Corrigendum to Introduction: 2017 National Silviculture Workshop: Forest Management Policy, Forest Restoration, Disturbance Resilience, Climate Adaptation

With the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, Switzerland is committed to reducing CO2emissions by 4.2 million tonnes by 2008. The forests in Switzerland could contribute to the country's national carbon balance with maximum 1.8 million tonnes reduction of CO2. With an increased use of the forest the emissions could be reduced by up to 2 million tonnes by the substitution of other materials. With a targeted forest management policy carbon sink reduction and the substitution value of the forest could be balanced against one another. In the framework of climate policy the Federal government should create the legal and organisational conditions for this.

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The influence of common property rights on forest management policy: a case study in Sardinia region, Italy

Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused ◽

10.2478/v10132-012-0002-8 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 16-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessandro Paletto ◽

Isabella De Meo ◽

Fabrizio Ferretti

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Property Rights ◽

Common Property ◽

Private Property ◽

Local Development ◽

Management Policy ◽

Private Forests ◽

The Public ◽

The Common

Abstract The property rights and the type of ownership (private owners, public domain and commons) are two fundamental concepts in relationship to the local development and to the social and environmental sustainability. Common forests were established in Europe since the Middle Ages, but over the centuries the importance of commons changed in parallel with economic and social changes. In recent decades, the scientific debate focused on the forest management efficiency and sustainability of this type of ownership in comparison to the public and private property. In Italy common forests have a long tradition with substantial differences in the result of historical evolution in various regions. In Sardinia region the private forests are 377.297 ha, the public forests are 201.324 ha, while around 120.000 ha are commons. The respect of the common rights changed in the different historical periods. Today, the common lands are managed directly by municipalities or indirectly through third parties, in both cases the involvement of members of community is very low. The main objective of the paper is to analyse forest management differences in public institutions with and without common property rights. To achieve the objective of the research the forest management preferences of community members and managers were evaluated and compared. The analysis was realized through the use of the principal-agent model and it has been tested in a case study in Sardinia region (Arci-Grighine district). The analysis of the results showed that the categories of actors considered (members of community, municipalities and managers) have a marked productive profile, but municipalities manage forests perceiving a moderate multifunctionality. Moreover, the representatives of the municipalities pay more attention to the interests of the collectivity in comparison to the external managers. They also attribute high importance to environmental and social forest functions.

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A value-added forest management policy reduces the impact of fire on timber production in Canadian boreal forests

Forest Policy and Economics ◽

10.1016/j.forpol.2018.09.002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 21-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Baburam Rijal ◽

Frédéric Raulier ◽

David L. Martell

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Boreal Forests ◽

Value Added ◽

Management Policy ◽

Timber Production ◽

A Value ◽

The Impact

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PENGINGKARAN HAK MASYARAKAT ADAT ATAS TANAH ULAYAT OLEH KEBIJAKAN KEHUTANAN

HUMANIKA ◽

10.21831/hum.v8i1.21006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Setiati Widihastuti

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Natural Resources ◽

The State ◽

Natural Resources Management ◽

Management Policy ◽

Resources Management ◽

Forestry Policy ◽

The Government ◽

Normative Aspect

Forest is the part of customary system of the tribe society. However, the forest management done by them is not facilitated in the forestry policy. The centralistic forestry policy causes the overlapping conception of the tribe forest to the state forest. While it formal normative aspect causes the acces of the tribes to the forest closed and causes reduction of wisdom-based supervision conducted by them. In fact, the community wisdom-based supervision in the socio-culture potential needing a revitalization and development as the new basis of the change of natural resources management policy which is recently controlled by the goverment proved to be the cause of law and economy harassment to the tribes society of Indonesia. Now we need to change the perception about the forest natural recource management policy controlled only by the government of the forestry instances. It should be the policy based on the community and its development principles to realize the regulation of the forest natural resources consumption. Therefore, the area division is needed to overcome the problems.

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An Assessment of the Pakistan Water Apportionment Accord of 1991

Resources ◽

10.3390/resources8030120 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 120 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hassan ◽

Burian ◽

Bano ◽

Ahmed ◽

Arfan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Adaptation ◽

Water Security ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Indus Basin ◽

Management Policy ◽

Indus River ◽

Rabi Season ◽

Lower Indus Basin ◽

Indus Delta ◽

Important Field

The Water Apportionment Accord (WAA) of Pakistan was instituted in 1991 to allocate Indus River water among Pakistan’s provinces. This paper assesses the performance of the WAA in terms of the accord’s ability to meet the barrages’ and environmental demands in the Lower Indus Basin. Use of metrics as assessment tools in water security and climate adaptation is an important field, with the potential to inform sustainable management policy. Reliability, resiliency, and vulnerability are used as indicators to define the system’s performance against supply. The results indicate from the pre-Accord period to the post-Accord period, the reliability of Guddu Barrage (the upstream-most barrage in the study) is not changed. However, at Sukkur and Kotri, the most downstream barrage in the study, reliability has significantly decreased. The Results reveal the high vulnerability of the Indus delta in Rabi season when the flows decline and the majority of the water at the Kotri Barrage is diverted.

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GESTÃO FLORESTAL NO MARANHÃO: ESTRUTURA ESTADUAL PÓS-DESCENTRALIZAÇÃO

FLORESTA ◽

10.5380/rf.v45i2.27078 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 433

Author(s):

José Das Dores De Sá Rocha ◽

José Arimatéa Silva ◽

Vitor Afonso Hoeflich ◽

Francisco Carneiro Barreto Campello

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Public Management ◽

Current Model ◽

The State ◽

Management Policy ◽

Management Model ◽

Regional Study ◽

Management Planning ◽

Forest Management Planning ◽

Secondary Sources

As instituições dos estados do Nordeste que assumiram a gestão florestal foram diagnosticadas pelo Ministério do Meio Ambiente em 2009. Decorrente deste estudo regional, o presente trabalho tem como objetivos: i) Caracterizar os instrumentos de política e de gestão florestal no estado do Maranhão; ii) Analisar o atual modelo de gestão florestal estadual. Os dados foram obtidos de fontes secundárias na rede mundial de computadores e através da aplicação de questionários em dois Seminários realizados no próprio estado. Os instrumentos de política e gestão florestal foram classificados segundo suas características legais, econômicas e administrativas afetas ao tema. O modelo de gestão florestal foi analisado com base no modelo de excelência em gestão pública, adaptado para o estudo. As principais conclusões foram: há conflitos legais de competências da gestão florestal no estado, entre a SEMA e a SEAGRO; a SEMA é responsável pela política e pela gestão florestal maranhense; uma Superintendência de Gestão Florestal, ainda não institucionalizada, estava, na prática operando a gestão florestal; planejamento, execução e controle da gestão florestal foram avaliados, de modo geral, em situação insatisfatória, tanto pelo público interno da SEMA quanto pelos seus usuários.Palavras-chave: Modelo de gestão florestal; descentralização; Nordeste do Brasil. AbstractForest management in the State of Maranhão, beyond decentralization. The institutions in the Northeastern states that assumed forest management were diagnosed by the Ministry of Environment in 2009. Due to this regional study, this paper aims to: i) characterize the fundamentals of policy and forest management in the state of Maranhão, ii) analyze the current model of state forest management. Data were obtained from secondary sources on the World Wide Web and through questionnaires in two seminars held within the state. The fundamentals of policy and forest management were characterized on the basis of legal instruments, administrative and economic sympathetic to the issue. The forest management model was analyzed based on the model of excellence in public management, adapted for the study. The main conclusions were: conflicts of legal jurisdiction in the state of forest management, and between SEAGRO and SEMA.SEMA is responsible for forest management policy and Maranhão, a Superintendent of Forest Management, not yet institutionalized, was in practice the operating forest management, planning, execution and control of forest management were evaluated, in general, an unsatisfactory situation, both the public and internal SEMA by its users.Keywords: Forest Management model; decentralization; Northeast of Brazil.

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Local People’s Participation in Mangrove Restoration Projects and Impacts on Social Capital and Livelihood: A Case Study in the Philippines

Forests ◽

10.3390/f11050580 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 580 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roswin B. Valenzuela ◽

Youn Yeo-Chang ◽

Mi Sun Park ◽

Jung-Nam Chun

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Forest Management ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Forest Restoration ◽

Local Community ◽

Sustainable Forest Management ◽

The Philippines ◽

Access To Information ◽

Mangrove Restoration ◽

The Impact

Participatory forest management has been considered as a practical and effective strategy for sustainable forest management, especially in situations where land tenure is not securely settled. For effective forest restoration, local communities, as the cornerstone of participatory management, should be provided with incentives to facilitate their participation and active role. We postulate that participation in mangrove restoration projects can not only provide financial rewards but also yield intangible benefits for communities, i.e., social capital. The study was conducted in the province of Quezon, Philippines, using face-to-face interviews as the main method for data collection. Regression analyses were undertaken to assess the impact of local community participation in mangrove restoration projects on social capital and its potential benefits to people in terms of access to information and services, which are key components of livelihood. Results revealed that people’s participation in mangrove restoration projects contributes to increasing social capital, consequently improving their access to information and services. Local people’s participation is beneficial to communities, as it can improve their livelihoods.

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