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Purwanti, E., M. A. Sardjono, A. Wijaya, Rahmina, H. Putra, DC Wahyuningtyas, DH Sormin, EP Setiawan, E. Wulandari, and T. Hidayat. "Social forestry development in East Kalimantan: challenges and opportunities." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1282, no. 1 (December 1, 2023): 012016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1282/1/012016.
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Abstract Social forestry (SF) is a strategic government program with the primary goal of enhancing the well-being of communities living around forested areas. This study aims to evaluate institutional governance and performance of social forestry holders in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. This research also analyses challenges and opportunities of social forestry development in the region. The research findings indicate that in April 2023, there were 123 social forestry permit holders in East Kalimantan, managing a total area of 271,113 hectares. Among these permit holders, 51 (42%) demonstrated good institutional governance and performance, while 19 (15.45%) had good governance but weak performance. Furthermore, 15 (12.20%) permit holders had weak governance but good performance, and there were 38 (30.9%) permit holders with both weak institutional governance and performance. The social forestry program in East Kalimantan still faces several challenges, including institutional capacity, funding and institutional issues, and policies. Strategies that can be implemented include: integrating the social forestry program with village planning (Integrated Area Development/IAD), strengthening institutions through mentoring and building a center of excellence, accessing markets for commodities, and providing funding and financing access for the social forestry holders.
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Mederski, Piotr S., Stelian A. Borz, Andreja Đuka, and Andis Lazdiņš. "Challenges in Forestry and Forest Engineering." Croatian journal of forest engineering 42, no. 1 (August 25, 2020): 117–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2021.838.
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The forestry and timber industry are strong sectors in the economies of European countries. The current trend of introducing forestry management that respects the various functions of the forest has created new challenges. However, forestry itself, as well as those challenges, varies in different regions in Europe. The aim of this review paper was to describe forest resources and their potential as well to define challenges in forestry and forest engineering in regions of East Europe. Case studies were selected from four countries: Croatia, Latvia, Poland and Romania. The background data and information of the forest-based sector included: forest resources and forest productivity, forest utilisation, development of forest operations and difficulties in forest management. In the analysed countries, state-owned forestry was represented by at least 45%. Forestry is an important sector in all four countries and future challenges are observed in forest management and forest engineering mainly including: an increase in timber resources, improvement in species composition for better productivity and the introduction of effective mechanised forest operations in pre-commercial thinning. Further improvement of harvester heads is expected for the harvesting of broadleaved species and for young stands. Issues linked to the environment were also recognised as challenging factors: mild winters make it difficult to use CTL technology on wet and sensitive sites. Additionally, dry seasons have a high impact on forest fire frequency, but this can be controlled by effective monitoring systems. Improvement in IT systems used in forest operations should limit the carbon footprint by optimising transport, machine use and limiting fuel use. Finally, innovations are recognised as key issues in the improvement of forest management and forest engineering; therefore, special budgets have been allocated to support science and development.
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Furdychko, Orest, Oksana Drebot, Oleg Yaremko, Volodymyr Bondar, Mariya Vysochanska, and Liudmyla Sakharnatska. "Current challenges for sustainable forestry management in Ukraine: production, taxation and investments issues." Law, Business and Sustainability Herald 1, no. 2 (2021): 58–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.46489/lbsh.2021-1-2-5.
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Ukraine's forestry has been experiencing systemic political, economic, social, and environmental problems for many years. This article aims to find new ways to balance production, taxation, and forestry investment to ensure sustainable development. We sought answers to three main questions: Does the modern mechanism of state regulation and forestry financing in Ukraine meet sustainability requirements? What changes will the critical problems of forest ecosystems arise in Ukraine in the long run? What are the prospects for the development of investment in forestry in Ukraine? To answer these questions, we conducted exploratory analyses of taxation and investment in forestry management. Then, we developed a multifactorial forecasting model to predict forest ecosystems' restoration state by 2035. Using the model, we characterized the relationship between ecological and economic factors for reforestation in the border regions of Ukraine. Finally, we analyzed the coefficients of forest capacity, yield and dynamics of afforestation. According to the results, we proposed: 1) to separate the functions of standard-setting and forest inventory from the function of forest land management; 2) to separate the function of economic activity and control over the implementation of forestry development plans; 3) to stimulate public control and increase effective monitoring of anthropogenic load, forest use and rehabilitation; 4) to improve the organizational and institutional management mechanism as a component of forest production which is the key to improving the forestry sustainability.
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Bhattacharya, A. K., and B. Basnyat. "Decentralisation and community forestry programmes in Nepal: issues and challenges." International Forestry Review 7, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 147–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/ifor.2005.7.2.147.
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Galudra, Gamma. "Focusing on facilitation: Issues and challenges of capacity development in Indonesia’s social forestry reforms." Forest and Society 3, no. 1 (April 25, 2019): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.24259/fs.v3i1.5995.
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As the Indonesian government sets a target to allocate 12.7 million ha of state forest land for social forestry in 2019, one of the most crucial [and overlooked] issues is the extent of capacity, knowledge, skills, and engagement of social forestry facilitators and the extension workers that support the government in meeting their targets on social forestry. In this short paper, I seek to reorient the discussion towards the main issues and challenges of social forestry capacity development in Indonesia. On the one hand, there are some promising achievements made by the government in the wake of social forestry policy design and implementation, particularly in their ability to expand the scope of targeted areas for social forestry designation, as well as the increase in the numbers of community business group established. On the other hand, however, there are some challenges that are evident. Coordination within the ministry remains a major barrier, and extends to coordination problems across and between sub-national governments. Furthermore, engagement with the private sectors and involvement of NGOs remains lacking. And finally, the distribution of social forestry facilitators and extension workers across the numerous social forestry sites in Indonesia, as well as the overall capacity development needs among facilitators continues to be a major hindrance in meeting targets. I conclude by highlighting that more attention needs to be devoted to the role and capacity of facilitators, and furthermore, that the government needs to address these challenges through various institutional reforms and methods on social forestry training, as well as developing more rigorous training modules for community facilitators.
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Radosevich, Steven R. "Forest Certification: Roots, Issues, Challenges, and Benefits." Forest Science 47, no. 4 (November 1, 2001): 587–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/forestscience/47.4.587.
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Abstract Foresters have been involved in a serious debate with other members of society for at least three decades over the environmental and social consequences of continuing to manage forestlands as they have been. This debate takes many forms, ranging from simple disagreement to new laws and regulations, market boycotts, and even civil disobedience by some members of the public. Foresters and many environmental organizations alike have looked for ways to resolve these ever-present concerns about the environmental, ecological, economic, and social consequences of forest management, while providing incentives for forest landowners to change their practices. Forest certification, as a voluntary, economically driven process, may be the mechanism for resolution to eventually occur, for the debate to end.
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Chakraborty, Debojyoti. "Small holder’s carbon forestry project in Haryana India: issues and challenges." Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 15, no. 8 (July 24, 2010): 899–915. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-010-9248-8.
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Lugo, Ariel E. "Conserving Latin American and Caribbean mangroves: issues and challenges." Madera y Bosques 8 (September 1, 2016): 5–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21829/myb.2002.801289.
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This is a literature review of the distribution, salient features, uses, and conservation of mangroves in the Caribbean and Latin America. These ecosystems have played a vital role in the development of the region and their value increases as tropical countries develop and commercialize their coastal zones. Unfortunately, markets ignore or underestimate the value of products and non-market services from mangroves. Science informs and improves the effectiveness of the conservation of mangroves. Professional management with participation of all sectors of society also benefits the conservation of mangroves. Understanding mangrove ecosystems requires consideration of multiple spatial and temporal scales and attention to paradoxes that can lead to ineffective conservation measures. The review includes guidelines for mangrove restoration and conservation.
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Beckley, Thomas M. "Social values in forest management: An adventure in teaching." Forestry Chronicle 84, no. 4 (August 1, 2008): 515–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc84515-4.
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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
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Godbout, Claude. "Forestry education in Canada." Forestry Chronicle 73, no. 3 (June 1, 1997): 341–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc73341-3.
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This paper aims at providing the reader with information about the forestry education system in Canada and its trends. As a basis for undertanding the framework of forestry education, a general picture of the Canadian forest sector is drawn and the main issues and concerns that will shape its evolution in the near future are presented.In a second part, after having described the current forestry education system with some emphasis on the university level, a summary of the challenges facing forestry education is presented. In the last part, a practical example of program revision influenced by these trends and challenges is presented in order to convey to the reader how a revised university forestry program can be designed to meet society's needs.
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Lamm, Kevan W., Lauren Pike, Lauren Griffeth, Jiyea Park, and Andrews Idun. "Critical Issues Facing the Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Industries in the State of Georgia." Agriculture 13, no. 6 (June 3, 2023): 1194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061194.
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Throughout the United States, the agricultural, forestry, and natural resource industries are facing a multitude of challenges. While each industry is facing unique challenges on a national level, these challenges vary in scope and topic, and they are not necessarily generalizable to smaller geographic regions. Based on the socio-economic importance of agriculture in the state, along with five distinct geographic regions ranging from coastal to mountainous, this study compiled a comprehensive list of critical issues facing the agricultural, forestry, and natural resource industries in the state of Georgia. The study used the Delphi methodology with an expert panel composed of agricultural, forestry, and natural resource opinion leaders. Using a three-round consensus-building process, a total of 40 critical issues were identified with eight items receiving 100% agreement amongst the panelists. The final list of items were then analyzed using the constant comparative method to identify themes within the retained items. Six themes emerged based on the analysis, including (alphabetically) economic considerations, operations and infrastructure, policy, public perceptions, regulations, and workforce. The proposed themes, and subsumed critical issues, represent a heuristic framework within which to facilitate dialogue amongst agricultural, forestry, and natural-resource-related industries, as well as inform future research and praxis oriented efforts.
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Ojha, Hemant. "Department of Forest's new community Forestry Guideline." Journal of Forest and Livelihood 2, no. 1 (April 7, 2024): 78–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v2i1.59686.
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Department of Forest (DOF) has issued a new version of Community Forestry Guideline in May 2001, replacing the first version that was issued 10 years back. Officials engaged in developing this amendment indicate in their preface statements that a new versionof the guideline was felt necessary in the changing contexts of community forestry policies and practices over thepast several years in general, and in particular, to address the challenges of meeting escalating demand for increasingly diverse services to communities. The guideline was prepared with involvement of, and support from bilateral forestry projects, who deputed their representatives in the guideline review task force constituted by DOF. An outline of the draft guideline was discussed in two national level meetings of government forest officials and forestry project staff.
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Withrow-Robinson, B., S. Broussard, V. Simon-Brown, M. Engle, and A. S. Reed. "Seeing the Forest: Art About Forests and Forestry." Journal of Forestry 100, no. 8 (December 1, 2002): 8–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jof/100.8.8.
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Abstract Forestry is a complex collage of related issues that the media and the public tend to oversimplify. Art provides a way for Extension foresters at Oregon State University to reach out and communicate with new audiences. At a traveling art show that features paintings, photography, and other art media, we introduce some science and policy issues and also hear from the public. We found that people appreciate and take advantage of opportunities to interact with us and tell us what they think. Through this project, we believe we increased viewers' awareness of forestry issues, challenged their beliefs and perspectives, and stimulated consideration of other points of view.
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Johnston, Mark, and Lia Shimada. "Urban Forestry in a Multicultural Society." Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 30, no. 3 (May 1, 2004): 185–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2004.023.
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The increasingly multicultural character of modern urban society creates challenges and opportunities for the urban forester. For the urban forestry strategy to respond effectively to contemporary social issues, it must include policies and programs that promote social inclusion and the involvement of disadvantaged ethnic communities. This can be accomplished through a distinct community strategy. Although the fundamental principles of community involvement still apply, their application needs to reflect the multicultural diversity of the individual city or neighborhood. The education, consultation, and participation elements of the community strategy are delivered through a wide range of events and activities specifically designed to promote social inclusion and the engagement of ethnic communities.
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Šporčić, Mario, Matija Landekić, Marijan Šušnjar, Zdravko Pandur, Marin Bačić, and David Mijoč. "Deliberations of Forestry Workers on Current Challenges and Future Perspectives on Their Profession—A Case Study from Bosnia and Herzegovina." Forests 14, no. 4 (April 16, 2023): 817. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14040817.
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Professionally trained, motivated, and responsible forestry workers are a fundamental prerequisite of successful forest production and an integral part of the modern, generally accepted paradigm of sustainable forest management. However, the forestry sector today is increasingly facing the problem of a shortage of forestry workers and the challenge of obtaining a qualified and sustainable workforce. This paper, therefore, presents the reflections of forestry workers on the challenges and future perspectives on their profession and forest work. The findings of the examination of forestry workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina include some general characteristics of forest work and indicators of the state and position of forestry workers (socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes toward work, profession, etc.). Specially addressed are some problems and challenges faced by the forestry sector in obtaining and recruiting the necessary workforce—the severity of the forestry worker shortage, the main causes and reasons for the lack of workers, factors for stronger recruitment and retention of workers, work commitment, sustainability of the workforce, future perspectives on forestry work, etc. The differences between workers employed in public and private forestry companies were examined. The survey included 268 respondents and was carried out in the second half of 2021. The purpose of the work was in sensibilizing the profession and the public to the issues of the workforce in forestry, its position, and reflections, and in providing the basis that can be an important contribution toward improving the condition and sustainability of the forestry workforce.
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AWMACK, C. S., P. SMITH, and P. J. PINTER. "Global change and the challenges for agriculture and forestry." Journal of Agricultural Science 135, no. 2 (September 2000): 199–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859699008059.
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A key need of the global change research community is to be able to synthesize the data collected by scientists from a wide range of disciplines and use it to make predictions about our future environment. In an agricultural and forestry context, this will allow predictions of yields under elevated atmospheric CO2 levels and/or changed climate using data from studies of both the direct effects of global change on plant growth and physiology and indirect effects on soil fertility, water resources, pests and diseases.A conference held at the University of Reading, UK in September 1999, and organized under the auspices of Focus 3 (Global Change Impact on Agriculture, Forestry and Soils; http://mwnta.nmw.ac.uk/GCTEFocus3) of the IGBP Core Project “Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems” addressed many of these issues.
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Ashraf, S. M. Kamran, Kazi Kamrul Islam, and Saleha Khatun Ripta. "Synergizing Sustainable Solutions: Exploring the Nexus of Food Security and Social Forestry in Bangladesh." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science VIII, IIIS (2024): 337–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2024.803022s.
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Social forestry is centered on managing forests with a focus on the well-being of nearby communities, aiming to elevate impoverished populations by offering employment opportunities and addressing basic needs such as food, fodder, fuel, furniture, and resources. Through these efforts, social forestry not only fosters self-reliance among disadvantaged groups but also contributes to broader developmental goals. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of social forestry in improving the lives of rural poor individuals. We conducted a review using secondary data, selecting articles based on specific criteria and analyzing information from 16 chosen articles. Our investigation revealed that factors such as income, household size, education, staple food costs, and the gender of the household head significantly influence household food security, and social forestry initiatives can lead to considerable benefits. Our findings indicate that individuals without land are particularly engaged in social forestry projects, resulting in increased income levels, with some experiencing earnings exceeding $666. This approach also supports shifting cultivators, enhancing their livelihoods and expanding forested areas in the region. Furthermore, the adoption of agroforestry within social forestry plots has led to a notable shift, with approximately 64% of people transitioning to agroforestry practices, thereby augmenting rural women's incomes by up to $300. Overall, social forestry has contributed to a 31% increase in forested areas in Bangladesh. However, challenges such as confusion and high interest rates deter farmers from participating in social forestry initiatives. Addressing these issues could significantly enhance the popularity and income-generating potential of social forestry for rural communities.
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Le Goff, Héloïse, Louis De Grandpré, Daniel Kneeshaw, and Pierre Bernier. "Sustainable management of old-growth boreal forests: Myths, possible solutions and challenges." Forestry Chronicle 86, no. 1 (February 1, 2010): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc86070-1.
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Old-growth boreal forests serve as focal points for many issues affecting the forest sector such as sustainable forest management and the development of a conservation network. They also challenge the implementation of an adaptive management framework and participative natural resources management. Old-growth boreal forests thus provide a good opportunity for the forest sector to develop transparent management that integrates the diversity of social values associated with old-growth boreal forests. In this paper, we review the different issues related to the sustainable management and conservation of old-growth boreal forests and present these issues in terms of myths and solutions. Finally, we identify and discuss the current limits of our understanding of these issues and we propose research priorities to bridge these knowledge gaps. Key words: sustainable forest management, old-growth boreal forests, biodiversity, social values, adapted silvicultural systems
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Crandall, Mindy S., Kara K. L. Costanza, Jenna M. Zukswert, Laura S. Kenefic, and Jessica E. Leahy. "An Adaptive and Evidence-Based Approach to Building and Retaining Gender Diversity within a University Forestry Education Program: A Case Study of SWIFT." Journal of Forestry 118, no. 2 (February 3, 2020): 193–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvz072.
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Abstract Abstract Retaining women in forestry and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields is a challenge. University education represents a critical point along the forestry pipeline in which women might leave the profession. Concerned with the low number of women graduating with bachelor’s degrees in forestry from the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources, a group of faculty and students formed Supporting Women in Forestry Today (SWIFT) in 2016. An organization guided by literature on improving gender diversity in the workplace, SWIFT has taken an adaptive and evidence-based approach while hosting events throughout each academic year. Surveys indicate that SWIFT has been effective at helping participants increase awareness of gender-related issues, gain strategies, and develop connections. Although challenges still exist for women in forestry, this case study suggests that SWIFT is an effective model that could be used elsewhere to support the retention of women in the forestry profession.
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Ascoli, D., and G. Bovio. "Prescribed burning in Italy: issues, advances and challenges." iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry 6, no. 2 (April 2, 2013): 79–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor0803-006.
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Wongkar, Etheldreda E. L. T. "Achieving the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in Forestry Sectors: Challenges for Indonesia." IKAT: The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 5, no. 1 (August 11, 2021): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/ikat.v5i1.64974.
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Indonesia's determination in realizing the Nationally Determined Contribution target as a follow-up to the Paris Agreement resulted in concrete steps in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, one of which is through social forestry. This paper aims to describe the various efforts to achieve Indonesia's targets on both conditional and unconditional, as well as the application and linkage of social forestry schemes to climate change will. This research produces two conclusions. First, those conditional and unconditional targets are related in their implementation, primarily related to the development of Indonesian legislation and capacity building in achieving Nationally Determined Contribution targets. Second, namely that after the issuance of the MoEF Decree No. 83/2016, social forestry regulations in Indonesia have begun to accommodate ecological elements, although the nature are still partial in every policy momentum and are still not in line with the scope of activities of REDD+. Several critical issues that need to be followed up are the absence of uniform and applicative carbon measurement and calculation methods for beneficiary communities and national forest carbon certification system for social forestry areas, legal challenges on the recognition of Indigenous People rights, also political-economic challenges.
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Pan, Chunyu, Chong Li, Alexander An, George Deng, Jerry KuiJie Lin, Junran He, Jonelle Fangyu Li, et al. "Canada’s Green Gold: Unveiling Challenges, Opportunities, and Pathways for Sustainable Forestry Offsets." Forests 14, no. 11 (November 7, 2023): 2206. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14112206.
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Forestry offsets, recognized for their diverse environmental and social co-benefits, are gaining a growing interest as nature-based solutions to combat climate change. Despite Canada’s extensive forest resources, its potential for carbon credit remains largely untapped. This study aims to unveil the prevailing challenges in developing forestry offsets in Canada and propose potential solutions, drawing on insights from in-depth semi-structured interviews (SSIs) with 23 experts in the field. A qualitative thematic analysis highlighted 14 challenges under four major frequently discussed themes: methodological (37%), social (29%), economic (22%), and implementation challenges (12%). Our findings highlighted the urgency of addressing key obstacles, including the impermanent nature of forestry carbon offsets, substantial public knowledge gaps, uncertainties in the cost-effectiveness impacting financial viability, and the need for enhanced capacity for project implementation. Building on the discussions on the identified challenges, this study further presented a comprehensive analysis of the future directions for Canada, emphasizing the importance of addressing key methodological issues, enhancing public and Indigenous education and engagement, and leveraging advanced technologies and innovative approaches like ton-year accounting for economic viability. This paper delivers pivotal insights that have the potential to shape the direction and integrity of the forestry offset markets in both Canada and globally.
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Dancik, Bruce P. "Lost Opportunities and the Future of Forestry: Will We Respond to the Challenges?" Forestry Chronicle 66, no. 5 (October 1, 1990): 454–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc66454-5.
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Foresters are in danger of losing the responsibility for managing wildland resources for several reasons. First, foresters have lost public credibility in dealing with an increasingly informed public about forest management issues. Second, foresters rarely demonstrate the capability to manage forests for uses other than fibre production. Foresters must become more innovative in managing wildland resources. A mix of highly intensive and less intensive management to suit site conditions and land-use is needed rather than general management compromises over large areas. Multiple, or integrated uses can be promoted through zoning with each zone emphasizing certain resource values.
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Kafley, Govinda Prasad, and Krishna Pokharel. "Pro-poor Leasehold Forestry: A Community-based Tenure Regime in Nepal." Journal of Forest and Livelihood 15, no. 1 (September 4, 2017): 43–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v15i1.23085.
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Nepal’s Leasehold Forestry (LHF) programme,which has the twin goals of degraded forest rehabilitation and rural poverty alleviation, started in the early 1990s and is regarded as a priority forestry programme in Nepal.There has been limited documentationof the impact of the LHF programme as well as of the issues and challenges faced by it. On the basis of scarce existing literature and of our long experience working in the programme, we, in this paper, discuss such impacts, issues and challenges. We suggest that the programme has so far been quite positive in meeting the stated objectives; however, there remains a range of issues that deserve on-going attention. While the programme, in general, is criticized for its strategy of handing over poor quality land to the poor people, the communities’ tenure rights over land and forest resources is not fully secured either. Provisions regarding the transfer of tenure rights to the kin and/or in the context of absentees are absent, and the benefit sharing mechanisms are unclear in case of trees which were present at the time of handover, and compete across other overlapping forest management activities. Support services available to the LHF user groups are inadequate and discontinuous, limiting the opportunities for the poor leaseholders to harness their potential to pool resources from other poverty reduction programmes and influence policy processes. We indicate some areas of intervention at policy and programme levels that seek to overcome these issues and to provide wider space for LHF user groups to exercise their agency towards achieving the programme’s goals effectively, efficiently and equitably.
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Barkley, Brian, Marc Patry, Steve Virc, and Patti Story. "The Eastern Ontario Model Forest: Acting locally, connecting globally." Forestry Chronicle 73, no. 6 (December 1, 1997): 723–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc73723-6.
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The Eastern Ontario Model Forest was created in 1992 as a grassroots organization, representing a wide diversity of players interested in Eastern Ontario's extensive privately-owned forested and agricultural lands. An initial series of intensive meetings eventually led to the adoption of an innovative board structure with strong representation from the membership at large including seats for industry, First Nations and provincial government and a constitution based on consensual decision-making. The Eastern Ontario Model Forest recognized the knowledge it would gain in developing sustainable forestry activities. From the outset, it clearly expressed in its goals and objectives a desire to participate in global initiatives for sustainable forestry, such as the development of criteria and indicators. Simultaneously, the Eastern Ontario Model Forest sought to become involved, again at the grassroots level, with a similar Model Forest outside of Canada. It established a unique twinning relationship with the Calakmul Model Forest in Mexico to enhance the flow of knowledge and experience between people faced with similar challenges. The experience gained from the Eastern Ontario Model Forest members' participation in local, national, global and back down to local Mexican forestry issues has helped improve the understanding and application of sustainable forestry principles in their own backyards. Simultaneously, the Eastern Ontario Model Forest expects that its own contributions in these same flora will help further the application of sustainable forestry outside the Eastern Ontario Model Forest boundaries. Key words: Eastern Ontario Model Forest, community forestry, multi-stakeholder decision making
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Mendell, Brooks, Virginia Morales, Zohra Bennadji, Alejandro Moreno, and Jacek Siry. "Financing Uruguay's Forestry Sector: Survey and Case Study." Journal of Forestry 105, no. 3 (April 1, 2007): 125–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jof/105.3.125.
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Abstract This project summarizes the financing and recent growth of Uruguay's forestry sector, with emphasis on the relevant businesses, associations, and investments in the context of Uruguay's Forestry Law, which encouraged large-scale forestry plantations in the 1990s through the use of subsidies, tax relief, and targeted loans. A survey of Uruguay's largest forestry entities and investors consistently singled out financing and access to capital as major challenges for Uruguayan firms relative to their competitors in larger countries with more developed capital markets. These issues associated with financing created opportunities for encouraging and attracting significant foreign direct investment in Uruguay's forest products industry. The case provides insights for countries seeking to support the expansion of forest industry investment and capacity through financing and regulatory policies.
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Pirro, Elena Di, Lorenzo Sallustio, Joana A. C. Castellar, Gregorio Sgrigna, Marco Marchetti, and Bruno Lasserre. "Facing Multiple Environmental Challenges through Maximizing the Co-Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions at a National Scale in Italy." Forests 13, no. 4 (March 31, 2022): 548. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13040548.
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The European Union is significantly investing in the Green Deal that introduces measures to guide Member States to face sustainability and health challenges, especially employing Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in urban contexts. National governments need to develop appropriate strategies to coordinate local projects, face multiple challenges, and maximize NBS effectiveness. This paper aims to introduce a replicable methodology to integrate NBS into a multi-scale planning process to maximize their cost–benefits. Using Italy as a case study, we mapped three environmental challenges nationwide related to climate change and air pollution, identifying spatial groups of their co-occurrences. These groups serve as functional areas where 24 NBS were ranked for their ecosystem services supply and land cover. The results show eight different spatial groups, with 6% of the national territory showing no challenge, with 42% showing multiple challenges combined simultaneously. Seven NBS were high-performing in all groups: five implementable in permeable land covers (urban forests, infiltration basins, green corridors, large parks, heritage gardens), and two in impervious ones (intensive, semi-intensive green roofs). This work provides a strategic vision at the national scale to quantify and orient budget allocation, while on a municipal scale, the NBS ranking acts as a guideline for specific planning activities based on local issues.
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Nalluri, Srinivasa Rao. "Digital Preservation: Issues and Challenges in Knowledge Resource Centres." International Journal of Research in Library Science 8, no. 1 (March 8, 2022): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.1.2022.1513.
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Chew, Yee Jian, Shih Yin Ooi, Ying Han Pang, and Kok-Seng Wong. "A Review of Forest Fire Combating Efforts, Challenges and Future Directions in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak." Forests 13, no. 9 (September 1, 2022): 1405. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13091405.
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The land surface of Malaysia mostly constitutes forest cover. For decades, forest fires have been one of the nation’s most concerning environmental issues. With the advent of machine learning, many studies have been conducted to resolve forest fire issues. However, the findings and results have been very case-specific. Most experiments have focused on particular regions with independent methodology settings, which has hindered the ability of others to reproduce works. Another major challenge is lack of benchmark datasets in this domain, which has made benchmark comparisons almost impossible to conduct. To our best knowledge, no comprehensive review and analysis have been performed to streamline the research direction for forest fires in Malaysia. Hence, this paper was aimed to review all works aimed to combat forest fire issues in Malaysia from 1989 to 2021. With the proliferation of publicly accessible satellite data in recent years, a new direction of utilising big data platforms has been postulated. The merit of this approach is that the methodology and experiments can be reproduced. Thus, it is strongly believed that the findings and analysis shown in this paper will be useful as a baseline to propagate research in this domain.
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Chavez, Deborah J. "Natural Areas and Urban Populations: Communication and Environmental Education Challenges and Actions in Outdoor Recreation." Journal of Forestry 103, no. 8 (December 1, 2005): 407–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jof/103.8.407.
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Abstract Challenges, opportunities, and actions exist in areas where large urban populations interface with natural areas, such as outdoor recreation sites in southern California. Challenges in the interface include intense recreation use, public safety issues, and complex information strategies. Research results on communications and environmental education offer opportunities to address information challenges. Actions taken include the use of Eco-Teams (delivers environmental messages), a forest information van (delivers information of interest to visitors), and Hawkins Natural Park in South Central Los Angeles (delivers environmental education). Each exemplifies well-planned ways to address interface issues.
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Jha, Bidya Nath, and Govinda Paudel. "REDD Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Systems in Nepal: Gaps, Issues and Challenges." Journal of Forest and Livelihood 9, no. 1 (September 11, 2013): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v9i1.8591.
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Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an incentive based approach for climate change mitigation that has gained global attention. Following the global discourse and trend, Nepal is preparing herself to participate in the REDD implementation process with the financing from the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). Developing a measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) system of monitoring carbon emissions is one of the most important aspects of the REDD mechanism. In this article, we analyse the existing forest resource monitoring system in Nepal with reference to requirements for the REDD MRV design as suggested in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) good practice guide. Our analytical focus revolves around understanding the current policy provisions and institutional infrastructure, as well as identifying existing gaps Similarly, we also analyse the national capacity gaps for designing and adopting the REDD MRV. Finally we have outlined possible issues and challenges for designing and implementing REDD MRV in Nepal. Based on all these aspects, we have suggested a MRV system design that would acknowledge the role of existing institutions and consider the state restructuring.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v9i1.8591 Journal of Forestry and Livelihood Vol.9(1) 2010 21-32
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Ristea, Catalin, and Thomas C. Maness. "Opportunities, challenges and markets for forest carbon offset projects." Forestry Chronicle 85, no. 5 (October 1, 2009): 715–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc85715-5.
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Forest-based activities can mitigate climate change by reducing carbon sources and enhancing carbon sinks. Under various emissions-reductions programs, credits (called carbon offsets) can be issued to forestry projects that can credibly demonstrate additional and lasting reductions in CO2 emissions. The greatest potential for forest carbon offset projects currently exists in voluntary emissions reduction programs and markets, which, however, have a negligible value in the global carbon market. Unless their relevance can be proven, forestry-based carbon offset projects will play a minor role in compliance markets. This is mainly due to concerns about the additionality, permanence, and leakage of carbon offsets generated by forestry projects. Key words: forest carbon offset project, emissions trading program, cap and trade, carbon market
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Ordóñez, Camilo, Dave Kendal, Caragh G. Threlfall, Dieter F. Hochuli, Melanie Davern, Richard A. Fuller, Rodney van der Ree, and Stephen J. Livesley. "How Urban Forest Managers Evaluate Management and Governance Challenges in Their Decision-Making." Forests 11, no. 9 (September 2, 2020): 963. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11090963.
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Decisions about urban forests are critical to urban liveability and resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the range of positions held by urban forest managers from local governments in the state of Victoria, Australia, regarding the management and governance challenges that affect their decision-making. This study was based on a Q-method approach, a procedure that allows researchers to evaluate the range of positions that exist about a topic in a structured manner based on the experiences of a wide group of people. We created statements on a wide range of urban forest management and governance challenges and asked urban forest managers to rate their level of agreement with these statements via an online survey. Managers generally agreed about the challenges posed by urban development and climate change for implementing local government policies on urban forest protection and expansion. However, there were divergent views about how effective solutions based on increasing operational capacities, such as increasing budgets and personnel, could address these challenges. For some managers, it was more effective to improve critical governance challenges, such as inter-departmental and inter-municipal coordination, community engagement, and addressing the culture of risk aversion in local governments. Urban forest regional strategies aimed at coordinating management and governance issues across cities should build on existing consensus on development and environmental threats and address critical management and governance issues not solely related to local government operational capacity.
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Klenner, Walt, and Alan Vyse. "Interdisciplinary research approaches to address complex forest management issues." Forestry Chronicle 75, no. 3 (June 1, 1999): 473–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc75473-3.
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We examine the role of interdisciplinary research projects in providing information to forest managers about complex and long-term responses by forest ecosystems to managed and natural disturbances. Traditional research approaches focus on identifying issues, implementing the appropriate experimental design, conducting the work and disseminating information through peer-reviewed articles or internal manuscripts. Such independent studies can provide information about a specific issue, but do not necessarily consider long-term impacts or effects on multiple resources. Interdisciplinary research installations that focus on basic ecological processes, while addressing some operational issues of interest to managers can be used to complement traditional research programs. The Sicamous Creek silvicultural systems experiment in the Kamloops Forest Region, British Columbia is used as an example of such a project. We identify some of the benefits that large scale interdisciplinary projects have, how they complement traditional approaches, some of the challenges these projects face, and the administrative changes that should be undertaken to provide an environment in which such projects can develop. Key words: ecosystem research, long-term ecological research, interdisciplinary research, forest management
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Pierce, Alan R. "The Challenges of Certifying Nontimber Forest Products." Journal of Forestry 97, no. 2 (February 1, 1999): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jof/97.2.34.
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Abstract Certifying the ecological, economic, and social aspects of nontimber forest product management is complex and requires prudent application. The social issues surrounding access and utilization of nontimber forest products, and the informal economic systems under which many of these goods are traded, may be poorly addressed by a market-based initiative such as certification. Nevertheless, certification may benefit certain products, and the process of developing and testing certification standards for best management practices of nontimber forest products will benefit researchers and managers, and perhaps also the communities that harvest these critical forest resources.
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De’Arman, Kindra Jesse, and Richard F. York. "“Society-Ready” and “Fire-Ready” Forestry Education in the United States: Interdisciplinary Discussion in Forestry Course Textbooks." Journal of Forestry 119, no. 3 (February 22, 2021): 236–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvaa062.
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Abstract Changing environmental and social forestry contexts present new challenges for forestry graduates. In contrast with previous generations, forestry students today must be prepared to handle the impacts of climate change and increasing fire severity and frequency, as well as critical human dimensions, including the need to collaborate with Native American nations. To explore the extent to which social and fire science is taught in forestry programs and how it has changed over time, we conducted a content analysis of prominent forestry course textbooks used in graduate programs in the United States. We found little change between texts published before and after 2000, except for an increase in discussion of climate change. Of the currently used textbooks, we found a significant variation in whether they included discussion of traditional ecological knowledge, prescribed burning, combined economic factors, logging, and whether they recommended prescribed burning and logging. Given that not all programs offer or require courses that specialize in these topics, many forestry students may be missing relevant interdisciplinary social-fire education that is necessary to handle contemporary and changing forestry issues.
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Haminskiy, Yakov. "SOME ISSUES OF COUNTERING ATTACKS BY COMBAT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS)." Advances in Law Studies 11, no. 2 (July 24, 2023): 56–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/2409-5087-2023-11-2-56-60.
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Fayiah, M. "Uncertainties and trends in the forest policy framework in Sierra Leone: an overview of forest sustainability challenges in the post-independence era." International Forestry Review 23, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1505/146554821832952744.
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Sierr a Leone is part of the Upper Guinean Forests with a climate that enhances great floral biodiversity. The exploitation of forest resources in Sierra Leone has seen a steady increase over the years while the establishment of forest plantations has witnessed a drastic decline. The relationship between forest exploitation and plantation forest decline is broadly assumed to be influenced by population growth, weak forest policies, legislatures, forest management and monitoring policies over the past century. The paper examines forests status and forest resources policy evolution since the pre-colonial era but pays particular attention to policies developed from 1988, in the post-colonial era, and the challenges facing their implementation. The paper highlights major challenges facing the healthy and sustainable growth of forest resources in Sierra Leone. The challenges range from the attachment of the Forestry Division to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), the overlap in ministerial mandates about forest protection, corrupt government officials, poverty, illegal logging, inadequate funding and staff, natural disaster and outdated forestry instruments. Natural factors such as climate change, drought, and landslides are considered among the issues affecting the sustainable expansion of forest resources in Sierra Leone. A flowchart of forest sustainability challenges in Sierra Leone was designed, and classified forest challenges into natural and man-made causes. The inability of the Forestry Division to become an independent body and the continued reliance of the Division on the 1988 Forestry Act to make informed decisions in the 21st century is serving as a major barrier in sustaining forests resources in Sierra Leone. Improving forest management in the country requires the collective efforts of both national and international forests protections entities and organizations. Sound forests conservation policies and adequate funding and staffing can strengthen the Forestry Division in enforcing its constitutional mandates. Adopting the best practices models from countries such as China, India and the USA will help towards the goal of managing forest resources sustainably for current and future generations.
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Feo, Elena, Sylvia Burssens, Hannes Mareen, and Pieter Spanoghe. "Shedding Light into the Need of Knowledge Sharing in H2020 Thematic Networks for the Agriculture and Forestry Innovation." Sustainability 14, no. 7 (March 27, 2022): 3951. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14073951.
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Providing ready-for-practice materials in an easily accessible and user-friendly way is one of the challenges of Horizon 2020 Thematic Networks (TNs) to promote agriculture and forestry innovation. Those materials are the result of the co-creation and knowledge exchange among TN actors. Using a survey, we investigated the most efficient communication and dissemination (C&D) channels, types and formats of TN-produced data, as well as the involvement of TN actors. Additionally, we propose to collect TN outputs in a single digital platform, such that they are more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR), ensuring the TN’s impact. An open and interactive platform may allow us to overcome challenging issues such as language barriers, limited Internet access and differing cultural backgrounds. The results obtained from the survey suggest which content should be stored in such a digital knowledge reservoir for agriculture and forestry. For example, newsletters and visual materials are often preferred by farmers and foresters. Additionally, face-to-face interaction is confirmed to be the most preferred way of retrieving information, especially by researchers and farmers/foresters. Future work will further investigate the variations in needs of different user profiles. As such, the proposed platform can stimulate knowledge exchange among all TN actors.
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Combe, Jean. "L'après-pétrole et les forêts suisses: scénarios pour 2050 (essai) | Swiss forestry in the post-oil era: which perspectives for 2050? (essay)." Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 159, no. 8 (August 1, 2008): 220–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3188/szf.2008.0220.
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Forecasts for our planet predict that a certain number of today's global problems will undoubtedly be solved by the middle of this century. Switzerland too will directly or indirectly be affected by climate change, increasing shortage of drinking water, food, and energy resources – to mention only the key challenges. The globalisation of these critical issues will induce Swiss forestry to develop solutions and models which will be experimented at national level and could be implemented worldwide. By contributing actively and innovatively to a new form of society based on the sustainable use of natural resources, forest professionals will instigate a new era of forestry.
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Touchette, Lyne, Jean-Michel Beaudoin, Nathalie Isabel, Nancy Gélinas, and Ilga Porth. "How to put forest and conservation genomics into motion for and with Indigenous communities?" Forestry Chronicle 97, no. 3 (September 2021): 300–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2021-031.
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Sustainable management and conservation (SMC) projects for natural resources in collaboration with Indigenous Peoples using a genomics approach are increasing in number. Information and tools/applications derived from genomics can be useful to them, particularly in the context of climate change. However, the challenge of translating these applications into practice and harnessing them to serve Indigenous communities remains. We present an exploratory literature review that addresses: (1) the demonstrated utility of genomics in SMC projects involving Indigenous Peoples, (2) some issues that may limit the adoption of genomics tools, and (3) the collaborative work between researchers and Indigenous communities in the analyzed studies. The demonstrated uses identified were largely of a socioecological nature. The complementary nature of Indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge in genomics was recognized as an opportunity that should be further developed to address current challenges such as climate change. Regarding the adoption into practice of this technology in SMC projects, in addition to similar issues with other end users, the integration of the needs, traditional values and knowledge of Indigenous communities in genomics projects also represents a challenge in the context of the decolonization of genomics research. Finally, community-researcher collaboration was identified as a key element in promoting the successful uptake of genomics in SMC.
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Konovalova, Yulia, Daniil Burtsev, and Elena Gavrilyuk. "Challenges of higher education in Russia and their impact on the digital transformation of the forestry industry." E3S Web of Conferences 462 (2023): 02032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202346202032.
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Higher education plays a pivotal role in shaping qualified professionals and determining the development directions of various sectors of the economy. However, it faces a multitude of issues that diminish its effectiveness and contribute mismatching between graduates and demands of the modern labor market, particularly in the era of digital transformation, where the demand for digital competencies is on the rise. This study delves into the key challenges of higher education in Russia, assesses their impact on the forestry industry, and proposes avenues for their resolution. In the concluding sections of this article, we present the most favorable model for addressing the issue of the shortage of digital competencies among the personnel in the forestry sector, the scarcity of higher-educated workforce, and the absence of necessary IT solutions.
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Temesgen, Hailemariam, Michael E. Goerndt, Greg P. Johnson, Darius M. Adams, and Robert A. Monserud. "Forest Measurement and Biometrics in Forest Management: Status and Future Needs of the Pacific Northwest USA." Journal of Forestry 105, no. 5 (July 1, 2007): 233–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jof/105.5.233.
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Abstract Forest measurement and biometrics (FMB) programs have been at the heart of forestry education in North America since its beginnings at the Biltmore Forest School more than 100 years ago. Over the intervening period, the field of forestry has changed in critical ways. There are manyforest management and policy issues that, at first glance, do not appear to involve FMB but which, on further examination, are found to be closely linked. In this regard, FMB has both an “inside„ and “outside.„ The outside part faces interactions with its clients andfront-line sciences (e.g., forest ecology, silviculture, etc.) which bring new data-analytic ideas to FMB. The clients and professionals in these allied sciences need solutions to pressing quantitative questions. The inside face relates to the need to extend the structure of statistical inference,integrate emerging technologies, and adapt mathematical and statistical precepts to FMB needs. In this essay, we provide a brief overview of the current diversity of FMB applications using examples from business, policy analysis, and ecosystem and landscape analysis; offer our views on themost critical challenges facing FMB researchers and practitioners in the 21st Century; and outline ways how FMB professionals and academic forestry programs might cooperate to meet these challenges. We assert that FMB needs to be responsive to contemporary resource management challenges andaddress the many land management challenges in the Pacific Northwest and around the world.
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Huang, Yan, Xiao He, Shizhen He, and Yongwu Dai. "Efficiency Evaluation of a Forestry Green Economy under a Multi-Dimensional Output Benefit in China—Based on Evidential Reasoning and the Cross Efficiency Model." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (October 26, 2022): 13881. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142113881.
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The efficiency evaluation of forestry green economy development is related to the direction of forestry development and plays an important role in balancing the economic and environmental issues within that forestry development. The existing research faces three challenges: first, the output indicator is singular; second, the perspective of a self-assessment is extremely limited; and third, the multi perspective fusion method is not in line with the mechanism of the cross efficiency evaluation model. To address these challenges and the characteristics of forestry development output, we constructed multi-level output indicators from four aspects: ecology, economy, society, and sustainability and used evidence reasoning to combine the output indicators. Based on the perspective of a cross evaluation among peers, four different cross efficiency values are defined from the evaluation relationship between the different decision-making units to obtain economic–aggressive, social–neutral, ecological–benevolent, sustainable–neutral, and comprehensive–neutral cross efficiencies. According to the relationship between self- and cross evaluation, an order conditional entropy cross efficiency aggregation model has been proposed and used to analyze the development efficiency of the forestry green economy in 31 Chinese provinces in 2019. Considering the uneven distribution of the forestry resources in China, the development in the 31 provinces and cities is divided into four types by discussing the relationship between the output indicators and efficiency, while the reasons for the unbalanced development and the poor comprehensive development are discussed according to five cross efficiencies.
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Li, Yanli, and Lan Gao. "Corporate Social Responsibility of Forestry Companies in China: An Analysis of Contents, Levels, Strategies, and Determinants." Sustainability 11, no. 16 (August 13, 2019): 4379. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11164379.
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained attention in the forestry sector, especially among Chinese forestry companies, which faces serious challenges. This study explores the CSR activities of Chinese forestry companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and analyzes how they differ from their international counterparts. CSR contents, levels, strategies, and determinants are examined through a quantitative content analysis and statistical analyses. The results show that Chinese forestry companies’ CSR contents, like their international counterparts, are diverse and include the environment, employees, communities, general social issues, consumers and products, investors and creditors, governments, and supply chains. Both of them focus on environmental and employee responsibility and pay less attention to community responsibility; however, their CSR priority activities differ. While Chinese companies rank employee responsibility activities first and environmental activities second, their international counterparts prioritize environmental activities over employee responsibility. Chinese forestry companies have four types of CSR strategies—reactive, focused, opportunistic, and proactive—and the majority of these companies adopt reactive strategies. Only a few Chinese forestry companies choose proactive strategies. Forest resources partially explain the variance in the levels of government responsibility among forestry companies, and the industry type influences the levels of corporate environmental responsibility.
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MacNab, Bruce. "Challenges, achievements and impacts from interdisciplinary research and training: The Sustainable Forest Management Network." Forestry Chronicle 81, no. 3 (June 1, 2005): 342–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc81342-3.
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One of the big challenges of research in support of sustainable forest management (SFM) is the need for increased collaboration of researchers from different academic disciplines. The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Network's approach to interdisciplinary research has evolved over the past ten years. One of the most significant changes has been a shift to larger and more integrated project teams. Increased integration in research in the SFM Network has resulted in benefits, particularly in relation to Canada's capacity to address SFM-related research questions and management issues. Key words: sustainable forest management, interdisciplinary, research network, training
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Venier, L. A., C. Hébert, L. De Grandpré, A. Arsenault, R. Walton, and D. M. Morris. "Modelling deadwood supply for biodiversity conservation: Considerations, challenges and recommendations." Forestry Chronicle 91, no. 04 (August 2015): 407–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2015-070.
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There are concerns that deadwood supply (both snags and downed wood) may become a limiting resource for biodiversity conservation as the bio-economy develops. Despite this concern, it remains difficult to monitor all elements of biodiversity to ensure that forest management activities are not reducing deadwood below minimum thresholds. As a dynamic resource, deadwood quantity and quality does change throughout forest succession. Simulation modelling represents one approach to integrating this variability and supporting the refinement of forest management guidelines. In this paper, we review important considerations for developing deadwood models that address biodiversity concerns. These include defining initial conditions, estimating deadwood inputs over time, identifying parameters necessary to represent biodiversity, identifying data available to parameterize, calibrate and validate models, and identifying requirements for model validation and documentation. In addition, we consider how deadwood characteristics such as form, size, state of decay, tree species, cause of mortality and position can be treated in models to represent the full range of biodiversity requirements. Lastly, we review examples of stand-alone and study-specific deadwood modelling approaches to provide a road map for development of a robust, temporally dynamic deadwood model that addresses biodiversity and sustainability issues related to biomass harvest for bioenergy.
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Walters, Michael B., Gary J. Roloff, Catherine R. Henry, Jason P. Hartman, Michael L. Donovan, Evan J. Farinosi, and Melissa D. Starking. "Rethinking Northern Hardwood Forest Management Paradigms with Silvicultural Systems Research: Research–Management Partnerships Ensure Relevance and Application." Journal of Forestry 118, no. 3 (February 5, 2020): 260–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvz071.
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Abstract Well-designed, robust partnerships are important for addressing forest resource problems that intersect diverse ownerships, management, and research expertise. Here, we describe a case study of a research–management partnership. First, we describe the rationale and design of a large-scale, long-term experiment focused on increasing the sustainability and resilience of managed northern hardwoods. With the experiment as context, we next discuss details of the partnership contributing to its success, as well as some challenges. The experiment is a Michigan-wide evaluation of silvicultural alternatives to the current paradigm of selection silviculture. Our goal is to identify combinations of silvicultural treatments that increase the diversity and density of sapling recruits over forested landscapes where deer-browsing pressure and other limiting factors are at play. Pretreatment data from our 140-site study bolstered justification for the research, with sapling and pole classes generally lacking adequate stocking and diversity of desirable species over large geographic extents. We anticipate that the wildlife and forestry research–management model used to develop this project will be useful for other rapidly developing challenges that cannot wait decades to be addressed without potentially catastrophic losses to forest function. Key beneficial elements of our partnership include: (1) sensitivity to information needs at all management levels (i.e., policy to practice), (2) capitalizing on differences in strengths and reward systems of managers and scientists, (3) structured, frequent scientist–manager meetings to maintain focus on research and management application outcomes, (4) long-term relations and support that build trust, and (5) explicit wildlife and forestry collaboration on problems requiring joint expertise. Challenges to our partnership generally revolved around communication, workload, and implementation issues, and were partially alleviated by planning.
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Shvarts, Evgeny A., Mikhail L. Karpachevskiy, Nikolay M. Shmatkov, and Anastasia S. Baybar. "Reforming Forest Policies and Management in Russia: Problems and Challenges." Forests 14, no. 8 (July 26, 2023): 1524. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f14081524.
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The future development of forest industries in Russia, besides the country’s geopolitical issues, could be seriously undermined by the depletion of forest resources available under the current model of forest management that mainly relies on clearcutting mature coniferous forests and leaving these areas for natural regeneration. The introduction of a new model that prioritizes efficient forest regeneration faces many problems on the ground. The efficiency of the use of funds allocated by both governmental and private logging companies for forest regeneration and subsequent tending of young stands should urgently be significantly increased. The government should also develop pragmatic economic incentives to encourage logging concession holders to switch to the new model and to address the problem of the spatial shift (demarginalization) of the country’s forest complex from northern and eastern “green fields” to secondary mixed and southern taiga forests. Instead of harvesting low-productivity northern taiga forests of European Russia and remote areas of Central and Eastern Siberia, wood sourcing should be mainly concentrated in the immediate vicinity of existing mills. Moreover, the development of “greenfield” projects in wilderness forest areas that currently lack any kind of infrastructure should not be encouraged. The focus on the regions with productive southern taiga, mixed and broadleaf forests, developed wood-processing infrastructure, and high forest roads density could ensure the economically beneficial transition towards resilient forestry.
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Arifanti, Virni Budi, Frida Sidik, Budi Mulyanto, Arida Susilowati, Tien Wahyuni, Subarno, Yulianti, et al. "Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Mangrove Management in Indonesia: A Review." Forests 13, no. 5 (April 29, 2022): 695. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13050695.
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Mangroves are an important ecosystem that provides valuable social, economic, and environmental services. Indonesia has placed mangroves on its national priority agenda in an important effort to sustainably manage this ecosystem and achieve national climate commitments. However, mangrove management is faced with complex challenges encompassing social, ecological, and economic issues. In order to achieve the government’s commitments and targets regarding mangrove restoration and conservation, an in-depth study on and critical review of mangrove management in Indonesia was conducted herein. This work aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and strategic recommendations for sustainable mangrove management in Indonesia. SWOT analysis was carried out to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to mangrove management in Indonesia. To address these gaps, we reviewed the existing policies, current rehabilitation practices, environmental challenges, and research and technology implementations in the field. We found that strategies on mangrove ecosystem protection, such as improving the function and value of mangrove forests, integrating mangrove ecosystem management, strengthening political commitments and law enforcement, involving all stakeholders (especially coastal communities), and advancing research and innovations, are crucial for sustainable mangrove management and to support the national blue carbon agenda.