scholarly journals The Interplay between Forest Management Practices, Genetic Monitoring, and Other Long-Term Monitoring Systems

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius Kavaliauskas ◽  
Barbara Fussi ◽  
Marjana Westergren ◽  
Filippos Aravanopoulos ◽  
Domen Finzgar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Genetic Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Forest Management Practices ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Monitoring changes in forest resource advisory groups’ composition and evaluations of perceptions of public participation effectiveness: a case of Ontario’s Local Citizens Committees

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 1866-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Len M. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Forest Management Planning ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Effective public participation is a key part of sustainable forest management on publicly owned lands. However, long-term monitoring data that seek to measure effectiveness of public participation in forest management planning is lacking. Here, measures based on attitudes and satisfaction ratings associated with suspected criteria of public participation effectiveness were developed and applied to forest resource advisory group members from Ontario, Canada. Using data from four social surveys (2001, 2004, 2010, and 2014), advisory group members were, on average, satisfied and held positive attitudes towards the advisory group, their participation in the group, and forest management planning. In many instances, these positive evaluations increased from 2001 to 2014, especially for statements related to fairness. One concern about Local Citizens Committees (LCCs) related to their composition. Advisory group members were male dominated (about 88%) and were increasingly overrepresented by individuals between 50 and 69 years old in 2014 (67%). Given that male and female LCC members held different perceptions of the effectiveness of some public participation criteria, these concerns suggest that composition of LCCs might impair the ability of the groups to consider all viewpoints related to forest management planning. Finally, the research illustrates the importance of designing and collecting long-term monitoring data to understand how evaluations of public participation and composition of participants changes over time.

scholarly journals Trends in water quality of five dairy farming streams in response to adoption of best practice and benefits of long-term monitoring at the catchment scale

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Wilcock ◽  
Ross M. Monaghan ◽  
John M. Quinn ◽  
M. S. Srinivasan ◽  
David J. Houlbrooke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Stream Water ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Five streams in catchments with pastoral dairy farming as the dominant land use were monitored for periods of 7–16 years to detect changes in response to adoption of best management practices (BMPs). Stream water quality was degraded at the start with respect to N, P, suspended solids (SS) and E. coli concentrations, and was typical of catchments with intensive pastoral agriculture land use. Trend analysis showed a decrease in SS concentration for all streams, generally increasing water clarity, and lower E. coli concentrations in three of the streams. These are attributed to improved stream fencing (cattle exclusion) and greater use of irrigation for treated effluent disposal with less reliance on pond systems discharging to streams. Linkages between water quality and farm actions based on survey data were used to develop BMPs that were discussed at stakeholder workshops. Generic and specific BMPs were developed for the five catchments. The 3–7 year periodicity of major climate cycles, as well as market forces and a slow rate of farmer adoption of simple BMPs mean that monitoring programs in New Zealand need to be much longer than 10 years to detect changes caused by farmer actions. Long-term monitoring is also needed to detect responses to newly legislated requirements for improved water quality.

Thermal response separation for bridge long-term monitoring systems using multi-resolution wavelet-based methodologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Xu ◽  
Yuan Ren ◽  
Qiao Huang ◽  
Dan-Yang Zhao ◽  
Zhao-Jie Tong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Response ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Ombrotrophic peatlands: natural, holistic, integrated, long-term monitoring systems for atmospheric deposition of environmental contaminants to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Shotyk ◽  
Fiorella Barraza ◽  
Rene Belland ◽  
Sundas Butt ◽  
Na Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Deposition ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Environmental Contaminants ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Dust Deposition ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Vaccinium Myrtilloides ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Insight Into

<p><em>Sphagnum </em>moss and age-dated peat cores from bogs have long been used to study contemporary and past atmospheric deposition of trace elements (TEs). However, other components of bog ecosystems represent additional scientific opportunities. Snowpack sampling, for example, represents a chance to study winter deposition while providing the perfect matrix for ICP-MS analyses of TEs. The berries that grow in bogs, including blueberry (<em>Vaccinium myrtilloides</em>), cloudberry (<em>Rubus chaemomorus</em>), cranberry (<em>Vaccinium oxycoccus</em>) and lingonberry (<em>Vaccinium vitisidaea</em>), provide insight into the bioavailability of micronutrients (and contaminants) at the surface of the bog, as well as an index of dust deposition onto the fruits themselves. Labrador Tea (<em>Rhododendron groenlandicum</em>) provides similar information, but with greater relevance for Indigenous Peoples, as this is an important medicinal plant for them, along with the Pitcher Plant (<em>Sarracenia purpurea</em>). The acidic, organic-rich waters which represent > 90 % of the mass of these ecosystems, presents an even greater opportunity: the chance to quantify the extent to which aerosols and dusts dissolve, subsequent to deposition from the air. In this study, we present data for TEs in all of these media, with a view to exploring the broader potential of ombrotrophic peatlands as natural, holistic, integrated, long-term monitoring systems. The approach presented here not only addresses our need for information regarding  atmospheric deposition of environmental contaminants to terrestrial ecoystems, but also insight into their release, or potential release, to downstream aquatic ecosystems.</p>

Ecological sustainability of forest management practices: The case of the regenerating sal forests of south-western West Bengal, India

Social Change ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 142-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghazala Shahabuddin
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Forest Monitoring ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Understorey Vegetation ◽  
Forest Management Practices

Under the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in south-western West Bengal, regenerating deciduous forests are being managed for the extraction of numerous plant products, both for commercial benefits and subsistence-level use, on a large scale. However, there has been little serious evaluation of the long-term biological sustainability of forest produce extraction in these forests or the accompanying ecological impacts. On the other hand, observational evidence indicates biological impoverishment of forest ecosystems and soils as a result of the forest management practices prevalent in the region such as clearfelling, extraction of understorey vegetation and monocultural plantations. The present review brings together the available scientific information on the ecological sustainability of the forest management practices currently prevalent in south-western West Bengal in an attempt to delineate the lacunae in our knowledge regarding the issue and draw up a research strategy that can be used to design long-term management plans for the forests of this region. It was found that currently there is little or no scientific data on the ecological impacts of forest produce extraction either at the species-or at the ecosystem-level. In view of the status of current knowledge on the ecological sustainability of JFM in the study area, (1) critical areas of research, (2) generalised research strategies, and (3) ways to expand the ongoing initiatives in participatory vegetation monitoring for long-term forest monitoring, are delineated for this region, based on interventions carried out in other parts of India and the rest of the world.

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