scholarly journals Social values in forest management: An adventure in teaching

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M Beckley
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
Technical Science ◽  
Education Professional ◽  
Ethics Teaching

Social values issues are becoming increasingly prominent in discussions of forest management and forest policy. This represents an evolution in thinking from the time, only a few decades ago, when a majority believed that virtually all resource management problems had technical, science-based solutions. This article first describes the ascendance of scientific forestry and its subsequent evolution into a more explicitly sociological endeavour. Specifically, it addresses the challenge of educating foresters to have the awareness, understanding, tools and ethical framework to deal with the complex social, political and values-based issues that permeate all of forestry. Key words: foresters' education, professional socialization, social issues, ethics, teaching tools and strategies

scholarly journals Comparing the social values of forest-dependent, provincial and national publics for socially sustainable forest management

2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Robson ◽  
Alex Hawley ◽  
Dave Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Local Resident ◽  
Forest Managers

A mail survey was conducted of local residents of a forest-dependent region (Fraser Fort George Regional District, n=974), provincial (British Columbia, n=1208) and Canadian (n=1672) publics to compare their values for forests and preferences for forest management (overall response rate=45.2%). While the local public tended to place a significantly higher (p<0.05) emphasis on economic values and clearcutting practices relative to provincial and national publics, all publics held quite similar views on forest management overall. All publics support a multi-value/ecosystem management over a single-value/timber management approach to forest management, do not support maximisation of economic returns from timber regardless of the impacts and agree forest managers should be more responsive to local resident values than the values of more distant groups. Responses also reflected a lack of public confidence in government natural resource agencies. Results suggest residents from forest and non forest-dependent communities share similar forest values, that current forest management practices such as clearcutting do not reflect the values of local, provincial or national publics, and that forest managers should be especially responsive to the values of the local public when making forest management decisions. Key words: social values, forest policy, public participation, socially sustainable forest management

Wie nachhaltig ist die Schweizer Forstpolitik? Das Nachhaltigkeits-Assessment der Schweizer Forstpolitik: Vorgehen und wichtigste Resultate | How Sustainable Is Swiss Forest Policy? The Sustainability Assessment of Swiss Forest Policy: Approach and Main Results

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (12) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Kissling-Näf
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
International Level ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
International Experts

A group of international experts evaluated whether the aims and instruments of Swiss forest policy are suitable for the promotion of sustainable forest management based on the pan-European criteria. Approach and main results are presented as well as the method developed for the definition of sustainability indicators as an instrument for the evaluation of sectoral policies and the possibility of a transfer of methods and indicators on an international level.

Contested forest management and the Nepalese Government’s forest policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 100353
Author(s):  
Bhagwan Dutta Yadav ◽  
Krishna Kumar Shrestha ◽  
Bishnu Prasad Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy

Ijtihad in Contemporary Shi`ism

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-52
Author(s):  
Hamid Mavani
Keyword(s):  
Legal Theory ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Political Economic

The adoption of the Mu`tazili school of “rationalist” theology and the institution of ijtihad enabled Shi`i legal theory to exhibit vibrancy and made it adaptable to changing contingencies and circumstances. But because Shi`i jurists did not face the challenge of governing a state, their juridical focus and orientation remained fixated on resolving issues confronting the laity or their followers (muqallid) at a personal level and did not provide an ethical framework for the ijtihad process. The establishment of a Shi`i state in Iran in 1979, which forced them to tackle social, political, economic, educational, and cultural issues, demanded a change in orientation – away from the individual and toward society as the unit of analysis vis-à-vis ijtihad. They marshaled various methods, legal devices, and strategies to address contemporary social issues in order to provide pragmatic guidance to the citizens that would be in conformity with the moral and ethical principles laid out in the revelatory sources. This paper examines the writings of Ayatullahs Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Muhammad Mahdi Shamsuddin, Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah, and Ruhullah Musavi al-Khomeini and studies this phenomenon of change from individual-oriented ijtihad to society-oriented ijtihad.

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.

scholarly journals Assisting Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Policy Planning with the Sim4Tree Decision Support System

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 859-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floris Dalemans ◽  
Paul Jacxsens ◽  
Jos Van Orshoven ◽  
Vincent Kint ◽  
Pieter Moonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Policy Planning

scholarly journals Story Counts!

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Mariana Ciancia
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Processes Of Change ◽  
Brand Communication ◽  
Formal Approach ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Communication Campaigns ◽  
Transformation Processes

Brands have always sought to establish relationships with their audiences through marketing and communication: two disciplines that are defined as natural enablers of transformation processes owing to their important role in connecting businesses with the market and consumers. This paper discusses the importance of storytelling as a mythopoetic engine (now amplified by technological developments) that allows brands (profit and non-profit) to use the power of stories to promote social values and to activate processes of change. The first part of the paper presents a formal approach to discussing the narrative phenomenon, and the second part of the paper discusses the use of storytelling in brand communication. The focus is on brands that have introduced social issues into their communication campaigns to strengthen their connection with audiences through the promotion of social values and realities that use story-based strategies to activate sustainable social change.

scholarly journals The Polish landscape changing due to forest policy and forest management

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
PS Mederski ◽  
M Jakubowski ◽  
Z Karaszewski
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Forest Policy
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