scholarly journals Complexity of Forest Management: Exploring Perceptions of Dutch Forest Managers

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 3237-3255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jilske de Bruin ◽  
Marjanke Hoogstra-Klein ◽  
Godefridus Mohren ◽  
Bas Arts
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Managers

scholarly journals Do Review Papers on Bird–Vegetation Relationships Provide Actionable Information to Forest Managers in the Eastern United States?

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 990
Author(s):  
Casey A. Lott ◽  
Michael E. Akresh ◽  
Bridgett E. Costanzo ◽  
Anthony W. D’Amato ◽  
Shengwu Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Natural Disturbance ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Desired Future Conditions ◽  
Forest Managers

Forest management planning requires the specification of measurable objectives as desired future conditions at spatial extents ranging from stands to landscapes and temporal extents ranging from a single growing season to several centuries. Effective implementation of forest management requires understanding current conditions and constraints well enough to apply the appropriate silvicultural strategies to produce desired future conditions, often for multiple objectives, at varying spatial and temporal extents. We administered an online survey to forest managers in the eastern US to better understand how wildlife scientists could best provide information to help meet wildlife-related habitat objectives. We then examined more than 1000 review papers on bird–vegetation relationships in the eastern US compiled during a systematic review of the primary literature to see how well this evidence-base meets the information needs of forest managers. We identified two main areas where wildlife scientists could increase the relevance and applicability of their research. First, forest managers want descriptions of wildlife species–vegetation relationships using the operational metrics of forest management (forest type, tree species composition, basal area, tree density, stocking rates, etc.) summarized at the operational spatial units of forest management (stands, compartments, and forests). Second, forest managers want information about how to provide wildlife habitats for many different species with varied habitat needs across temporal extents related to the ecological processes of succession after harvest or natural disturbance (1–2 decades) or even longer periods of stand development. We provide examples of review papers that meet these information needs of forest managers and topic-specific bibliographies of additional review papers that may contain actionable information for foresters who wish to meet wildlife management objectives. We suggest that wildlife scientists become more familiar with the extensive grey literature on forest bird–vegetation relationships and forest management that is available in natural resource management agency reports. We also suggest that wildlife scientists could reconsider everything from the questions they ask, the metrics they report on, and the way they allocate samples in time and space, to provide more relevant and actionable information to forest managers.

Forest fragmentation and forest management: A plea for empirical data

2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 686-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G G. D'Eon
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Habitat Loss ◽  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Habitat Loss And Fragmentation ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Forest Managers

Forest fragmentation is one of the most important conservation issues of recent times. Most of what we know about forest fragmentation is based on speculation and untested theory due to a paucity of empirical data. The lack of empirical data can be attributed to (1) the extreme difficulty in conducting good fragmentation studies, and (2) confusion between habitat loss and fragmentation effects. Empirical data from well-designed fragmentation studies is direly needed to validate theoretical predictions stemming from the fragmentation paradigm. Since the best data will come from landscape-scale experiments in managed forests, partnerships and support from researchers and forest managers is critical in this pursuit. Key words: empirical data, forest fragmentation, landscape spatial patterns

Toward full, multiple, and optimal wood fibre utilization: A modeling perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Li
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Forest Inventory ◽  
Slow Growth ◽  
Wood Fibre ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Forest Managers

The slow growth rates of Canada's considerable forest fibre supply give it exceptional characteristics. It is a challenge for forest managers, researchers, and stakeholders to realize the highest value creation from this opportunity for the benefit of Canadians. Ideally, this should be achieved with full, multiple, and optimal wood fibre utilization, whereby all quality classes of wood fibre are used to their fullest potential, and all possible value creation options are considered. This paper describes the concept of value chains in a global context, and how they can be applied to forestry using a modeling framework. This is followed by a discussion on how this modeling framework can be used to address the optimal use of wood fibre, and how it can be used to address forest management-related issues and concerns. Key words: forest management, ecological modeling, wood fibre valuation, forest inventory improvement

Forest carbon accounting at the operational scale

2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 672-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner A Kurz ◽  
Mike Apps ◽  
Ed Banfield ◽  
Graham Stinson
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Carbon Accounting ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
C Cycle ◽  
C Stocks ◽  
Forest C ◽  
Forest Managers

Canada’s forests play an important role in the global carbon (C) cycle. Forest management activities, implemented at the operational scale, can have a significant impact on the C budget of Canada’s forests. With the increasing national and international recognition that forest management activities can contribute to national C sources and sinks, forest managers could benefit from having a scientifically credible tool to assess the potential impacts of alternate management activities on the C stocks and stock changes on their land base. Such a tool must incorporate the best available science, be compliant with evolving international accounting rules and have enough flexibility to address the types of scenarios and management questions that are of interest to forest managers. To be cost effective and efficient for use by forest managers, the tool should make use of existing information on inventory, growth and yield, and disturbances that their analysts routinely use in their forest management planning activities. The readily available information must be augmented with additional data and modelling to estimate changes in those C pools that are not commonly included in forest inventories, such as carbon in the dead organic matter associated with litter, coarse woody debris and soil C. Building upon the past decade of work in the development and application of the C Budget Model of the Canadian Forest Sector (CBM-CFS2), the Canadian Forest Service C Accounting Team is now working with the Model Forest Network to develop, test and deliver an operational scale C accounting tool and its supporting databases with regional parameter values. When fully developed (2004), the operational model will be made available without charge to anyone interested in using it to estimate landscape level forest C stocks and C stock changes. Expertise developed within the extensive network of Model Forests and their partners in Canada will facilitate technology transfer and training of the larger user community. The tools and the technology transfer program will empower forest managers to include considerations of the impacts of the planned activities on forest C stocks. This will increase the potential use of forests and forest management activities in contributing towards a greenhouse gas emission reduction strategy. Key words: carbon cycle, carbon accounting, forest management, operational scale, land-use change, model forests, CBM-CFS2

Is Intensive Forest Management a misnomer? An Ontario-based discussion of terminology and an alternative approac

2006 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 662-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wayne Bell ◽  
Douglas G Pitt ◽  
Monique C Wester
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Intensive Silviculture ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Plot Network ◽  
Intensively Managed ◽  
Forest Managers

The term forest management refers to the science and business of operating a forest property, which, on Crown lands in Ontario, is typically a forest management unit. Silviculture is a component of forest management that refers to the suite of stand-level activities used to control stand composition and growth. Intensive forest management (IFM) is a concept that has been discussed and considered in Ontario for at least 30 years. Originally, it referred to an intensively managed forest in which most stands are subject to relatively intensive silvicultural practices. Over time, both professional foresters and stakeholders began using the term IFM as if it were synonymous with intensive silviculture. As a result, IFM has been inappropriately used to reference stand-level activities in several published definitions and key policy documents, creating confusion among the science community, professionals, and the public. This confusion has made it difficult to implement aspects of the 1999 Ontario Forest Accord, which calls for the use of IFM (meaning intensive silviculture) to increase forest growth and productivity in some areas to offset the withdrawal of lands for parks and protected areas. We call on forest managers to refer to the term IFM correctly and to portray forest management to stakeholders as consisting of a portfolio of natural and/or anthropogenic disturbance regimes. With this approach, forest managers could more meaningfully define the intensity of forest management and silviculture on their landbase.Key words: forest policy, land use planning, intensive silviculture, portfolio concept of forest management, triad principle of land-use zoning, Forest Research Partnership, NEBIE Plot Network

scholarly journals Impact and Control of Forest Diseases in Canada

1983 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Whitney ◽  
R. S. Hunt ◽  
J. A. Munro
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Root Rot ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Forest Productivity ◽  
Dutch Elm Disease ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
And Control ◽  
Forest Diseases ◽  
Forest Managers

For the period 1977-1981, estimates of annual timber losses in Canada as a result of disease are 65 million m3. Intensive forest management presents an opportunity for utilizing pathological recommendations for reducing these losses in order to maintain forest productivity. Control of nursery diseases, root rot, dwarf mistltoes, and Dutch elm disease has been most successful. The accuracy of net inventory volume has been greatly improved. There is a need to develop more reliable surveys for loss estimates and to predict future fosses, particularly on an individual stand basis. The utilization of biological information to develop new control strategies for use in intensive forest management is a challenge facing forest pathologists and forest managers in Canada today.

scholarly journals Forest Management for Climate Change in New England and the Klamath Ecoregions: Motivations, Practices, and Barriers

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Scheller ◽  
Rajan Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
New England ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Adaptive Forest Management ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Forest Managers

Understanding perceptions and attitudes of forest managers toward climate change and climate adaptive forest management is crucial, as they are expected to implement changes to forest resource management. We assessed the perceptions of forest managers toward climate adaptive forest management practices through a survey of forest managers working in private firms and public agencies in New England and the Klamath ecoregion (northern California and southwestern Oregon). We analyzed the motivations, actions, and potential barriers to action of forest managers toward climate adaptive forest management practices. Results suggest that managing for natural regeneration is the most common climate adaptive forest management approach considered by forest managers in both regions. Lack of information about the best strategies for reducing climate change risks, lack of education and awareness among the clients, and perceived client costs were forest managers’ primary barriers to climate adaptive management. Our findings suggest useful insights toward the policy and program design in climate adaptive forest management for both areas.

Outdoor recreation participation in BC forest-dependent communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-220
Author(s):  
H W Harshaw
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Social License ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Recreation Participation ◽  
Recreation Use ◽  
Forest Managers

Understanding recreation behaviour can help forest managers identify public uses of forests and gauge the extent of recreation use. This paper documents recreation behaviour in nine forest-dependent communities in British Columbia and examines three questions: (1) is outdoor recreation relevant to local residents?; (2) what are the characteristics of outdoor recreation participation?; and (3) are local residents satisfied with outdoor recreation forest management outcomes and land-use planning processes? Involvement in recreation activities was varied and longstanding. Non-motorized and motorized recreation played important roles as people’s main connection to forests. Knowing about recreationists’ satisfaction with land-use planning outcomes can help forest managers assess their success in meeting land-use objectives, and may help alleviate uncertainties in forest planning and management by reducing conflict, improving quality-of-life, and contributing to the social license of forestry activities. Key words: forest recreation; sustainable forest management; recreation participation

Quantitative biodiversity measures applied to forest management

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 277-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Silbaugh ◽  
David R. Betters
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Habitat Modeling ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Indices ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Large Scale Land ◽  
Forest Managers

Forest managers faced with incorporating the maintenance of biodiversity into their analyses, plans, and decisions need reliable, quantitative measures of biodiversity. This paper reviews and critiques quantitative approaches that have been developed to measure the three basic attributes of diversity: species richness, heterogeneity, and evenness. These approaches are discussed in terms of application to fine- and large-scale land areas. The advantages and disadvantages of each measure are described relative to forest management. Habitat modeling, which combines aspects of both fine- and landscape-scale analysis, may hold the greatest potential for monitoring forest-level diversity in ways that are meaningful, measurable, and manageable.Key words: biodiversity, quantitative indices, forest management.

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