scholarly journals Impacts of sustainable forestry certification in European forest management operations

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hain ◽  
R. Ahas
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
European Forest

Abitibi's approach to forest certification

1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-258
Author(s):  
William P. Furey
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Key Words ◽  
General Public ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Year 2000

Forest Certification is one of the priority issues facing the forest industry and will become increasingly more important as we move towards the year 2000. It will provide a voluntary, impartial process for each company to demonstrate to the general public, customers and Government, that its forest management practices meet or exceed established standards necessary for sustainability. Key words: sustainable forestry, Canadian forest management standards, forest certification

Revisiting forestry’s crystal ball

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 710-714
Author(s):  
Winifred B Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Crystal Ball

This paper revisits 3 broad predictions about forestry’s future presented by the author in 1993: the growing importance of products that come from forests, forests increasingly valued for more than the sum of their products and uses, and better appreciation of forests as complex ecological systems controlled by forces larger than humans. These predictions have played out in more dramatic ways than initially envisioned, driven in part by 3 emergent forces: the energy crisis, the ascension of new economic superpowers, and climate change. Examples of these trends and relationships are examined from Canadian and United States contexts. Key words: ecosystem services, forests and climate change, forests and global warming, forest biofuels, forest management trends, sustainable forestry

scholarly journals An overview of forest management and change with respect to environmental protection in the UK

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Farmer ◽  
T. R. Nisbet
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Uk

Abstract. This paper overviews changes in forest management in the UK with respect to environmental protection. The evolution of policy is explained from historical and sustainability perspectives and covers developments in forest planning, accreditation, devolution and future challenges and opportunities. Keywords: forest management, best practice, sustainable forestry, environmental protection, land use change

scholarly journals Taking the pulse of civic engagement in forest management

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 692-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Robson ◽  
John R. Parkins
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Forest Governance ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Special Issue

Outdated and unresponsive institutional arrangements are the greatest single obstacle to the achievement of sustainableforestry in Canada. More open civic engagement processes and institutional arrangements are now emerging, however,compelling traditional actors to interact with many more issues and social forces. This article introduces a way of understandingand evaluating civic engagement processes for this special issue on civic engagement in forest management.It reviews the articles for this special issue and critically assesses where we have come from and where we might needto go as forest governance continues to evolve and meet the challenges of a 21st Century Canada.Key words: institutional arrangements, sustainable forestry, forest governance, civic engagement, public participation,evaluation

Institutional factors and opportunities for adapting European forest management to climate change

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1595-1609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Bouriaud ◽  
Mariella Marzano ◽  
Manfred Lexer ◽  
Liviu Nichiforel ◽  
Christopher Reyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
European Forest

scholarly journals The Continental Impact of European Forest Conservation Policy and Management on Productivity Stability

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Moreno ◽  
Mathias Neumann ◽  
Phillip M. Mohebalian ◽  
Christopher Thurnher ◽  
Hubert Hasenauer
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Net Primary Production ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
European Forest

The ecological impact of continental scale land-use policies that influence forest management is often difficult to quantify. European forest conservation began in 1909 with a marked increase in designated areas with the inception of Natura 2000 in the early 1990s. It has been shown that increases in European forest mortality may be linked to climate variability. Measuring productivity response to climate variability may be a valid proxy indicating a forest’s ability to bear this disturbance. Net Primary Production (NPP) response to climate variability has also been linked to functional diversity within forests. Using a European specific annual MODIS NPP estimates, we assess the NPP response to climate variability differences between actively managed forests, which experience human interventions and conserved, Protected Area (PA) forests with minimal to no human impact. We found, on the continental scale, little to no differences in NPP response between managed and conserved forests. However, on the regional scale, differences emerge that are driven by the historic forest management practices and the potential speciation of the area. Northern PA forests show the same NPP response to climate variability as their actively managed counter parts. PA forests tend to have less NPP response to climate variability in the South and in older conserved forests. As the time a forest has been designated, as a PA, extends past its typically actively managed rotation length, greater differences begin to emerge between the two management types.

scholarly journals Short communication: AHP for indicators of sustainable forestry under Mediterranean conditions

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. eSC03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Valls-Donderis ◽  
María Vallés-Planells ◽  
Francisco Galiana
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
Mediterranean Forests ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hunting Activity ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Mediterranean Conditions

Aim of study: To verify and prioritise a set of sustainable forestry indicators using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).Area of study: Participants were Spanish; indicators were meant to be applied in forest management units (FMUs) under Mediterranean conditions.Material and methods: An AHP questionnaire was developed and sent to experts.Main Results: the set of indicators aimed to be comprehensive. Indicators were ranked and the ranking allows ascertaining what aspects are more relevant in relation to Mediterranean sustainable forestry. Issues like regeneration or habitats conservation got high values, whereas others like hunting activity were not seen as important by most experts.Research highlights:- Sustainable forest management (SFM) considerations for Mediterranean forests.- Indicators adapt to ecosystem services.

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