scholarly journals With great power comes great responsibility: an analysis of sustainable forest management quantitative indicators in the DPSIR framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Paillet ◽  
T. Campagnaro ◽  
S. Burrascano ◽  
M. Gosselin ◽  
J. Ballweg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Dpsir Framework ◽  
European Forests ◽  
State Response ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
The One ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Pressure State

AbstractThe monitoring of environmental policies in Europe has taken place since the 1980s and still remains a challenge for decision- and policy-making. For forests, it is concretized through the publication of a State Of Europe’s Forests every five years, the last report just been released. However, the process lacks a clear analytical framework and appears limited to orient and truly assess sustainable management of European forests. We classified the 34 quantitative sustainable forest management indicators in the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework to analyse gaps in the process. In addition, we classified biodiversity-related indicators in the simpler Pressure-State-Response (PSR) framework. We showed that most of the sustainable forest management indicators assess the state of European forests, but almost half could be classified in another DPSIR category. For biodiversity, most indicators describe pressures, while direct taxonomic state indicators are very few. Our expert-based classification show that sustainable forest management indicators are unbalanced regarding the DPSIR framework. However, completing this framework with other indicators would help to have a better view and more relevant tools for decision-making. The results for biodiversity were comparable, but we showed that some indicators from other criteria than the one dedicated to biodiversity could also help understanding threats and actions concerning it. Such classification helps in the decision process, but is not sufficient to fully support policy initiative. In particular, the next step would be to better understand the links between DPSIR and PSR categories.

Entwicklung eines Indikatorenkatalogs zur Evaluierung einer nachhaltigen Waldbewirtschaftung auf betrieblicher Ebene | Development of an indicator catalogue for the evaluation of sustainable forest management at the forestry unit level

2004 ◽  
Vol 155 (11) ◽  
pp. 476-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Vacik ◽  
Bernhard Wolfslehner
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Unit Level ◽  
State Response ◽  
Operational Level ◽  
Pressure State ◽  
The Eu

The Paneuropean Operational Level Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management (PEOLG) were adopted in 1998 by 37 signatory states and the EU in the wake of the 2nd Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in Lisbon. These recommendations provide a limited insight on operational definitions of mode, extent and time scale of valuable measures in forest management and planning. In this paper a set of criteria and indicators at forest management unit level is proposed by means of a Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model. The demands for the development of the indicator set, the adapted PSR approach and the methodogy of the Delphi survey are demonstrated. The paper concludes with a discussion of experiences gained within the process of the development and the implications for the evaluation of sustainable forest management at forest management unit level.

scholarly journals Pan-European sustainable forest management indicators for assessing Climate-Smart Forestry in Europe

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
G. Santopuoli ◽  
C. Temperli ◽  
I. Alberdi ◽  
I. Barbeito ◽  
M. Bosela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Forest Damage ◽  
Tree Species Composition ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Using Data

The increasing demand for innovative forest management strategies to adapt to and mitigate climate change and benefit forest production, the so-called Climate-Smart Forestry, calls for a tool to monitor and evaluate their implementation and their effects on forest development over time. The pan-European set of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management is considered one of the most important tools for assessing many aspects of forest management and sustainability. This study offers an analytical approach to selecting a subset of indicators to support the implementation of Climate-Smart Forestry. Based on a literature review and the analytical hierarchical approach, 10 indicators were selected to assess, in particular, mitigation and adaptation. These indicators were used to assess the state of the Climate-Smart Forestry trend in Europe from 1990 to 2015 using data from the reports on the State of Europe’s Forests. Forest damage, tree species composition, and carbon stock were the most important indicators. Though the trend was overall positive with regard to adaptation and mitigation, its evaluation was partly hindered by the lack of data. We advocate for increased efforts to harmonize international reporting and for further integrating the goals of Climate-Smart Forestry into national- and European-level forest policy making.

Sistema Informático para el Control Ambiental de la Montaña en Cienfuegos, Cuba

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Roberto Osés Aguilera ◽  
Elia Natividad Cabrera Álvarez ◽  
José Ignacio Cruz Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Sustainable Development Indicators ◽  
State Response ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Pressure State

Los ecosistemas montañosos de Cuba son espacios de biodiversidad, que requieren conservación y acciones que los hagan resilientes y sostenibles en el tiempo. Este trabajo contribuye al desarrollo local de la provincia de Cienfuegos. Es objetivo de esta investigación, facilitar la gestión y evaluación de los indicadores del desarrollo sostenible en el ecosistema Montañas de Guamuhaya mediante la elaboración del Sistema Informático para el Control Ambiental de la Montaña (SICAM). Su principal usuario es la Delegación territorial del CITMA en Cienfuegos, pero puede ser adecuado a los restantes ecosistemas montañosos de Cuba.  Los principales resultados están relacionados con el levantamiento de información posterior al año 1995 por áreas temáticas y por dimensiones del desarrollo sostenible, así como la evaluación del ecosistema, mediante un Índice de desarrollo sostenible aplicando la metodología Presión Estado Respuesta. Palabras clave: gestión, indicadores, índice, áreas temáticas, dimensiones. ABSTRACT   The mountain ecosystems of Cuba are spaces of biodiversity that require conservation and actions that make them resilient and sustainable in the time. This work contributes to the local development of the province of Cienfuegos. The objective of this research, to facilitate the management and evaluation of sustainable development indicators in the ecosystem Mountains of Guamuhaya, through the development of the Computer System for the Environmental Monitoring of the Mountain (SICAM). Its main user is the territorial Delegation of CITMA in Cienfuegos, but it may be appropriate to the remaining ecosystems in mountainous areas of Cuba. The main results are related with the uprising of information after the year 1995 by subject areas and by dimensions of sustainable development, as well as the assessment of the ecosystem, using an Index of sustainable development by applying the methodology Pressure State Response. Keywords: management, indicators, index, thematic areas, dimensions.

scholarly journals Testing an expanded set of sustainable forest management indicators in Mediterranean coppice area

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 108040
Author(s):  
A. Cutini ◽  
M. Ferretti ◽  
G. Bertini ◽  
G. Brunialti ◽  
S. Bagella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Indicators

Situation and Suggestions for Chinese Sustainable Forestry Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 4311-4314
Author(s):  
Xiang Min Fang ◽  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Ya Wei Wei ◽  
Qing Li Wang ◽  
Li Min Dai
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Ecological Services ◽  
Growing Stock ◽  
The World ◽  
Forest Coverage ◽  
Wood Demand ◽  
The One

The year 2011 is the International Year of the Forest-a time when people around the world are encouraged to pay special attention to the importance of forest ecosystems and the goods as well as ecological services they provide to sustain societies and economies. As the one of the giant of forest recourses consumption, China has the responsibility and obligation to made untiring efforts and unselfish contribution for the development of the world forestry. Research indicates that although Chinese forest area, forest growing stock as well as forest coverage continue to grow, there will still have a huge gap of wood demand because of the countrys large area and population. Many problems of Chinese forestry are pressing for solution in order to be on the path of sustainable forest management. In particular, through the development of plantations, reducing demand by enhancing the comprehensive use of timber with advanced science and technology, and advocating saving timber and recycling. Chinese experiences and lessons are also enlightenment to other countries.

A multi-objective scenario evaluation model for sustainable forest management using criteria and indicators

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 2004-2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Maness ◽  
Ross Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Criteria And Indicators ◽  
Forest Development ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Management Indicators

A multi-objective optimization model was created for medium-term forest development planning for an integrated forest products company located in the East Kootenay area of British Columbia, Canada. First, a set of sustainable forest management criteria and indicators were developed based on information that could be collected from regional geographic information sytem (GIS) databases and potential outputs from the model. Next, a new forest development planning unit was created (stewardship unit) in which adjacent forest polygons with similar indicator attributes were aggregated. The planning model was designed to determine appropriate harvest levels and management treatments on each stewardship unit to satisfy objectives determined in a participatory process. The mathematical model uses a fuzzy MAXMIN approach, where each indicator represents an objective in the model. Indicators are valued in the model using targets, thresholds, and triggers (called the 3-T approach). A case study is used to demonstrate the use of the model in a sustainable forest development planning context. The results of the case study show that the planning area is highly sensitive to visual quality, old-growth, and community watershed indicators. The paper concludes with a sensitivity analysis that determines the relative opportunity cost of various sustainable forest management indicators on company profits, employment, and tax revenues.

scholarly journals Towards a Web Decision System Support for Planning Micro-Watershed Using Pressure-State-Response and Logic Fuzzy, Study Case in Colombia

10.29007/6l7m ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana Vargas-Franco ◽  
Inés Restrepo-Tarquino
Keyword(s):  
Decision Process ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
System Support ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
State Response ◽  
High Zone ◽  
Quality Water ◽  
Study Case ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
Pressure State

This paper presents a conceptual web decision support systems (DSS) for assessment of a tropical Andean micro-watershed. A combination of pressure-state-response (PSR) indicators and logic fuzzy were used. Three indices were defined: climate change (ICC), quality water (IQW) and soil degradation (ISD). Each index is a combination of qualitative and quantitative indicators. Fuzzy functions were defined to generate operability in each index. Trapezoidal, triangular and singleton functions were defined. The inputs are the indicators value in each zones of the watershed: high zone, medium zone and low zone. Outputs of WebDSS are the value of each index. The Web DSS was applied in an Andean watershed named “El Chocho”, in Colombia. The results indicate the high degradation level in the watershed, evidenced by the indices values. This study indicates the possibility of building and applying a DSS to support management decision process in Andean micro- watersheds.

scholarly journals Forest Resource Management and Utilisation through a Gendered Lens in Namibia

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immaculate Mogotsi ◽  
Selma Lendelvo ◽  
Margaret Angula ◽  
Jesaya Nakanyala
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Forest Resources ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Access Rights

The shift in forestry policy towards resource management and access rights from state control to local community control has been a welcome step towards sustainable forest management in Namibia. The policy acknowledges the direct dependence on natural environmental resources by the proportional majority of the population that live in the rural areas of Namibia. This study was aimed at performing gender analysis by identifying relationships of various groups to natural resources. The study further assessed the influence these relationships have on control, access and use of forest resources, as well as on natural resource management and the implications thereof on various forest management efforts in the country. Data were collected from seven community forest institutions in Namibia and analysed using the Harvard Gender Analytical Framework. The findings show a gendered differentiated knowledge, control and access to forest resources and unequal participation in leadership and governance. Furthermore, the results suggest that unequal power relations among minority and vulnerable groups affect access to and control of forest resources. This study proposes participation of both men and women in the management, protection, access and utilisation of forest resources, as this will contribute to sustainable forest management and economic development of all members of society.

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