sustainable forest management Articles
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Certification of sustainable forest management: differentiation strategies and asymmetric information
The aim of the paper is to analyse the consequences of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) on the forest sector and social welfare. In a context where buyers are free to choose an outside option (alternative material), we analyse the optimal management behaviour of foresters. A vertical differentiation set-up a la Mussa-Rosen makes it possible to examine the European forest context: a large ...
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European forest types
Exectutive Summary The European forest types — Categories and types for sustainable forest management reporting and policy presents the findings of a study carried out by an international consortium of experts aimed at providing the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) with an user‑friendly forest types classification. The primary goal of the scheme is to ...
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Europe`s forests at a glance — a breath of fresh air in a changing climate
Only healthy forests can supply these multiple forest ecosystem goods and services. Today, forestry in Europe aims at supporting the multiple forest functions by the sustainable management of forest resources. Sustainable forest management (SFM) is defined as 'the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration ...
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Integrating forest resources into national accounts in Karnataka, India
The effort to correct the national accounts in order to calculate NNP or related ‘Green GDP’ concepts, known as natural resource accounting, has been a lively research area recently. Natural resource accounting aims to provide indicators for the sustainability of current economic activity. The objective of the paper is an integrated economic and natural resource by compiling forest resources and ...
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An economic analysis of ecosystem restoration concession policy in Indonesia: a new strategy for sustainable forest management?
To tackle the high rate of deforestation in Indonesia's production forests, a new type of licence was introduced in 2004 known as an Ecosystem Restoration Concession (ERC) or IUPHHK–RE by the Indonesian Government. For the first time, production forests could be managed for the purpose of restoration instead of logging. At the same time, however, the economic feasibility of ecosystem restoration ...
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Forest management and biotechnology: the case of a selective-logging regime
One of the most important instruments to support the sustainable development of forests, and reinforce the multiple services that they provide is the selective-logging regime. This paper aims to quantify the potential benefits of biotechnology under this type of regime. With this purpose, an empirical analysis is conducted to determine the optimal selective-logging management for a stand of Pinus ...
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Forest value orientations of interest groups in three regions varying in importance of commercial forestry
Differences in forest value orientations of interest groups were studied in Southeastern Finland, the Mauricie in Quebec, Canada and Central Labrador in Canada. The comparison is based on the idea that the current state of the forest, which reflects among other differences in the history of forest use of the area, interacts with people's forest values. The objective was to study whether people's ...
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Current use valuation programs: property tax incentives for preserving local benefits of forests
Summary This paper explores current use valuation programs as one tool for conserving and fostering sustainable management of southern U.S. forests under private ownership. The brief identifies key constraints on existing programs and suggests measures that could be implemented to enhance program effectiveness. As a result of rising property taxes on lands under development pressure, ...
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Implementing participatory approaches in formulating regional forest policy
Forest policy-makers increasingly recognise the importance of public participation in planning and policy-making endeavours. In many countries, public participation has been institutionalised into national forest policy. Despite the stated policy assurances, implementing participatory approaches has been a challenging task. This paper examines the public involvement in forest policy-making, ...
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Forest co-management in Northern Alberta: does it challenge the industrial model?
The paper addresses the ability of forest co-management, within the Western Canadian provincial context, to co-exist with the industrial model of forestry. This paper draws on a two-year qualitative study of a new First Nation co-management process in Northern Alberta and a review of other First Nation forest co-management arrangements in Western Canada. Qualitative methods used included 23 ...
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Joint production of timber and water: a case study
The integration of water production values for forest ecosystems into forest management models has become increasingly important in sustainable forest management in recent years because forests play a vital role in the quantity and quality of surface and ground water resources. The main objective of this work was to develop a multiple use forest management planning model, focusing on the economic ...
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Regeneration of teak forests under joint forest management in Gujarat
In order to understand the impact of JFM in Gujarat, a study was conducted in three divisions viz., Baria, Rajpipala and Sabarkantha covering 24 villages. Vegetation parameters such as species richness, density of trees, basal areas, Shanon Weiner's diversity index, woody biomass and MAI were observed and compared with control plots in a non-JFM village. Stem density, species richness, species ...
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Responsibility for the forest in Cote d'Ivoire: where are we now?
Forest management in Cote d'Ivoire has been completely revised over the past 20 years with the introduction of joint management and the sustainability approach. However, the policies implemented so far have shown themselves to be wanting in terms of conservation. They have run into problems linked to a lack of effectiveness, and a failure to give secure land tenure to peasants. To make these ...
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Wildlife and recreational organisations discursive strategies and the redefinition of Quebec's forest regime
The popularity of outdoor activities gave rise to a new group of stakeholders interested in forestry practices: wildlife organisations. Our case study of the commission on the sustainability of public forest management in Quebec illustrates how wildlife stakeholders used a public participation process to gain recognition. Those organisations formed an alliance with environmental groups and made a ...
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Ecocertification, differentiation in retailing and upstream market power
The purpose of ecocertification in the forest sector is to guarantee a sustainable management of the forest resources by the producers (forest owners) and define production rules for the transformation industry. We propose an analysis of the ex-post impact of ecocertification, when it is, on the one hand, a way for retailers to differentiate their products, that may lead, on the other hand, to a ...
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Rural communities and protected area management in the Mount Cameroon Region of West Africa
This study is aimed at highlighting aspects of the management of protected areas within rural communities in the Mount Cameroon Region of West Africa. The region is characterised by rapid exploration of the natural forest through illegal practices of poaching. This has led to the rapid extinction of animals such as the drills. This has been a major problem as it impedes sustainable forest ...
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People in the forest: community forestry experiences from Southeast Asia
This paper documents experiences of community forest management in five Southeast Asian nations. It briefly describes the historical and political context that frames contemporary forest sector changes, examining important shifts occurring in the forest policy sector in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, following the decline of industrial forest management paradigms over ...
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Project - FP200 - Scaling up the implementation of the Lao PDR Emission Reductions Programme through improved governance and sustainable forest landscape management (Project 2)
Lao PDR's vulnerability to climate change impacts is exacerbated by its limited resources and capacity to invest in adaptive climate measures to protect its economy and rural population. Since 16 per cent of the country's GDP stems from agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, the government has identified these sectors as priority areas in its climate strategies including the National Adaptation ...
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New, interactive Atlas can improve Cameroon’s forest management
Cameroon’s forests, which cover about 60 percent of the country, play a vital role for people and the economy. They account for more than six percent of the nation’s GDP, the highest percentage of all countries in the Congo Basin. Cameroon’s forests provide services and sustenance directly and indirectly to local communities and city dwellers alike. Yet, until recently, ...
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Opportunities to Generate Cash Flow for Family Forests Using Conservation Payments
There has been significant discussion about the merits of stacking conservation payments over the past few years. A simple explanation for credit stacking is when landowners are paid for conservation practices on their property that provide multiple benefits to the environment. Examples of credits types that might be stacked include: endangered species, water quality, wetlands, and carbon. ...
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