Spatially Referenced Decision Analysis of Long-Term Forest Management Scenarios in Southwestern Finland

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Sironen ◽  
Laura Mononen
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Numerical Information ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
Economic And Social Impacts

Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) of regional level long-term forest management scenarios was conducted by applying spatially explicit information to examine the trade-offs between ecological, economic and social impacts. Interval scale judgements were applied to mapped and numerical information jointly, while assessing the performance of alternative scenarios. The experts relied mostly on the numerical information, with which they might have been more confident and familiar. The weight elicitation was based on SMART using Swings (SMARTS) and SMART Exploiting Ranks (SMARTER). SMARTS resulted in two scenarios being quite equal either due to experts truly considering them equally important or being unconfident to express their weights applying SMARTS. SMARTER was considered more understandable, but lead to total utilities having wider range. However, impact information had a greater effect on the overall utility than the weighting. Future insights include use of dynamic approach, considering the issue more from ecosystem services point of view and tighter integration of participatory MCDA and geographic information systems (GIS).

scholarly journals How Well Do Stakeholder-Defined Forest Management Scenarios Balance Economic and Ecological Forest Values?

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Eggers ◽  
Minna Räty ◽  
Karin Öhman ◽  
Tord Snäll
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Ecological Indicators ◽  
Forest Landscape ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Continuous Cover Forestry ◽  
Large Trees ◽  
Management Regimes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Forest Values

Research Highlights: We show the difference in the long-term effects on economic and ecological forest values between four forest management scenarios of a large representative forest landscape. The scenarios were largely formulated by stakeholders representing the main views on how to manage north-European forests. Background and Objectives: Views on how to balance forest management between wood production and biodiversity differ widely between different stakeholder groups. We aim to show the long-term consequences of stakeholder-defined management scenarios, in terms of ecological and economic forest values. Materials and Methods: We simulated management scenarios for a forest landscape in Sweden, based on the management objectives and strategies of key stakeholders. We specifically investigated the difference in economic forest values coupled to wood supply and ecological indicators coupled to structural biodiversity between the scenarios over a 100-year period. The indicators were net present value, harvest, growing stock and increment, along with deadwood volume, the density of large trees, area of old forests and mature broadleaf-rich forests. Results: We show that the scenarios have widely different outcomes in terms of the studied indicators, and that differences in indicator outcome were largely due to different distributions in management regimes, i.e., the proportion of forest left unmanaged or under even-aged management or continuous cover forest, as well as specific retention practices. Retention and continuous cover forestry mitigate the negative effects that clear-cut forestry has upon biodiversity. Conclusions: We found that an increase in the forest area under the continuous cover forestry regime could be a cost-efficient way to increase structural diversity in managed boreal forests. On the other hand, no single management regime performed best with respect to all indicators, which means that a mixture of several management regimes is needed to balance conflicting objectives. We also show that the trade-off between economic and ecological indicators was not directly proportional, meaning that an increase in structural biodiversity may be obtained at a proportionally low cost with appropriate management planning.

scholarly journals Moose or spruce: A systems analysis model for managing conflicts between moose and forestry in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Franklin ◽  
Andrey Krasovskiy ◽  
Florian Kraxner ◽  
Anton Platov ◽  
Dmitry Schepaschenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
National Level ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Moose Hunting ◽  
Moose Population

AbstractSweden has the world’s highest density of moose (Alces alces). Moose is not only a valuable game species; it also causes forest damages and traffic accidents. To avoid moose browsing, foresters respond by planting spruce (Picea abies) to an extent that reshapes the forest landscape with impacts on both production and biodiversity. To address this problem and maintain a healthy moose population in balance with the other interests, an adaptive management based on the knowledge and experiences of local hunters and landowners is advocated. However, the different stakeholders do not agree on what is an appropriate moose population, which leads to conflicts that are hard to resolve. A key problem is that it is very difficult to encompass and foresee long-term consequences of different options for moose hunting and forest management. This makes it challenging to form coherent strategies that integrate different sectorial interests at a national level. To address this issue, we have developed a systems analysis framework for integrated modeling of the moose population, forestry, and their interactions and consequences for biodiversity. We analyze the short and long-term consequences for multiple scenarios of moose hunting and forest management. Based on the results we elucidate and quantify the trade-offs and possible synergies between moose hunting and forest production. This analysis can be used to support better informed and more constructive discussions among the stakeholders in the Swedish forest sectors, and to support policies for long term sustainable forest and moose management.

Historical point of view and modern features of the forest management system, forest economy and sustainable forest use

2021 ◽  
pp. 485-491
Author(s):  
M.P. Burov
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Management System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Forest Economics ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
Sustainable Forest Use

The author analyzes the process of transformation of the role and significance of forests and forestry complex of the country over the past century in the historical point of view. The article reveals the modern features of the forest management system, forest economy and the organization of sustainable forest use, as well as the reasons for their appearance. The author also gives the recommendations and proposals for solving a number of problems related to rational forest management, fire prevention, and combating mismanagement in the framework of the Strategy for Sustainable Development of Rural Areas of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030. Particular attention is paid to creation a correct economic model taking into account the peculiarities of the forest industry such as long-term period of growing forests, their multi-purpose value, as well as the requirements for organizing and planning a system of measures for the use and reproduction of forests. English version of the article is available at URL: https://panor.ru/articles/historical-aspect-and-modern-features-of-forest-management-forest-economics-and-sustainable-forest-use-organization-system/64293.html

Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services under different forest management scenarios – The LEcA tool

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 67-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Pang ◽  
Eva-Maria Nordström ◽  
Hannes Böttcher ◽  
Renats Trubins ◽  
Ulla Mörtberg
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Trade Offs

Forests for wood production and stress recovery: trade-offs in long-term forest management planning

2015 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva-Maria Nordström ◽  
Ann Dolling ◽  
Erik Skärbäck ◽  
Jonathan Stoltz ◽  
Patrik Grahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Stress Recovery ◽  
Wood Production ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Trade Offs

scholarly journals Forest management scenarios in a changing climate: trade-offs between carbon, timber, and old forest

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 503-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K. Creutzburg ◽  
Robert M. Scheller ◽  
Melissa S. Lucash ◽  
Stephen D. LeDuc ◽  
Mark G. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Trade Offs

scholarly journals Estimate of economic impacts of climate change upon Czech forestry

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 11) ◽  
pp. 499-507
Author(s):  
L. Šišák ◽  
K. Pulkrab
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Rotation Period ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Commercial Species ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

From the economic point of view the issue is comprehensive namely for its long-term character. At present, there is little experience in complexly understood economic calculations concerning the effect of climate change on forest management. Therefore a new methodology had to be proposed to solve the assigned task, i.e. to analyse the results of research on the effect of climate change on forest management. The issue is closely related to changes in production characteristics of commercial species, i.e. site quality and species composition or health conditions and rotation period of each species and stand. In this case it concerns with a higher proportion of deciduous species at the expense of conifers, namely spruce. This issue also includes the question of further afforestation of non-forest agricultural land, that means the question of land delimitation between agriculture and forestry.

Balancing different forest values: Evaluation of forest management scenarios in a multi-criteria decision analysis framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Eggers ◽  
Sara Holmgren ◽  
Eva-Maria Nordström ◽  
Tomas Lämås ◽  
Torgny Lind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Forest Values

Selective statistical estimates of multi-year monthly concentrations of biogenous pollution of small rivers of the Northwest zone of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Sergey Kovalenko
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Rivers ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Monthly Data ◽  
Statistical Estimates ◽  
Scientific Task ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Agricultural Areas

The management of surface watercourses is an urgent scientific task. The article presents the results of statistical processing of long-term monthly data of field observations of hydrological and hydrochemical parameters along the Upper Yerga small river in the Vologda region. Sampling estimates of statistical parameters are obtained, autocorrelation and correlation analyzes are performed. The limiting periods from the point of view of pollution for water receivers receiving wastewater from drained agricultural areas are identified.

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