Perceptions of public land governance from two Canadian provinces: How is the social agenda being met through sustainable forest management?

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 102485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Miller ◽  
Solange Nadeau
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
The Social ◽  
Canadian Provinces

Quantifying the research impact of the Sustainable Forest Management Network in the social sciences: a bibliometric study

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 2248-2255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole L. Klenk ◽  
Anna Dabros ◽  
Gordon M. Hickey
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
Funded Research ◽  
Principal Investigators ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Standards ◽  
The Impact

This research note presents the results of a bibliometric analysis that was conducted to better understand the impact that Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFMN) funded research had in the forest-related social and Aboriginal research communities. We applied two indicators of research impact: (i) research outputs and (ii) citations. Our results suggest that the SFMN’s research outputs were highest in the fields of economics, sociology, and political science and law. The number of research articles that acknowledged the SFMN was 30% of the total research output of the SFMN-funded Principal Investigators. These articles represented 3% of the social science articles published in the Forestry Chronicle (the journal most frequently used by SFMN-funded Principal Investigators). Research output related to Aboriginal forestry indicated that the SFMN had a significant influence on the development of the field. Our citation analysis indicated that the average number of citations per SFMN-acknowledged publication in the social sciences was approximately the same as the international impact standard in the field. These results suggest that the SFMN-funded research in the social sciences compared very well with the international research standards in forest-related social sciences.

scholarly journals Would harmonizing public land forest policies, Criteria and Indicators, and certification improve progress towards Sustainable Forest Management?: A case study in Alberta, Canada

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Golec ◽  
M K Luckert
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Forest Policies ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Potential Benefits

As the concept of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has evolved, governments and other stakeholders have pursued three important frameworks for defining and pursuing SFM: public land forest policies, Criteria and Indicators and certification. In Canada, these three approaches frequently operate simultaneously as policy frameworks for private firms managing forests on public lands. Harmonization of these three frameworks could create potential benefits by simplifying a complicated array of sometimes conflicting forest management standards. But there are also potential costs of harmonization that could arise out of the diverse conditions that embody SFM. The diversity of social values and ecological conditions associated with forests creates difficulties in designing processes that are representative of stakeholders' interests. Moreover, this variety poses challenges to designing standards that are sufficiently flexible to address local conditions, yet useful in contributing to SFM planning and reporting at regional, provincial and national scales. Within this context, we suggest that the diversity inherent in SFM will continue to be accommodated by multiple management frameworks, unless a single framework arises that shows itself capable of being trusted by stakeholders and of being sufficiently flexible to accommodate various definitions of Sustainable Forest Management. Key words: Sustainable Forest Management, forest certification, Criteria and Indicators, public forest policy, harmonization of Sustainable Forest Management frameworks, case study, Canada, Alberta

scholarly journals Open source solutions to improve the quality of sustainable forest management

2019 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 11003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulian Alexandru Bratu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
The Social

Climate change is becoming more acute, including in terms of individual perception. Forest, as an ecosystem, has a special role to play in mitigating climate change, protecting the soil, water and air. There are forests of scientific interest, preservation of the Eco fund and forest Geno fund, as well as recreational forests, so that the ecological functions are fulfilled in the optimum. Also, alongside the social function, green energy generation is one of the main attributes of the forest. In addition to preserving biodiversity, the forestry administration has as objectives the provision of the necessary resources for the short, medium and long-term development of local communities. Forest management that harmoniously combines ecological, economic and social functions cannot be sustained, at least in the information age, without relying on information technology. This article aims to address the issue of information technology in the forest administration, identifying needs and providing viable, high quality, open source solutions.

Implementation of Forest Certification in Brazil, Spain And Portugal: An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Application

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.R. Alves ◽  
E. Fraj-Andrés ◽  
A. Rojo-Alboreca ◽  
C.R. Gracioli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Forest certification is an important mechanism for the legitimation of environmental practices in the sustainable forest management. Its basis are the forest management standards, which represent the guidelines for defining sustainable forest management through a hierarchical structure (principles, criteria and indicators), which includes social, environmental and economic issues. The main certification systems in the world, FSC and PEFC, have adopted this structure in their forest management standards. This work aims to evaluate the perception of experts in Brazil, Spain and Portugal regarding the level of difficulty to implement forest certification applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The principal results indicated that, in general, the principles related to environmental aspects are considered the most complicated to comply, the social aspects are much more difficult to achieve in the case of Brazil, and the economic aspects are not considered as an important problem in any of the three countries.

scholarly journals Theorizing the Implications of Gender Order for Sustainable Forest Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeji Varghese ◽  
Maureen G. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Issues

Sustainable forest management is intended to draw attention to social, economic, and ecological dimensions. The social dimension, in particular, is intended to advance the effectiveness of institutions in accurately reflecting social values. Research demonstrates that while women bring distinctive interests and values to forest management issues, their nominal and effective participation is restricted by a gender order that marginalizes their interests and potential contributions. The purpose of this paper is to explain how gender order affects the attainment of sustainable forest management. We develop a theoretical discussion to explain how women's involvement in three different models for engagement—expert-based, stakeholder-based, and civic engagement—might be advanced or constrained. By conducting a meta-analysis of previous research conducted in Canada and internationally, we show how, in all three models, both nominal and effective participation of women is constrained by several factors including rules of entry, divisions of labour, social norms and perceptions and rules of practice, personal endowments and attributes, as well as organizational cultures. Regardless of the model for engagement, these factors are part of a masculine gender order that prevails in forestry and restricts opportunities for inclusive and sustainable forest management.

Soziale und kulturelle Dimensionen einer nachhaltigen Waldwirtschaft: Neue Chancen für die Forstgeschichte in Europa? | Social and cultural aspects of sustainable forest management: a chance for forest history in Europe?

2004 ◽  
Vol 155 (8) ◽  
pp. 338-344
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Johann
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Natural Landscape ◽  
Characteristic Element ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Social

Forests and other wooded land cover about 1000 million ha in Europe and thus represent a very characteristic element of the natural landscape. Multi-disciplinary research into the role of the social and cultural aspects of sustainable forest management is growing in importance, in particular with regard to the overall goal of sustainable development and the role of traditional forest-related knowledge. The need for such research was manifested in April 2003 by the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Vienna Resolutions at the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. There is therefore a need to provide society with historical information on a host of issues surrounding the forest, such as land use,changing social perceptions of and attitudes to woodlands and forests, wood culture, traditional woodland pasture and management,and historical experiences with woodland conservation and restoration. Forest historians can make a significant contribution to the on-going discussion in Europe with the results of scientific findings and empirical insights.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL ACTIONS OF THE STATE FORESTS IN POLAND

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof RZĄSA ◽  
Marek OGRYZEK
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Forested Area ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Leading Position

Poland is in one of a leading position in Europe in terms of forested area. Forests grow over 9.4 million hectares, which is 29.5% of the territory of Poland. The vast majority of this area is forests owned by the state, out of which almost 7.6 million hectares are under the management of the State Forests Holding. Educating society about forestry and environment is one of the main priorities of the State Forests. The State Forests’ educational offer is aimed at children, youths and adults, including people with disabilities. It is all about popularising knowledge about forestry and sustainable forest management. This article focuses on the social actions of the State Forests’ operations based on an analysis of the data obtained from reports made by the State Forests. These information and materials were analysed to identify the social aspects of actions carried out by the State Forests in Poland. The authors analysed various kinds of activities of the State Forests connected with social aims. The results of the analyses were presented in table format. The results were used to analyse and describe the social aspects of the State Forests’ operations in the forested area in Poland. The social actions of the State Forests in Poland have been very positively evaluated by the authors based on the achieved analyses.

BUNUK: PENGETAHUAN DAN PRAKTEK ATONI-METO DALAM TATA KELOLA HUTAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Yohanes Victor Lasi Usbobo
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
West Timor

The implementation of todays forest management that based on formal-scientific knowledge and technical knowledge seems to fail to protect the forest from deforestation and the environmental damage. Decolonialisation of western knowledge could give an opportunity to identify and find the knowledge and practices of indigenous people in sustainable forest management. Forest management based on the indigenous knowledge and practices is believed easy to be accepted by the indigenous community due to the knowledge and practice is known and ‘lived’ by them. The Atoni Pah Meto from West Timor has their own customary law in forest management that is knows as Bunuk. In the installation of Bunuk, there is a concencus among the community members to protect and preserve the forest through the vow to the supreme one, the ruler of the earth and the ancestors, thus, bunuk is becoming a le’u (sacred). Thus, the Atoni Meto will not break the bunuk due to the secredness. Adapting the bunuk to the modern forest management in the Atoni Meto areas could be one of the best options in protecting and preserving the forest.

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