Is the concept of sustainable forest management still fit for purpose?

Prins, Kit; Köhl, Michael; Linser, Stefanie

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103072

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“…The concept of discourse entered forestry social science in the 1990s (Humphreys 1996, De Jong et al 2017 to help understand forest policy and governance developments. Discourses change over time, reflecting evolving societal demands on forests and forest landscapes, the multiple uses and demands for forest ecosystem benefits, and how these changes influence forest governance and policies at various geographic and stakeholder levels (McGinley et al 2023, Prins et al 2023 Based on the publication of Arts et al (2010), Box 1 provides a pruned overview of nine discourses shaped by global forest issues at the time of their writing. They were, however, not the subject of a broader consensus process but a scientific paper finding.…”

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Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?

Linser,

Lier,

Bastrup-Birk

2023

iForest

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Forest discourses help identify forest-related issues. They aim to aid policy and decision-makers in understanding forest-related challenges and opportunities better so that they may initiate possible strategies and tactics to tackle them. Ideally, information requirements for the forest discourses would be translated into measurable variables, being the basis for collecting, analysing, and reporting data and information. Our study examined the connection between major international forest reporting processes and forest discourses. We analysed summaries and key findings for policy makers of five recent major forest reports. We compared their focus with forest discourses on climate change, forest conservation, deforestation, forest decline, illegal logging, industrial forestry/bioeconomy, traditional knowledge, woody biomass production, and innovative wood-based biofuels. The paper explores how the forest discourses are reflected in the surveyed documents and closely examines the specific focus areas in the summaries for policy makers. The results show that most forest discourses are generally well-represented, albeit with different foci. The discourse on illegal logging could not be identified in any investigated documents, even though it remains a significant concern for international forest policy. Keywords related to traditional knowledge and woody biomass production could not be found in two of the analysed findings. All analysed summaries and key findings mention issues related to the climate change discourse topic. However, they lack information on emissions from deforestation, carbon dioxide emissions and carbon budgets, which are high in political discussions. The paper highlights how discourse issues have gained in complexity both topic-wise and regarding the reporting obligations, as policy and decisionmakers require more timely and comprehensive information about the status' and trends of forests.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?

Linser,

Lier,

Bastrup-Birk

2023

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“…In addition, incorporating biodiversity assessments and indicators into forest management planning is increasingly important for ensuring forest ecosystems' resilience and sustainable functioning [ [17] , [18] , [19] ]. Research has identified stand and landscape-level biodiversity indicators, with stand-level ones being particularly practical and valuable for management plans.…”

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Review and assessment of the potential restoration of ecosystem services through the implementation of the biodiversity management plans for SDG-15 localization

Husain,

Wang,

Pirasteh

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Heliyon

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“…Therefore, under the constraint of the red line of arable land, some scholars have proposed forest management to increase the carbon sequestration capacity of vegetation. Forest management and conservation can significantly improve forest quality and stand structure (Tadesse et al, 2022;Prins et al, 2023). Scientific implementation of sustainable forest management is the most fundamental measure and the most effective way to improve forest quality (Zhou et al, 2021).…”

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The effect of Sloping Land Conversion Program on regional carbon sinks—Empirical analysis based on PSM-DID

Chen,

Gong,

Huang

2024

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The terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink serves as a crucial metric in gauging the carbon sequestration capabilities of ecosystems, forming an intricate bond with the dynamics of land use change.The Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) has caused significant changes in regional land use patterns and has significantly impacted terrestrial ecosystem carbon sinks. By analysing the impacts of the SLCP on the carbon sink effect in Shaanxi Province and revealing the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the regional carbon sink effect, it is of great significance to consolidate the results of SLCP and to clarify the target areas for quality enhancement and sink enhancement of the SLCP. In this paper, based on the panel data of Shaanxi Province from 1992 to 2020, we used the PSM-DID model to analyze the influence of the carbon sink effect of the SLCP and analyze the heterogeneity of the carbon sink effect of the SLCP in Shaanxi Province. We found that the carbon sink effect of the SLCP was significantly positive without excluding other factors, increasing the vegetation carbon sink by 20.20% and the vegetation cover by 46.21%, respectively; after excluding the influence of other factors, the effect of the SLCP on the vegetation carbon sink and the vegetation cover was significantly enhanced, increasing the vegetation carbon sink by 21.42% and the vegetation cover by 53.51%, respectively. Meanwhile, the results of spatial heterogeneity showed that the effect of the SLCP on carbon sinks was most evident in Northern Shaanxi, followed by Southern Shaanxi and Central Shaanxi; the results of temporal heterogeneity showed that the effect of the SLCP on carbon sinks at each stage was significantly positive, and then the positive effect decreased with the change of time, but it was still statistically significant.

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Is the concept of sustainable forest management still fit for purpose?

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?

Key information for forest policy decision-making - Does current reporting on forests and forestry reflect forest discourses?

Review and assessment of the potential restoration of ecosystem services through the implementation of the biodiversity management plans for SDG-15 localization

The effect of Sloping Land Conversion Program on regional carbon sinks—Empirical analysis based on PSM-DID

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