in forest policy has profound implications for the West Coast, and an alternative to the conventional forestmanagement framework is required which recognises the Government's desire to protect the indigenous forest cover, yet
AA. analyze the different management systems of timur, a medicinal plant regularly traded with India, in Nepalese forests. Four different management systems on open-access state lands, two different types of community-controlled lands, and private
lands are discussed. AA. found increasing management intensity correlated highly with increased market price ; however, the effects of supply and demand factors could not be generalized. - (SLD)
The AA. assert that only through profitable management of forests for timber and non-timber products can forest cover be maintained in competition with pressures to convert forest land to other uses. This sustainability concept is important, since
parks can provide protection for only a small fraction of the remaining forests in Latin America.―(DWG)
Comparison of income derived from harvesting timber vs. non-timber forest products in three different upland forests on the islands of Visayas, Luzon and Mindanao. Timber is by far the most valuable asset in each of the three cases examined. - (DWG)
Although peasant communities in northwestern Andean Peru have a tree (forest) management strategy, their weak communal organization has led to over-exploitation of forest resources, over-grazing, and soil erosion. Authors identify major tree
and shrub species in the region, discussing their uses, suitability for agroforestry, and the landscape context in which they occur. They share recommendations for improving future reforestation programs, and they discuss genera suitable for forest areas
Riparian forest in the Natura 2000 System : development of semi-natural floodplains by specific management of FFH-areas
Agricultural land use ; Biogeography ; Forest ; Management ; Planned area ; Stream
Riparian landscapes and forests have been used intensively at all times. This article shows necessary measures and solutions to purposefully transpose directives into practise. The paper deals with the terms riparian forests, floodplains, rivers
Use of 3D process-based model to determine forests protecting against rockfall - case study Kamniška Bistrica
Environmental management ; Forest ; Geographical information system ; Natural hazards ; Rockfall ; Slovenia ; Thematic mapping ; Vulnerability
This case study of the Kamniška Bistrica forestmanagement unit presents a 3D process-based model for determining forests protecting against rockfall. The finished map of protective forests was compared with the map of the protective functions
of forests, made by the Slovenia Forest Service. Taking into consideration the entire forest area in the forestmanagement unit, the maps match in 48% of cases. The differences appear predominantly in higher altitudes where the protective function map
: (a) national network of permanent monitoring plots (16 x 16 km), (b) regional intensive monitoring (network 1 x 1 km in selected areas), (c) set of permanent research plots established for the purposes of forest inventory and management planning. - (L'A.).
The terrestrial monitoring of forests in the Czech Republic is based on the harmonized methodology of International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (UNEP/ECE) and consists of three parts
The forest of the Western Carpathians are important in protecting the soil and water resources of Slovakia and neighboring countries. Although the forest acreage has increased more than 10% during the last 40 years, the condition of the forests
(mainly mixed stands of spruce, fir, and beech) has deteriorated markedly. The main problems are drought and subsequent insect attack, soil acidification, and air pollution. A. discuss reclamation experiments in the municipal spruce forest of Nálepkovo
The paper reviews and assesses the sustainability of the management and commercial exploitation of the Chobe Forest Reserves in Botswana. The inefficient way in which timber was harvested combined with low timber royalties led to the mining
This paper presents research results on the interaction of business form, funding technique, and forestmanagement on federal income and estate tax liabilities of private non industrial forest owners.
The historic role of the forest community in sustaining the Black Hills National Forest as a complex common property multiple use resource
Environment ; Forest ; Mine ; Nature conservation ; Resource management ; Rural community ; South Dakota ; United States of America ; Wyoming
A common property resource must be defined, and throughout the history of the Black Hills National Forest (1898 forward), there has been a community of people interested in defining and redefining it as a resource. Four historical periods
are discussed : the gold mining community, building of a forest community (interested in maintening multiple uses), fragmentation of the forest community, and progress toward a multiple-use definition. - (SLD)
Sheep grazing in national forest wilderness : a new look at an old fight
Environment ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Mountain ; Nature conservation ; Pastureland ; Sheep ; United States of America ; Wyoming
Review of the struggle between the livestock industry, environmentalists, and the US Forest Service to control how national forests and their resources are used. In the arid West forage, not the ragged forests of lodgpole pine, spruce, and fir, has
been the commodity harvested from the national forests. In the summer the ranchers in range states such as Wyoming rely heavily on these forests. A. reviews the situation in the bridger Wilderness. - (SLD)