Wald und Waldbewirtschaftung im Kanton Zürich – erstaunlich vielfältig!

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (7) ◽  
pp. 257-261
Author(s):  
Konrad Noetzli
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recreation Area

Forest and forest management in Canton Zurich – surprisingly varied! The forest in Canton Zurich is surprisingly diversified. The demands made upon it are just as varied. In particular forests near towns combine the functions of protection, productivity and welfare. More than half the forest land is in private ownership. In these circumstances it is not easy to fulfil all functions of the forest, whilst ensuring its sustainable management and use. In order to do this, Canton Zurich uses two instruments: a locally based forestry service present on the terrain, and a solid forestry planning at various levels. The reinforcement and continuation of these institutions are decisive in order to maintain the forest as a habitat, an economic and a recreation area. Only a far-sighted treatment of our forests, an intensive dialogue between forest owners and those who benefit from the forest, and the negotiation of workable compromises can guarantee that we may profit from forest products and services in the future.

scholarly journals Situation und Anliegen der Waldeigentümer – einige Gedanken (Essay)

2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (8) ◽  
pp. 224-227
Author(s):  
Markus Brunner
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Increasing Demand

Situation and concerns of forest owners - some notions (essay) The swiss forest economy is expecting huge challenges due to major changes in national and international circumstances. The main task in future time will be to combine proven traditions and principles with new and probably massif changes in an optimized way. We must be aware of the fact that some existing methods of forest management and sylviculture will eventually have to be adapted in a quite extensive and fundamental way. Swiss forest land owners must be recognized again as the main actors and the most important stakeholder concerning forest matters. There has been a very long period of reducing forest owners property rights and liberty of action, this process has to be stopped now. The increasing demand for existing and new non-wood forest products and services and for further limitations in forest management must be satisfied increasingly on a voluntarely basis (product selling, service agreements), rather than by tightening up the forest and other forest-related laws. The well-known «wake theory» in Swiss forest economy doesn't work anymore in its traditional form.

scholarly journals Sustainable Forest Management for Nontimber Products

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2670 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Chamberlain ◽  
Christine Small ◽  
Michelle Baumflek
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nontimber Forest Products ◽  
Medicinal Species

Many of the plants and fungi that are harvested for nontimber products (e.g., foods, medicines, crafts) are critical to healthy forest ecosystems. These products also are essential to rural societies, contributing to the material and nonmaterial composition of communities and cultures. Product sales make important contributions at all economic scales, from household to national economies. Nontimber forest products (NTFPs) have been harvested for generations, sometimes centuries, yet they are seldom integrated into forest management. Few methods exist for inventory and assessment, and there is little evidence that harvests are sustainable. This article examines three elements of sustainable forest management for nontimber products: sociocultural, economic, and ecological, and elaborates with detailed examples of edible and medicinal species from United States (U.S.) forests. We synthesize the state of knowledge and emerging issues, and identify research priorities that are needed to advance sustainable management of NTFPs in the United States. Despite their social, economic, and ecological values, many of these species and resources are threatened by the overuse and lack of management and market integration. Sustainable management for nontimber products is attainable, but much research and development is needed to ensure the long-term sustainability of these resources and their cultural values, and to realize their economic potentials.

scholarly journals Modelling Non-timber Forest Products for Forest Management Planning in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-322
Author(s):  
Jari Miina ◽  
Mikko Kurttila ◽  
Rafael Calama ◽  
Sergio de-Miguel ◽  
Timo Pukkala
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Joint Production ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

Abstract Purpose of Review The increased popularity and commercial use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) calls for the development of models for NTFPs to include their predicted yields in forest management planning and to evaluate the potential of multi-functional forest management. This study assesses and discusses the current state of the art and trends in NTFP yield modelling in Europe and the integration of the models in multi-functional forest management planning at different spatial scales. Recent Findings Climate-sensitive empirical yield models already exist not only for a variety of NTFPs that are economically important to forest owners (e.g. cork and pine nuts) but also for wild-gathered berries and mushrooms, the harvesting of which cannot be controlled by the forest landowner in all European countries. Several studies on multi-functional forest management planning consider the economic profitability of the joint production of timber and NTFP. Harvesting NTFPs can create significant additional incomes for forest owners, compared with timber production only. However, maximizing the economic returns from the joint production of timber and NTFPs often calls for changes in forest management practices. Summary Continued efforts in modelling and predicting the yields of NTFPs have enabled forest managers to further expand the analyses of multi-functional forest planning and management in Europe. Climate-sensitive models also allow analyses on the potential effects of climate change on NTFP yields. New models and forest management practices are still needed for tree fruits, birch sap, a wider variety of wild edible mushrooms, specialty mushrooms cultivated on live trees as well as medicinal and edible forest herbs harvested for commercial value in Europe.

Upwards from the Plateau

1968 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
G. H. Bayly
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Future

The development of the forester's leadership role in forest land management is compared to rising profile of land between a sea or lake shoreline and a range of mountains, the progression is upward but the rate of climb changes. No plateau is identified. Reference is made to forestry leadership in several fields of forest land management; administration, land use, planning, research, forest management, recreational land use and fish and wildlife management. It is noted that forest land management includes activities for which foresters were not academically trained and reference is made to the fact that non-foresters, e.g. biologists and geographers are giving leadership in forest land management and thus providing beneficial competition and stimulation. The most important leadership role in the future may relate to regional planning. The forestry profession is cautioned not to abdicate this field to those in other disciplines.

FSC in der Schweiz: Über den Markt zu Nachhaltigkeit oderüber Nachhaltigkeit zum Markt? | FSC in Switzerland: Sustainability via the market,or the market via sustainability? (reviewed paper)

2005 ◽  
Vol 156 (10) ◽  
pp. 378-384
Author(s):  
Luzia Bieri ◽  
Claudia Binder ◽  
Michael Stauffacher
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Sustainable Forestry ◽  
International Level ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Law

At international level, FSC certification aims at a sustainable management of the forest. However, forest owners in Switzerland do not perceive it in this way, as Swiss forest law already regulates sustainable forestry. Interviews with forest owners and managers of the canton Zurich sho wed that the main reason for certifying the forest in Switzerland seems to be an economic one, namely to prevent future discrimination against own forest products in the market.

scholarly journals La péréquation intercommunale au secours des forêts | The equalisation scheme between communes helps the forests

2011 ◽  
Vol 162 (7) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
Jean-François Métraux
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
A Value ◽  
Public Aid

As a reaction to the reduction in financial aid from the Confederation, the canton of Vaud has organised a scheme whereby forestry costs are equalised between the communes. It is a system of redistribution, which makes it possible to assist the communes with poorer financial resources, often situated in rural or mountainous areas. It is based on the communal tax rate, a value fixed by tax revenue and population. It is a very simple administrative tool, which has the advantage of making payments in function of the tax revenue and the results of the forestry accounts, whilst encouraging forest owners to improve their forest management. The system has been in place since 2006 and has proved its worth. It reinforces solidarity between the communes and helps to compensate unpaid services. In 2009, it concerned 44% of the communes having forest land, and it made up a total of 27% of public aid to forest management.

scholarly journals Open geo-spatial data for sustainable forest management: Lithuanian case

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiva Tiškutė-Memgaudienė ◽  
◽  
Gintautas Mozgeris ◽  
Algis Gaižutis ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Monitoring ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Private Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Privately Owned

In Lithuania, forests are managed by Lithuanian State Forest Enterprise, municipalities, ministries, etc. and private forest owners. About 50% of all forest land is State importance, privately owned forests cover 40% of forest land, and about 10% of forest land belongs to forests reserved for restitution. Forest management of private ownership force many challenges, because private forest owners are people, who have purchased or received the property after restitution, and often lacks knowledge about forest resources, its dynamics and sustainable forest management. As remote sensing is a valuable source for forest monitoring, because it provides periodic data on forest resource and condition status, these methods are gaining increased attention worldwide. In this context, more scientific efforts are made at developing remote sensing derived geo-spatial data services for sustainable forest management through a web service platform, which would integrate geo-information into daily decision making processes and operation for private forest owners. This article presents a review of privately owned forests’ statistics, questionnaire-based survey about GIS usage and demand for forest owners in Lithuania and links available sources of open geo-spatial data useful for sustainable forest management.

scholarly journals Forest Farming: Who Wants In?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie E Trozzo ◽  
John F Munsell ◽  
James L Chamberlain ◽  
Michael A Gold ◽  
Kim L Niewolny
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Canopy ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Nontimber Forest Products ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Farming ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Study Results

Abstract Forest farming is an agroforestry practice defined as the intentional cultivation of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) underneath a forest canopy. Forest farming perspectives and preferences among family forest owners are generally understudied, particularly in Appalachia, where many marketable native NTFPs species are found. We surveyed Appalachian family forest owners in fourteen Southwest Virginia counties about their interest in forest farming and likelihood of leasing land for this purpose. We also asked about the owner’s residency and historical connection to the region as well as contemporary land uses, and identified the following types of uses: absentee and vacationers, newcomers, longtime farming residents, and longtime nonfarming residents. We mailed 1,040 surveys and 293 were returned (28.9%). Forty-five percent were interested or extremely interested in forest farming and 36% were likely or extremely likely to lease land. Rates of interest in forest farming and leasing were similar across owner types, suggesting broad appeal among family forest owners. Study Implications Forest farming of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) and leasing forestland for this practice is broadly appealing across diverse family forest owners in Appalachia. Opportunities to scale profitable forest farming are on the rise, potentially improving family forest management and spurring regional economic development. Study results indicate there is a critical mass of family forest owners interested in forest farming who could potentially supply cultivated NTFPs. Forest management professionals and stakeholders would benefit from considering how they can assist family forest owners who are interested in forest farming.

Waldunternehmen gehört die Zukunft (Essay)

2014 ◽  
Vol 165 (8) ◽  
pp. 232-235
Author(s):  
Roger Schmidt ◽  
Martin Hostettler
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Forest Owner ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Administrative Structure ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Speed Of Response ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Strategy

The future belongs to forest entrepreneurs (essay) An evaluation has recently been carried out of the achievements and organization of the Forest Service of the Canton of Bern. It appears from the study that the present administrative structure is not adequately adapted to the challenges of the future: a lower level of forest management, increasing expectations for the forest, higher risk, fewer management options for forest development. The new strategy for the Service is “Help the forest owners to help themselves”. Forest entrepreneurs are the motor of the forest economy. The Canton of Bern, working with the forest owner association of the Canton, is therefore looking for new ways of working with them. It is focusing on its core tasks and giving organizational priority to solidarity, speed of response and concentration of resources.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF KPH POLICIES WITHIN INDIGENOUS AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS OF BURU ISLAND, MOLUCCAS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthina Tjoa ◽  
Iskar Bone ◽  
HENDRIK STEVEN E.S.APONNO ◽  
Agustinus Kastanya ◽  
Ida Aju Resosudarmo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Agroforestry Systems ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Traditional Agroforestry

For centuries, many indigenous peoples across the archipelago have adopted customary agroforestry practices that are evidently sustainable. Forest Management Units (FMUs) or KPHs, intended to improve forest management at the ground level therefore, need to adopt policies that can align with, complement and strengthen existing local land-use systems. The purpose of this research is to gain an understanding on how KPH policies, those with direct implications on the ground, can be aligned with indigenous peoples' traditional agroforestry systems of Buru. We used a qualitative descriptive approach based on in-depth interviews with key informants and focus group discussions with indigenous groups of Buru.Results show that the indigenous peoples of Buru have and continue to follow a set of norms and rules in their forest land management practices: lands are utilized to plant various agricultural commodities that are combined with forest species which are left to grow naturally upon clearing land for agriculture or in establishing gardens. There are also norms and rules in establishing fields and gardens, starting from clearing of the land, to maintenance, to harvest. Every family in villages own fields and gardens, making them a vital part of community life. KPH policy of land use at the site level requires an understanding of how rules of resource use can be made compatible with and support community needs. In the operationalization of KPH, indigenous peoples’ rights to regulate the use of forest land, access to forest land use, and use of forest products need to be accommodated so that these communities continue to benefit from activities on their land.

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