Developing criteria and indicators for evaluating sustainable forest management: A case study in Kyrgyzstan

Jalilova, Gulnaz; Khadka, Chiranjeewee; Vacik, Harald

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2012.01.010

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“…Acquainting local people with adequate environmental knowledge and raising local awareness about the long-term consequences of environmental degradation ranked first among the set of sustainability criteria. Jalilova et al applied a combination of a topdown and bottom-up approach with multi-criteria analysis (MCA) to identify a set of C&I with different groups of stakeholders in selected sites at the forestry management unit level (leshoz) [16]. A final set of C&I that consist of seven criteria and 45 indicators has been identified for evaluating sustainable forest management (SFM) in the walnutfruit forests in south Kyrgyzstan.…”

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“…The initiative, known as the Bhopal-India process, has over the years endeavored to formulate a working framework for the achievement of the goals of sustainability social-cultural benefits for the communities, enhancing their quality of life. Jalilova et al Developed criteria and indicators for evaluating sustainable forest management in Kyrgyzstan using AHP method [16]. There are a few studied dealt for determining the Criteria and Indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management in Iran such as: Goushegir et al, Zandebasiri and Parvin, Seyd et al, Sadeghi Kaji et al, Goleij et al [17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Mohammadi¹,

Sm²

2018

Forest Res

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The aim of this research is to investigate the sustainability of economic, social and environmental aspects in Iranian Caspian forests. To do so, questionnaires were used for data collection. The questionnaires were distributed among the forestry experts in Guilan province, north of Iran. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Network Analysis (ANP) were used for prioritizing the indicators of sustainable forest management. Investigated criteria and indicators are derived from the Near Middle East Process. The Expert Choice and Super Decision software were used for data analysis. The results of this study showed that the wood products sub-criterion and conservation of biological diversity have been known the most important criteria in the sustainable forest management in the study area using of AHP and ANP. Furthermore, the priorities of the other indicators are different in AHP and ANP. This could be due to the reciprocity relations in the ANP and this method has more strengths than AHP.

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Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Mohammadi¹,

Sm²

2018

Forest Res

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“…It becomes necessary to adapt the questionnaire survey to obtain information that applies to political and technical decisions (Doody et al, 2009). As successful examples, Jalilova et al (2012), using questionnaire survey administered to a local population, validated a set of criteria and indicators developed with public participation. Doody et al (2009) The methodologhy used in this study had four stages.…”

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“…To gather the opinions, interests, and expectations of the participants, indicators are used because they help to reduce the complexity of information, maintain scientific standards, and improve communication (Doody et al, 2009). Recently, the joining of criteria and indicators in public participation processes has been developed in the forest sector (Jalilova & Vacik, 2012). In processes with many participants who are distant from each other and with limited time, it is common to use paper questionnaire survey (Nordström et al, 2010;HerbertKijazi & Kant, 2011) or virtual questionnaire survey (Brown & Weber, 2011).…”

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Participative forest planning: How to obtain knowledge

Bruña

Pérez

2018

For. syst.

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Aim of study: To develop a methodology to obtain knowledge in public participation processes.Area of study: Fonsagrada-Os Ancares (Spain), region located in the northern Iberian Peninsula.Material and methods: This study proposes a new method for generating questionnaire survey in participative forest plan with four stages. The validation of this method is performed in the context of a tactical sub-regional forest plan.Main results: The questionnaires based on criteria and indicators proved to be effective in obtaining key information for planning. The method used offers tools to reach the consensus on natural resource management, through the knowledge gained by selecting relevant information (preferences, opinions, and expectations) from past, present, and future forest activity, focusing on solutions to conflicts.Research highlights: The use of appropriate indicators and criteria in the planning phase allows for obtaining knowledge concerning the preferences and future challenges for forest management.

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“…Today, given the development of geographic information systems (GIS), there is a trend to carry out visual landscape research using computer technology and digital data [15]. For the experts who assume that scenic quality is directly related to landscape diversity or variety, descriptive inventories are much simpler and more valid methods [5,[16][17][18], in contrast with those approaches that involve public preferences and require massive surveys and measurements [19][20][21], while quantitative holistic methods rely on high-resolution DEM or digital aerial images [13,22]. In general, descriptive inventories, public preference models and quantitative holistic methods are the most popular methods of landscape assessment, and they greatly contribute to decision making and landscape management [23].…”

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Developing a Quality Assessment Index System for Scenic Forest Management: A Case Study from Xishan Mountain, Suburban Beijing

Gong

Zhang²,

2015

Forests

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The public's demand for more and better forest landscapes is increasing as scenic forest tours flourish in China, especially in the capital, Beijing. How to improve the quality of scenic forests has become one of the greatest concerns of urban foresters. Although numerous studies have focused on scenic forest management, to date, no reports have been found on developing a quality assessment index system for scenic forest assessment. In this study, a simple and scientific index system was established using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to quantitatively assess scenic forest quality. The index system is composed of four scales: individual tree landscape quality, in-forest landscape quality, near-view forest landscape quality and far-view landscape quality. The in-forest landscape quality was determined by horizontal and vertical stand structures, species composition and under-canopy landscape traits. Near-view forest landscape quality was mainly determined by patch characteristics, seasonal change, visibility, color change of patches and stand age class. To test the validity of our quality assessment index system, scenic forests in Xishan were used as a case study. The results show that near-view forest landscape was the most important scale for the overall quality of the scenic forest, according to the priorities of the criterion layer, and the second most important scale was far-view forest landscape. Seasonal change, patch color contrast, patch distribution and patch shape accounted for 52.2% of the total of 13 indices in the near-view forest landscape. The integrated quality of scenic forests in Xishan was at an average level, OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 226 and the in-forest landscape, near-view landscape and far-view landscape had below average quality.

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Developing criteria and indicators for evaluating sustainable forest management: A case study in Kyrgyzstan

Cited by 74 publications

References 34 publications

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approaches for Forest Sustainability (Case Study: Iranian Caspian Forests)

Participative forest planning: How to obtain knowledge

Developing a Quality Assessment Index System for Scenic Forest Management: A Case Study from Xishan Mountain, Suburban Beijing

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