The importance of forest area and configuration relative to local habitat factors for conserving forest mammals: A case study of koalas in Queensland, Australia

2006 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive A. McAlpine ◽  
Jonathan R. Rhodes ◽  
John G. Callaghan ◽  
Michiala E. Bowen ◽  
Daniel Lunney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Area ◽  
Habitat Factors ◽  
Local Habitat

scholarly journals Ecological impact of coal mines on lichens: A case study at Moghla coal mines Kalakote (Rajouri), J&K

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Charak ◽  
Mukhtar A. Sheikh ◽  
Anil K. Raina ◽  
D. K. Upreti
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Quantitative Parameters ◽  
Open Coal

The data on the frequency, density and abundance of the lichens growing around the Moghla Coal mines, Kalakote has been recorded and compared with lichens growing in a forest area away from the coal mines to work out effect of coal mines on the diversity and distribution of lichens. The data revealed that pollutants released by the open coal mining activities not only effected qualitative distribution but also have effect on the quantitative parameters. Over all 10 species of lichens belonging to 9 genera and 6 families have been recorded from the vicinity of coal mines as compared to 15 species, belonging to 9 genera and 7 families, recorded from the forest area.

scholarly journals Functional nature of the landscape phases of the suburban forest area of Lviv Vynnyky

2014 ◽  
pp. 395-402
Author(s):  
O. Babych
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Functional Nature ◽  
Full Picture ◽  
Landscape Units ◽  
Functional Components

Functional components of the landscape units, phases and tracts of the suburban forest area of Lviv Vynnyky were analyzed. Case study of the forest geosystems, such as, for example, the landscape phases, shows the research of biometrical index of the forests which are concentrated specifically in this area. On the drawings of the landscape phases of this specific area the division of the forests, which shows the full picture of their areal division, is shown. Key words: landscape phases, landscape tracts, forest geosystems, suburban forest area of Lviv Vynnyky.

scholarly journals A Remote Sensing Based Method to Detect Soil Erosion in Forests

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanqiu Xu ◽  
Xiujuan Hu ◽  
Huade Guan ◽  
Bobo Zhang ◽  
Meiya Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Soil Loss ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Red Soil ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Large Spatial Scale ◽  
Five Factors

Rainwater-induced soil erosion occurring in the forest is a special phenomenon of soil erosion in many red soil areas. Detection of such soil erosion is essential for developing land management to reduce soil loss in areas including southern China and other red soil regions of the world. Remotely sensed canopy cover is often used to determine the potential of soil erosion over a large spatial scale, which, however, becomes less useful in forest areas. This study proposes a new remote sensing method to detect soil erosion under forest canopy and presents a case study in a forest area in southern China. Five factors that are closely related to soil erosion in forest were used as discriminators to develop the model. These factors include fractional vegetation coverage, nitrogen reflectance index, yellow leaf index, bare soil index and slope. They quantitatively represent vegetation density, vegetation health status, soil exposure intensity and terrain steepness that are considered relevant to forest soil erosion. These five factors can all be derived from remote sensing imagery based on related thematic indices or algorithms. The five factors were integrated to create the soil erosion under forest model (SEUFM) through Principal Components Analysis (PCA) or a multiplication method. The case study in the forest area in Changting County of southern China with a Landsat 8 image shows that the first principal component-based SEUFM achieves an overall accuracy close to 90%, while the multiplication-based model reaches 81%. The detected locations of soil erosion in forest provide the target areas to be managed from further soil loss. The proposed method provides a tool to understand more about soil erosion in forested areas where soil erosion is usually not considered an issue. Therefore, the method is useful for soil conservation in forest.

Applying voting theory in participatory decision support for sustainable timber harvesting

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1511-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Laukkanen ◽  
Teijo Palander ◽  
Jyrki Kangas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Voting Theory ◽  
Rural Municipality ◽  
Support Methods ◽  
Decision Support Method ◽  
Support Decision Making

Several multi-criteria decision support methods have been introduced to sustainable management of natural resources, but different methods suit different planning situations. One way to support decision-making is to apply voting theory. In this study, a multi-criteria decision-support method based on voting theory, called multicriteria approval (MA), is applied to wood supply chain management in a forest area owned by the state of Finland. The area is called Leikko and is located in the rural municipality of Pieksämäki. MA seems to have some promising features in relation to participatory decision support. The most essential advantages are its ease and comprehensibility. MA is also able to deal with ordinal and imprecise information. Since the method does not demand much preference information from interest groups, the inquiries may be conducted using the Internet. In the case study, nine timber-harvesting alternatives were devised for the forest area. The study involved seven interest groups, whose representatives defined seven criteria by which the alternatives were compared. The purpose was to find a consensus or compromise solution for a practical harvesting schedule. Two different versions of MA were tested and compared from the participatory decision-support aspect. Usability and ease of method, the comprehensibility of the inquiries, and the congruence of the results were examined.

scholarly journals Simulation Impact of REDD Policy: Case Study of Forest Area in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 776-786
Author(s):  
Irmadi Nahib ◽  
Turmudi Turmudi ◽  
Sri Lestari Munajati ◽  
Rizka Windiastuti
Keyword(s):  
Forest Area

scholarly journals Potensi Pengembangan Ekowisata Berbasis Masyarakat di Kawasan Hutan Selelos Kabupaten Lombok Utara

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
R. Didi Kuswara ◽  
Nurmiati Nurmiati
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
Village Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Village

The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of natural and cultural resources, to know the perceptions, participation and aspirations of the community and to develop a community-based ecotourism development strategy in Selelos Village, Gangga District, North Lombok Regency. This type of research is a descriptive qualitative case study and exploratory descriptive to find the potential in the form of biodiversity in the Selelos forest area. Data collection was carried out by observing the biodiversity in it, testing water quality, and using a questionnaire to 50 community respondents and 7 respondents from the village government. The results showed that Selelos Village has a forest area ecosystem that holds several potentials to be developed into ecotourism, including: waterfalls, springs, customary forests, and plantations (agro-tourism). In addition, it has a diversity of flora and fauna, there are about 13 high-level plant families with many species in it, as well as about 5 families of fauna and there are also endemic animals such as partridge and deer (senggah). Of the four springs quality tested, all of them are suitable as raw material for drinking water. Meanwhile, based on the questionnaire analysis, the community and village government will work together in developing and managing ecotourism. Based on the SWOT analysis, the strategy used in developing ecotourism is to take advantage of the strengths of opportunity (S-O), among others; mapping the potential of ecotourism, developing special ecotourism such as agro-tourism, synergizing ecotourism with local culture and customs, equipping, providing facilities and infrastructure, and improving human resources.

scholarly journals Integration of ecolabelling and ecotourism schemes: Case study of forest honey in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Andre Notohamijoyo ◽  
Agil Abdul Hakim ◽  
Mustaidz Billah ◽  
Adhi Setya Wiyata
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
The Government

The growing level of public awareness of environmental sustainability increases understanding of environmentally friendly schemes such as ecolabeling. The community began to be moved to be involved in environmental conservation activities including the implementation of the ecolabel scheme. Likewise with Indonesia. Communities in several areas have been motivated to apply the selfdeclared forest honey ecolabel scheme. This encourages the preservation of nature around the forest area where the ecolabel scheme is implemented. However, there are still problems in implementing the ecolabel scheme, namely the welfare of the community. This requires more work from the Government. One of the things that the Government can more easily encourage to help improve the welfare of forest communities is by facilitating areas that implement an ecolabel scheme to become ecotourism destinations. In the post-Covid-19 virus pandemic like today, ecotourism is urgently needed and it is safer and more comfortable for tourists. This study reviews the model of integrating ecolabel schemes with ecotourism which will create a balance between environmental sustainability and community welfare. The research is based on a literacy study along with comparation with other countries. This is a tangible form of sustainable development.

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