scholarly journals Approaches to setting forestry research priorities: Considering the benefits of reducing uncertainty

2004 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Nilsson ◽  
M K Luckert ◽  
G W Armstrong ◽  
G K Hauer ◽  
M J Messmer
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Value Of Information ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Explicit Information ◽  
Research Demands

This paper reviews current approaches to research topic selection in forest management. Most current approaches are based on soliciting expert opinion of researchers within an environment where research demands may enter through media and political events. A number of potential problems are identified with these types of approaches including: research issues changing too rapidly for research programs to adapt, inability of surveys to capture long term trends in priorities, potential for processes to be captured by special interests of particular stakeholders, potential for consensus seeking to lead to research priorities that are too broad, a lack of statistical differences between topics leading to no significant priorities, a lack of explicit linking of the supply and demand for forestry research, and the potential for media to misrepresent research demands. Building on this literature, we suggest that current research selection methods be supplemented by developing new frameworks to provide more explicit information for research topic selection in forest management that would reduce the current pervasive role of subjectivity, provide research guidelines for local regions, and incorporate quantitative methods. This framework could be based upon the idea that one value of information is the reduction of costly mistakes. We suggest that sensitivity analyses on savings from potentially reduced uncertainty, within the context of different institutional constraints, could provide explicit information to assist with research topic selection. Key words: forestry research priorities, returns to research, value of information

scholarly journals Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada Annual Report for 1993

1994 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-460
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
Canadian Council

The Forest Accord that flowed from the Forest Congress of March 1992 carries firm commitments to "maintain and enhance the long term health of our forest ecosystems, for the benefit of all living things both nationally and globally." It recognizes forestry research as vital in attaining this goal.The Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada (FRACC) has provided advice on forestry research priorities and policies to the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) since 1983. The Council is much encouraged by the Accord's strong emphasis on research.As a result of the 1987 decision by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM), forest research advisory councils (FRACs) are now functioning in most provinces. FRACC works closely with these groups and for the past five years, with their assistance, has prepared an annual overview of forestry research priorities and concerns across Canada. Over the past year, the Council has reviewed its role and its working arrangements with the FRACs.In this 1993 report, Council makes the following recommendations:Recommendation 1. CFS research programs to improve and foster sustainable forest management should be aimed at maintaining viable, diverse forest ecosystems using techniques that mimic natural processes as much as possible, to produce an appropriate mix of values.Recommendation 2. The CFS should complete the update of the forestry research inventory and then give attention to further refining the software system. In particular, it should be made more flexible and adapted to manipulation by existing commercially available software.Recommendation 3. All agencies concerned with Canadian forest research should be urged to discuss and study the report Toward a National Forest Science and Technology Agenda for Canada.Recommendation 4. The CFS should strongly support the concept of alternating annual activities. An overview of research priorities could be conducted in odd-numbered years; then in even-numbered years, FRACC and representatives of the provincial and territorial councils could hold a workshop to examine a major research topic in depth and present the results and conclusions to the CCFM.Recommendation 5. The CFS should ensure that sufficient funding is available to cover at least three meetings of Council each year. It should also make a reasonable amount of staff time or contract funds available to Council for the conduct of analysis and studies.Recommendation 6. The CFS should review Council's terms of reference, and give direction on whether Council should make recommendations that go beyond the research programs of the CFS, and whether it should include forest products research in its examination of issues and priorities.The funding of forest research is a matter of serious concern, particularly the need to provide stable, long-term funding, because forest research is, by its nature, long term. No specific recommendations were prepared in 1993 but Council will continue to give this question close attention in 1994.Forest research priorities across the country were again assessed in cooperation with the provincial and territorial FRACs. It was agreed that forest research must be targeted to enable forest managers to:• Sustain the diversity and resilience of the forest ecosystems.• Improve forest health and resistance to pests.• Increase forest productivity for all values.• Reduce forest management and fire protection costs.• Access all available knowledge and data in making decisions.• Determine the socio-economic value of Canadian forests.• Improve profits and competitiveness in the forest industry.Forest research in Canada is considered to be reasonably well focused on these questions, but more effort is required to ensure long-term funding and to improve application of results.Council will hold three regular meetings in 1994. During the year it will give attention to:1. Global trends affecting forestry — including five or six major issues requiring research attention, and the implications they all have for forest research priorities.2. Progress of the forest research inventory.3. Development of a proposal for research coordination and support, as requested by the Forest Sector Advisory Council.4. How research is categorized, performed, and funded in Canada — to provide information useful in further improving the ongoing forest research inventory, and as a basis for the proposal on research funding being considered by Council.

scholarly journals Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada Annual Report for 1992

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-462
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Forest Policies ◽  
Amenity Values ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
Strong Commitment

The Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada (FRACC) has advised Forestry Canada on forestry research priorities and policies since 1983. This report covers the 1992 calendar year.Forest research advisory groups now operate in most provinces as a result of the 1987 decision by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM). Since then, FRACC has worked with these groups to prepare an annual overview of forestry research priorities and concerns across Canada, which has been published in The Forestry Chronicle.The 1992 Forest Congress in Ottawa was important in the evolution of Canadian forest policies. Participants deliberated on Canada's forest resources and their management with emphasis on sustainable use for all commodity and amenity values of the forest. The resulting forestry accord is a strong commitment to maintain and enhance the long-term health of Canada's forest ecosystems to benefit present and future generations. This challenge will require vigorous research and Council is pleased that the accord contains a strong commitment to research. The accord and the supporting document, Sustainable Forests, A Canadian Commitment, will guide Council in its future deliberations.As a result of its deliberations in 1992, Council makes the following recommendations:1. Because Canadians expect many kinds of benefits from the forest resource, Forestry Canada should increase research that will help forest managers assess all commodity and amenity values of the forest and incorporate them into integrated forest management plans.2. To help develop multidisciplinary approaches, Forestry Canada should work with educational institutions to develop curricula for both graduate and undergraduate students that emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of forestry.3. To help foster effective public participation in resource decisions, Forestry Canada should continue monitoring public perceptions of forestry and develop new ways of involving people in resource management decisions.4. To assist young scientists in launching their careers, Forestry Canada should establish and sponsor annual forums where young scientists and senior management exchange ideas and information.5. To promote steady progress in research, Forestry Canada should ensure overlap and training of replacement scientists when existing staff retire.6. To provide a useful tool for research managers and scientists, Forestry Canada should vigorously pursue completion of the update of the forestry research inventory.7. Because of the importance of all forestry workers' attitudes and skills in implementing sound forest management, Forestry Canada should investigate methods of training and motivation and make them part of technology transfer programs.8. Forestry Canada research establishments should develop methods to incorporate economic and social criteria in research planning and project selection.

scholarly journals Tingkat Kesejahtaraan Masyarakat Desa Sari Tani Sebagai Desa Penyangga Kawasan Suaka Margasatwa Nantu-Boliyohuto

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Rahmat Biki ◽  
Dewi Wahyuni K Baderan ◽  
Marini Susanti Hamidun
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Welfare Level ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Welfare Indicator ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The Village

It is essential to involve communities in the surrounding areas or buffer zones towards effective and efficient forest area management in the management of forest conservation areas. As one of the supporting villages in the Nantu-Boliyohuto Wildlife Sanctuary area, Sari Tani Village is located in the Wonosari sub-district, Boalemo Regency, which needs to be a part of a collaboration or partner in sustainable forest management. Therefore, the community's welfare in the buffer village should be a common concern as a manifestation of the vision of sustainable forest management. Accordingly, this research seeks to measure the welfare level of the community in the village. The data were generated from interviews and observations on 85 families as research samples. Those were further analyzed using descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative methods, referring to eight welfare indicator criteria based on the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS 2016) with weighting or scoring. The results indicated that the score of the welfare indicator assessment was 13. It means that the welfare level of the Sari Tani village community was in the low category number interval. Thus, it is suggested to develop the village area as the smallest government administration area and as a buffer village for the Nantu-Boliyohuto wildlife sanctuary area using an approach to indicators that affect the level of welfare, viz. education, employment, levels and patterns of consumption, and poverty.  

Research Issues in Parenteral Nutrition

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Amit Tagare ◽  
Umesh Vaidya
Keyword(s):  
Parenteral Nutrition ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Clinical Problem ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Nutritional Interventions ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Major Clinical Problem ◽  
Extrauterine Growth Retardation

Extrauterine growth retardation is a major clinical problem in preterm infants. Aggressive nutritional interventions may play an important role to fight this prevalent problem. Parenteral nutrition is almost indispensable part of aggressive nutritional approach in neonates, because of certain limitations of enteral route during first few days of life. Formidable research work done in developed world has resolved certain important issues like dosage regimens. However, still we need to resolve quite a few unanswered queries. This is especially true for Indian context where we deal with a different population of neonates than the developed world. In this article we will discuss both the resolved and unresolved issues regarding neonatal parenteral nutrition and the research priorities for us.

Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada Annual Report for 1990

1991 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-433
Keyword(s):  
Research Priorities ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Forest Economics ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Research Programs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Canadian Council ◽  
Forest Managers

The Forestry Research Advisory Council of Canada (FRACC) advises Forestry Canada on national forest research priorities and policies. This report covers calendar 1990, during which FRACC held four meetings and visited four Forestry Canada research centres.Once again FRACC prepared a national overview of research priorities with the assistance of the provincial and territorial forest research advisory groups. This appeared in the February 1991 Forestry Chronicle of the Canadian Institute of Forestry. Twenty-three new research priorities were identified in the 1990 overview. Many of the new items were related to the need for predictive models, better resource and land use decision methods, socioeconomic studies, and studies on climate change. This reflects the increasing attention forest managers are giving to public attitudes on resource and environmental matters. At the same time, the forest managers' more traditional long-term concerns about protecting, harvesting, and regenerating forests are still prominent in research priorities. The importance of the Forest Resource Development Agreements in funding forest research was again emphasized.As a result of its deliberations in 1990, Council makes the following recommendations:1. Forestry Canada should ensure that a broad spectrum of forest stakeholders have input to its forest research advisory process, and should encourage other agencies to do likewise.2. Forestry Canada should seek every opportunity to connect its research work with site classification systems. This will broaden the use of research results in ways that maximize their application without having them misapplied in inappropriate situations.3. Forestry Canada should strengthen its linkages with the universities and urge them to do more to broaden their search for graduate students by emphasizing the very real challenges in forestry. Forestry Canada should also consider seconding scientists to universities for two to three years to alleviate a shortage of specific skills and to further the training of specialists in those disciplines.4. Forestry Canada should make every effort to develop other techniques and approaches to enhance cooperative programs along the lines of the National Science and Engineering Research Council partnership model.5. In setting up cooperative programs of research with industry, Forestry Canada should ensure that the participating companies are fully aware of the steps necessary to qualify for favorable tax treatment for their contributions to research programs.6. Forestry Canada should carefully examine its forest economics and policy program to assess its adequacy and to determine whether sufficient linkage has been established with the provinces, industry, and the universities. An in-depth program review of this subject should be undertaken, with full program documentation being assembled and made available to FRACC and Forestry Canada clients and cooperators.7. A serious effort should be made to raise the profiles of Forestry Canada's two specialized institutes so that their role, particularly in relation to environmental concerns, is more widely appreciated in forestry and environmental circles. A change of names should be considered. Drawing on the views of scientists and staff, Forestry Canada should seek alternatives that would give much more stress to the ideas of sustainable development and ecological balance.8. The practice of consulting with staff and involving them in the planning and execution of research programs should be reinforced and firmly embedded in the management culture of Forestry Canada.9. Forestry Canada should actively involve its leading scientists in developing national strategies and plans and in developing research networks.In its work program for 1991, Council will:1. Continue to examine the factors affecting the supply of young scientists and the elements that make for a productive research climate.2. Continue the input of various forest stakeholders to the deliberations of Council so that the forces shaping the future demands on the forest ecosystem can be better understood.3. Identify emerging regional and national issues and priorities in forestry research.4. Continue to work with provincial and territorial research advisory bodies to assemble a national overview of forest research priorities for the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers.5. Study the implications for Forestry Canada's research program of the following reports:(a) The Report of the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Fisheries and Forestry entitled Forests of Canada: The Federal Role (the Bird Report).(b) The Green Plan of Environment Canada.(c) The report by Pierre Lortie on science policy and the organization of science in Canada.(d) Forestry Canada's report to parliament.6. Make input to developing the new Forest Sector Strategy for Canada due for completion in March 1992.7. Obtain and review an action plan for the forest economics program of Forestry Canada.8. Hold a "think-tank" session to explore in broad terms what the future holds for forest resource management in Canada and the world, and to attempt to assess what this means for forest research at present and in the near future.9. Study the terms of reference of FRACC and make recommendations as required to Forestry Canada.

An approach for assessing suitability for forest management based on constraints of the physical environment at a regional scale

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Robitaille ◽  
Jean-Pierre Saucier ◽  
Michel Chabot ◽  
Damien Côté ◽  
Catherine Boudreault
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Forest Operations ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Aeolian Deposits

Constraints of the physical environment affect forest growth and forest operations. At a local scale, these constraints are generally considered during forest operations. At regional or continental scales, they are often integrated to larger assessments of the potential for a given land unit to be managed. In this study, we propose an approach to analyze the integration of physical-environment constraints in forest management activities at the regional scale (482 000 km2). The land features that pose constraints to forest management (i.e., hydromorphic organic deposits, dead-ice moraines, washed till, glacial block fields, talus, and active aeolian deposits, slopes > 40%) were evaluated within 1114 land districts. To distinguish land districts that can be suitably managed from those where constraints are too important for sustainable timber production, we carried out a sensitivity analysis of physical constraints for the 1114 land districts. After analysis of two portions of the study area under management, a land district was considered suitable for management when more than 20% of its land area consists of features imposing few constraints or, for mountain-type relief districts, when more than 40% of the land area consists of features imposing few constraints. These cutoff values were defined by expert opinion, based on sensitivity analyses performed on the entire study area, on analyses of two different sectors with different types of constraints and on a strong understanding of the study area. Our results show that land districts where the physical environment posed significant constraints covered 7.5% of the study area (36 000 km2). This study shows that doing an a priori classification of land units based on permanent environmental features could facilitate the identification of areas that are not suitable for forest management activities.

scholarly journals Sustainable Forest Management for Nontimber Products

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2670 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Chamberlain ◽  
Christine Small ◽  
Michelle Baumflek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nontimber Forest Products ◽  
Medicinal Species

Many of the plants and fungi that are harvested for nontimber products (e.g., foods, medicines, crafts) are critical to healthy forest ecosystems. These products also are essential to rural societies, contributing to the material and nonmaterial composition of communities and cultures. Product sales make important contributions at all economic scales, from household to national economies. Nontimber forest products (NTFPs) have been harvested for generations, sometimes centuries, yet they are seldom integrated into forest management. Few methods exist for inventory and assessment, and there is little evidence that harvests are sustainable. This article examines three elements of sustainable forest management for nontimber products: sociocultural, economic, and ecological, and elaborates with detailed examples of edible and medicinal species from United States (U.S.) forests. We synthesize the state of knowledge and emerging issues, and identify research priorities that are needed to advance sustainable management of NTFPs in the United States. Despite their social, economic, and ecological values, many of these species and resources are threatened by the overuse and lack of management and market integration. Sustainable management for nontimber products is attainable, but much research and development is needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of these resources and their cultural values, and to realize their economic potentials.

scholarly journals Species Mixing Regulation with Respect to Forest Ecosystem Service Provision

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Schwaiger ◽  
Werner Poschenrieder ◽  
Peter Biber ◽  
Hans Pretzsch
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Groundwater Recharge ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Stand Density ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Mixed Stands

The control and maintenance of species composition of mixed stands is a highly relevant objective of forest management in order to provide multifunctionality and climatic resilience. In contrast to this requirement there is, however, an evident lack of quantitative methods for mixture regulation. In this context, we propose an approach for the regulation of mixture proportions that has been implemented in a forest management model. The approach considers species-specific growth characteristics and takes into account the mixing effect on stand density. We present five exemplary simulations that apply the regulation. Each simulation maintains one of five desired species compositions. In these simulations, we consider the species European beech and Norway spruce under good site conditions, thus representing the most prominent mixed stands in Central Europe. Based on this model experiment, we analyze the potential benefit of controlled mixing regulation for achieving desired levels and combinations of ecosystem service provision, in particular productivity, diversity, and groundwater recharge. We found that a constant 50% basal area share of beech (equivalent growing space share of 80% to 70% depending on stand age) provided the most balanced supply of ecosystem services. Prominently, groundwater recharge considerably decreased when beech basal area shares were held below 50%. We discuss the ecological and practical implications of the regulation approach and different mixing shares.

Research In Australian Music Education: A Review and Analysis

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren R. Lett
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
Early History ◽  
Organisational Structure ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Australian Society ◽  
Research Orientation ◽  
History Of

A review is made of the contents of the Australian Journal of Music Education from 1969, and of conferences in the early history of the Australian Society of Music Education. The categories of music education theses 1936–78 are described. A review of the research presentations is made from reports of the conferences of the Association of Music Education Lecturers. The paper identifies seminal summaries of music education research issues over a twenty-five-year period. It traces the lines of reported research, distinguishing standards for identification of research. It is concluded that although awareness of research issues has been consistently present amongst music educators in Australia, a lack of research orientation, together with inadequate planning and organisational structure has left the field to haphazard individualism. Proposals for current research priorities and procedures for their pursuit are made.

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