scholarly journals Community Institutions, Sustainable Forest Management, and Forest Cover Change in Southern Japan

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Fabusoro ◽  
M. Maruyama ◽  
K. Shoyama ◽  
A. K. Braimoh
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Southern Japan

scholarly journals Mapping of Forest Plantation in Forest Research Institute, Dehradun Using IKONOS Data

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-88
Author(s):  
Kotresha K. ◽  
Indra Jit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Mixed Forest ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Eucalyptus Plantation ◽  
Eucalyptus Forest

The forests are the source for many essential requirements such as fuel wood, timber, raw materials for paper and above all, it helps us to maintain the CO2 /O2 balance in nature. Sustainable forest management requires reliable information. The aerial photographs and GIS data information can generate various scenarios for forest management plans at local, national and global scales. IKONOS is the world first one-meter resolution commercial imaging satellite. The interpretation of aerial photograph and satellite data are of great benefit for neighboring and regional land use, forest mapping, to find change detection and are effective for large are inventories, forest planning etc. In the present study, an attempt has been made to classify the FRI forest in to 11-forest cover and land use classes. The major chunk of forest consists of Pine forest, which occupy 94.04 ha and 143.20 ha of the total forest area during 1973 and 2001, respectively. It is followed by mixed forest with 53.31 ha (1973) and 5.50 ha (2001), and Teak with 17.68 ha (1973) and 8.49 ha (2001). The Sal forest showed an increase in forest cover from 4.83 ha (1973) to 5.39 ha (2001). Similarly Eucalyptus forest showed a forest cover of 1.84 ha in 2001, which was not seen in the year 1973. The constructions also showed an increase from 3.14 ha in 1973 to 24.68 ha in 2001 and in case of nursery and miscellaneous (scrub), there has been increasing in total forest cover. The IKONOS image of 2001 surprisingly showed no change in Champa forest cover. Decrease in forest cover of Teak, Sal and Mixed forest must have been due to felling of trees for logging purposes and their forest cover might have been replaced by scrub vegetation (miscellaneous) , construction, Eucalyptus plantation and nursery. The results of the present project showed changes in terms of area coverage by the forest types, which helps us to assess future prospects of the forestland use pattern.

Globale Walderhaltung und -bewirtschaftung und ihre Finanzierung: eine Bestandesaufnahme | Global forest conservation and management and its financing: an appraisal

2011 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Jürgen Blaser ◽  
Christian Küchli
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Protection

Around one third of the earth's surface is under forest cover which is distributed more or less equally between industrialised and developing countries. Whereas forest areas in the temperate and boreal climate zones are more or less stable or on the increase, the scale of deforestation and forest degradation in the tropics remains dramatic. This situation is likely to continue in the decades to come because the world's ever-growing population needs new agricultural land and the pressure on resources (forest products, land, water, minerals) continues to increase as a result of globalisation and global change. Moreover, sustainable forest management has not yet become standard practice in many southern countries because forest management can rarely compete with other forms of land use in terms of economic returns. The protection and sustainable management of forest resources is basically the responsibility of each individual country and cannot be regulated and financed globally. However, enormous financial resources, i.e. on a scale of tens of billions of Swiss francs per year, are required for the introduction of comprehensive land-use planning in developing countries incorporating suitable protection of natural forests and sustainable forest management. New approaches for the valorisation of services provided by forests such as carbon sinks (e.g. REDD+) offer significant potential for improving forest protection and sustainable forest management. It augurs well that the economic internalisation of the forest and its services is in full swing at global level and that, based on the REDD+ resolutions passed at the last climate conference in Cancún, many countries have opted for the path of forest conservation and sustainable forest management.

scholarly journals Impacts of Climate Change and Remote Sensing Technology in its Mitigation Options through Forest Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Rabindra Man Tamrakar
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Change Mitigation

Greenhouse effect causes global warming and its main consequence is the climate change. Average global temperature is rising significantly over the period. Despite the contribution of total GHG emission by Nepal to the global community is insignificant compared to the developed countries, Nepal has already encountered several adverse effects due to the global climate change, leading to the melting of Himalayan glaciers, reduced agriculture production, loss of biodiversity and ecosystems and changes in social structure and livelihoods. Forest land use change is responsible for CO2 emissions. Forest management therefore can play a significant role in climatic change mitigation. REDD has become the key mechanism in mitigating climate change. The success of REDD mechanism however depends primarily on availability of reliable forestry data including biomass changes and forest carbon estimates. Various Remote Sensing data including optical sensor data have been used for the analysis of forest cover change and estimation of degree of deforestation and degradation. LiDAR however has been widely used in estimating forest biomass for the climate change mitigation.

Community forest management and forest cover change in Lampung, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 101976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andika Putraditama ◽  
Yeon-Su Kim ◽  
Andrew Joel Sánchez Meador
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Community Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover Change ◽  
Community Forest

scholarly journals Sustainable Forest Management in Radiata Pine Plantations: A Case Study in Sardinia (Italy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Pignatti ◽  
Gianni Facciotto ◽  
Giampiero Incollu ◽  
Sara Maltoni ◽  
Mauro Marongiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Radiata Pine ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Continuous Forest ◽  
Different Types

The study deals with the sustainability of management in radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don.) plantations of an area of Sardinia (Italy). Focusing on management strategies that foster a continuous forest cover and processes of natural regeneration, the aim was to evaluate the benefits arising from different types of plantation management, balancing social, cultural, environmental and economic aspects. Systematic and selective thinning, as well as regeneration cutting, were carried out in test areas of 45-year-old plantations, and outcomes were compared by considering current forest dynamism, natural regeneration and technical and economic aspects. From an economic perspective, silvicultural management strategies were always positive, with differences depending on the type of intervention. The regeneration cutting, with the expected natural regeneration of radiata pine in the following years, ensures the best economic outcomes, allows for a continuous forest cover and favors the replacement of even-aged plantations, boosting biodiversity in forest stands (structure, species). Climate change, increasing pests and wildfires represent the biggest threats to the sustainability of plantations in Mediterranean areas, and sensitivity is higher in even-aged, homogeneous, monospecific tree stands. In the context of the study, turning forest plantations into more resilient and stable ecosystems can be effectively achieved by means of continuous-cover forest management strategies.

Sustainable forest management in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartosz Bartniczak ◽  
Andrzej Raszkowski
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Tree Planting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wood Harvesting ◽  
Starting Point

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse sustainable forest management in Poland in the years 2009-2015. The concept of sustainable development itself has also been analysed as the starting point for sustainable forest management development. Based on the conducted analysis of statistical data, it was attempted to answer the question about the condition of sustainable forest management in Poland. Design/methodology/approach Two basic research methods were used in the presented paper. The first of them was the analysis of existing data. The conducted analysis covered the subject literature, reports and analyses referring to forest management. The second applied research method was the statistical analysis which covered structure analysis and dynamics analysis. Findings It can be adopted, within the framework of general conclusions, that the condition of sustainable forest management in Poland is moderately satisfactory, with the reservation of the need to maintain and intensify all processes and projects aimed at the implementation of the broadly approached concept of sustainable development. Originality/value The core of the study is focused on the statistical analysis of selected forest management aspects in Poland in the context of the assessment of sustainable forest management condition, with particular emphasis on forest cover, defoliation, forest area, restoration and afforestation, tree planting, wood harvesting, average wood sales price, excluding land from forest production for non-forest purposes. The importance of environmental education was also highlighted.

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