A combined multi-criteria approach to assess forest management sustainability: an application to the forests of Eastern Macedonia &amp; Thrace Region in Greece

Kazana, Vassiliki; Kazaklis, Angelos; Raptis, Dimitrios; Stamatiou, Christos

doi:10.1007/s10479-020-03751-0

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“…This approach involved grouping countries with comparable profiles based on various characteristics, including their forest resources, economic performance, and environmental performance. Cluster analysis has demonstrated its relevance and utility in forestry research, and its use extends to numerous other scholarly investigations [58][59][60]. In forestry research, cluster analysis has proven invaluable for categorizing and understanding the diversity and similarities among forest ecosystems, management practices, and ecological settings.…”

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“…In forestry research, cluster analysis has proven invaluable for categorizing and understanding the diversity and similarities among forest ecosystems, management practices, and ecological settings. Researchers have found it particularly useful for grouping regions or forests with similar profiles based on various characteristics, such as tree species composition, ecological factors, management strategies, and environmental impacts [58,60].…”

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An Empirical Analysis of Relationships between Forest Resources and Economic and Green Performances in the European Union

Vărzaru,

Bocean

2023

Forests

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The growing concern for environmental sustainability drives efforts toward balancing economic growth with responsible resource management. Forests represent invaluable green assets central to combating climate change and supporting biodiversity. This research investigates the intricate interaction between forest resources and economic and green performances within the European Union (EU). The European Union, as a conglomerate of diverse member states with varying forest endowments and economic contexts, provides a rich framework for examining these connections. This paper applies structural equation modeling (SEM) and cluster analysis to a dataset collected from Eurostat. This study’s empirical findings underscore the multidimensional relationship between forest resources and green and economic performances. The findings reveal significant positive relationships between economic and green performances and forest resources and a negative relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and forest resources, implying a decline in GHG while green and economic performances increase. Cluster analysis identifies distinct groups of EU countries exhibiting similar profiles concerning forest management and economic and green performances. The cluster analysis results highlight the necessity for tailored strategies and policy benchmarking that acknowledge the heterogeneity of EU member states and their unique combinations of forest resources, economic structures, and ecological commitments.

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An Empirical Analysis of Relationships between Forest Resources and Economic and Green Performances in the European Union

Vărzaru,

Bocean

2023

Forests

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“…Their methodology allowed the evaluation of the potential of the Natura 2000 Network to provide recreation services in the region and the identification of sites where tourism activities could be developed and improved, respecting biodiversity conservation criteria. Kazana et al [13] combined GIS, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy analysis to assess sustainable forest management considering conflicts and interests of different stakeholders in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region in Northern Greece. They accessed the performance of seven forest management strategies at the regional level and calculated an Overall Forest Sustainability Performance Index in each of the study areas.…”

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“…In addition to scores, level of conflict is highlighted by a color gradient from dark red (high level of conflict) and dark blue (low level). Results are normalized (percentage) scores obtained applying Equation(13).…”

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A Goal Programming Model to Guide Decision-Making Processes towards Conservation Consensuses

Castro-Pardo

Azevedo

2021

Sustainability

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In this paper we propose a goal programming model that provides a consensual aggregated solution minimizing conflicts to guide multi-stakeholder decision-making processes and generates information regarding stakeholder groups to be exploited for negotiation purposes. This model permits to quantify variations in conflicts when the relative contribution of each criteria changes and gives insight to negotiation strategies with application in conservation areas. A dataset of a case study in the Meseta Ibérica Biosphere Reserve (Portugal-Spain) was used to test and validate the model. Fifty people belonging to four groups (scientists, government, farmers and businesspersons) assessed 20 management objectives in four dimensions: conservation, logistical support, development, and governance. The results showed the highest conflicts to be found for fauna and flora, education, and guarantees objectives while the most conflictive groups were scientists and farmers. The proposed model substantially reduced the global and intergroup conflicts associated to the same objectives, modelling the weights assigned to each objective in each dimension to find the most consensual/least conflictive solutions. This model can be a useful tool to improve complex decision-making processes in conservation areas with strong conflicts between stakeholders, such as transboundary biosphere reserves.

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“…The input values should be checked for acceptable consistency. In the third stage, the output is a ranking which is prioritized indicating the overall preference of each of the decision alternatives [19]. Consequently, AHP can provide a quantitative measure of the importance of SWOT factors for this study.…”

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Determining Ecotourism Strategies: The Case Study of Greek Forest villages

Stamatiou

Liampas

Drosos

2020

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This paper presents a combination of SWOT and AHP analyses of forest recreation destinations. Recreation is one of the numerous services provided by forest ecosystems. In Greece, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food created seven forest environmental settlements called "Forest Villages" in order to facilitate the short-term residence in forest ecosystems. In each Forest Village, there are about twenty wood frame homes or log homes adapted to the natural environment. This project was successful and many individuals built their private wooden lodges in areas close to forests or areas of ecotouristic interest. In this paper, 32 "Forest Villages" are studied as a network, the -Forest Village Network-, in order to evaluate the factors for strategic planning and to utilise them in developing effective strategies for the growth of the network.

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A combined multi-criteria approach to assess forest management sustainability: an application to the forests of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace Region in Greece

Cited by 11 publications

References 61 publications

An Empirical Analysis of Relationships between Forest Resources and Economic and Green Performances in the European Union

An Empirical Analysis of Relationships between Forest Resources and Economic and Green Performances in the European Union

A Goal Programming Model to Guide Decision-Making Processes towards Conservation Consensuses

Determining Ecotourism Strategies: The Case Study of Greek Forest villages

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