The basics of sustainable forestmanagement in forest promotional complexes
Biodiversity ; Concept ; Dead wood ; Decision making process ; Ecosystem ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Forestry ; Sustainable development
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 forestproduction with nature
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
management is discussed.
[b1] Forest Ecology Unit, Forest Research Unit, Raszyn, Pologne
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 forestproducts 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)
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.
of the production and use of scientific knowledge. It concludes that what is at stake in using science in the management of Québec's boreal forest is not merely related either to the forest industry or to expansion of powers of government but, rather, to its
weakness in gaining the public and the industry's trust in the management of the public's forests.
and economic status dominated the decision-making, even though it was the women and poor who depended on the forests for their fuelwood and fodder products. - (DWG)
Traditional land use of the boreal forest landscape : examples from Lierne, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Biodiversity ; Boreal forest ; Ecology ; Environmental management ; Fodder ; Land use ; Nature conservation ; Norway
and the production level in the boreal forest landscape. Burning to improve the forest pastures is a natural part of the traditional farming system. To ensure successful conservation of the biodiversity of these forests, former land use practices should be documented
The article documents former land use practices in a boreal forest landscape in Nordli, Central Norway, and discuss the ecological consequences with respect to conservation. Fodder harvesting methods are closely related to ecological conditions
, and management schemes should be developed on the basis of the acquired knowledge.
Simulation on the dynamics of forest area changes in Northeast China
China ; Econometric model ; Forest ; Forestry ; Land use ; North-Eastern China ; Production ; Resource management ; Simulation ; Vegetation dynamics
Chine ; Chine du Nord-Est ; Dynamique de la végétation ; Forêt ; Gestion des ressources ; Modèle économétrique ; Production ; Simulation ; Sylviculture ; Utilisation du sol
To explore the dynamics of forest area change in Northeast China, an econometric model is developed which is composed of three equations identifying forestry production, conversion from open forest to closed forest and conversion from other land
uses to closed forest so as to explore the impacts on the forest area changes from demographic, social, economic, location and geophysical factors. On this basis, the AA. employ the Dynamics ofLand System (DLS) model to simulate land-use conversions
between forest area and non-forest cover and the land-use conversions within the sub-classes of forest area for the period 2000–2020 under business as usual scenario, environmental protection scenario and economic growth scenario. The simulation results
show that forest area will expand continuously and there exist various kinds of changing patterns for the sub-classes of forest area.
Exploitation to integration. The changing relationship between forestmanagement and nature conservation in Britain
L'A. décrit le développement de la foresterie en Grande-Bretagne et examine ses conséquences pour la protection de la nature. Il envisage les moyens d'intégrer production de bois et protection de la nature. - (MI)
Possibilities of tapping the natural yield potential of the Babassu forests in Northeastern Brazil by environment-orientated resource management
It can be stated that the market offer found in the Babassu region is unsatisfying in relation to the existing yield potential and the given demand. This deficiency must be attributed to the unsatisfactory economic development of the Babassu forests
. Essentially, the problem can be determined as one of production, the impeding factors beeing mainly the socio-economic conditions. - (l'A.).
Agro-écological zonation along an altitudinal gradient in the montane belt of the Los Santos forest reserve in Costa Rica
Agroecosystem ; Altitudinal zonation ; Biogeography ; Costa Rica ; Forest ; Land use ; Mountain
Climate and human use define three major land-use zones in the montane oak forest of the Pacific slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica. The fruit tree zone (2000 to 2300 m) is the most productive; the charcoal zone (2700-3000 m
) the most marginal. Sustainable management calls for changes in the present agroecology. - (DWG)
The role of forest ecosystems and wood in controlling the absorption and emission of carbon dioxide
Africa ; America ; Asia ; Biomass ; Carbon cycle ; Carbon dioxide ; Climatic variation ; Ecosystem ; Europe ; Forest ; Global change ; Land use ; Stand treatment ; World
of trees to pests and diseases; 3) as a benificiary of global changes thanks to the fertiliser effect; 4) as a remedy for global changes thanks to their ability to sequester carbon. The role of forests depends thus on methods of management and the ways
in which forestproducts are used. The paper discusses the effects of forestry operations dealing with carbon accumulation in the forest ecosystems.
Forests play a quadruple role in the processes of global change : 1) as a cause, a source of the emission of greenhouse gases (GHC), predominantly in result of deforestation; 2) as a victim of global climatic change, due to the increased sensitivity
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
Babes in the woods : geographers reflect on their participation in a forest consultancy project
Australia ; Decision making process ; Expertise ; Forest ; Governance ; Resource management
participation plus lourde aux décisions. La production de savoir scientifique inclut des relations de pouvoir cachées et des identités alternatives non-scientifiques.
Management plan for sustained harvest and utilization of Daphne (Lokta) from the upper Rahughat river forests and vicinity in Myagdi district, Nepal.
Etude de la production naturelle des plantes Daphne, matière première pour la fabrication du papier artisanal traditionnel népalais, dans le district de Myagdi (Zone de Dhaulagiri) au Népal, et plan de récolte contrôlée pour éviter la raréfaction et