Problem structuring in participatory forest planning

Khadka, Chiranjeewee; Hujala, Teppo; Wolfslehner, Bernhard; Vacik, Harald

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2012.09.008

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“…Thus, the uncertainty regarding the consequences of alternative policy choices, the conflict between contradictory values, and the multiplicity of people concerned about policy decisions all mean that the use of other decision-making tools is required [16]. The joint use of multi-criteria analysis (MCA) with participatory approaches (PA) (Several studies dealing with participation techniques and processes have been carried out with regard to natural resources management [13,14,29,30] and in forestry decision-making [10,31,32]) has turned out to be of paramount importance for forestry issues [8]. The combination of social techniques with MCA (Mendoza and Martins [33] carried out a review of MCDA methods that have been applied to processes related to natural resources and forests, establishing a classification of MCA methods based on a previous work of Belton and Stewart [34]) ones improves the understanding of the results from an analysis and clarifies the positions of the stakeholders involved in the process.…”

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Participatory Multi-Criteria Assessment of Forest Planning Policies in Conflicting Situations: The Case of Tenerife

Acosta

Quintana

2015

Forests

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Sustainable forest planning should involve the participation of stakeholder communities in the decision-making process. This participation can help avoid the possible rejection of new planning measures. In this paper, the decision-making process to implement regulations on the use of forest tracks on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) is analyzed. In recent years, the number of people using the island's forest environments has notably increased, leading to conflicts between different users of the tracks; as a result, the Island Council of Tenerife is working on regulating these pathways. This paper describes the framing analysis, design, and implementation of a participatory multi-criteria approach to explore, together with stakeholders, the best policy alternatives related to forest planning and management issues of forest track use. To do this, a set of tools has been developed, consisting of institutional analysis, participatory methods, and multi-criteria assessment techniques.

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Section: Literature and Method: A Participatory Multi-criteria Framewmentioning

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Participatory Multi-Criteria Assessment of Forest Planning Policies in Conflicting Situations: The Case of Tenerife

Acosta

Quintana

2015

Forests

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“…These authors proposed the use of SODA to support definition of impact categories in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment -LCSA. Khadka et al (2013) review the use of PSM in participatory forest planning, and they suggested the use of SODA to support such decisions. Mulliner et al (2013) proposes the use of SODA methodology to determine relevant criteria and alternatives for assessment of sustainable housing affordability.…”

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Analysis of electronic waste reverse logistics decisions using Strategic Options Development Analysis methodology: A Brazilian case

Guarnieri

Silva

Levino

2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…and of its effects on the forest sector. The workshop was also structured to enhance knowledge exchange between individuals acting at different levels of forest management, facilitating group learning and enabling better adaptation capacity in the forest sector, similar to problem-structuring methods (Khadka et al 2013). Benefitting from participants' inputs, experiences and context, we were able to assess shared elements (as well as those that are biome specific) in terms of perceived barriers and elements favouring adaptation.…”

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Climate change and the forest sector: Perception of principal impacts and of potential options for adaptation

MorinMathieu¹,

KneeshawDaniel²,

DoyonFrédérik³

et al. 2015

The Forestry Chronicle

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As evidence points to the importance of climate change (CC) impacts on forests, it is critical to understand how forestry and forest-dependent communities will be affected. People active in the Quebec forest sector were consulted about their perceptions on the most important potential impacts and adaptation measures. Preoccupations covered many aspects of natural ecosystems, forest-based communities, and industries. Expected impacts and adaptation measures were grouped according to biomes and sectors. Prioritized impacts included increases in extreme meteorological events and natural disturbances. Impacts were also expected for human or economic systems such as reductions in wood volume and quality, difficulties in accessing forests, and additional costs for forest operations. Adaptation was perceived to come from new policies, a greater awareness, and local and regional adjustments to forest operations and management. Identified barriers to adaptation included lack of knowledge or understanding of CC impacts, lack of scientific support and knowledge transfer, and lack of leadership in CC issues at a regional scale. This synthesis will help orient future needs in climate-sensitive forest management planning and identify ways to increase adaptive capacity of the forest sector.Keywords: climate change, adaptation measures, impacts, perception, barriers to adaptation, forest management, Quebec, Canada, forest sector RÉSUMÉLes impacts des changements climatiques (CCs) sur la forêt sont déjà observés et iront en s'amplifiant dans le futur. Dans ce contexte, il importe de comprendre comment les communautés et l'industrie forestière seront affectées. Des professionnels du secteur forestier québécois ont été consultés lors d'un atelier afin de recueillir leurs perceptions des impacts potentiels des CCs et des possibles mesures d'adaptation. Les préoccupations touchaient les écosystèmes naturels, ainsi que les collectivités et l'industrie forestière. Les impacts identifiés incluaient l'augmentation des évènements météorologiques extrêmes et des perturbations naturelles, une diminution quantitative et qualitative du bois, ainsi que de plus grandes difficultés d'accès aux territoires et des coûts additionnels pour les opérations. Les mesures d'adaptation pourraient comprendre de nouvelles règlementations, une meilleure sensibilisation aux enjeux, et des ajustements locaux et régionaux dans la gestion et les opérations. Les barrières à l'adaptation identifiées incluaient une faible compréhension des enjeux au niveau des intervenants du milieu forestier, ainsi qu'un manque de soutien scientifique, de transfert des connaissances, et de leadership à l' échelle régionale. Cette synthèse aidera à orienter les besoins en matière de planification et de gestion et à identifier des solutions pour augmenter la capacité d'adaptation du secteur forestier. Mots

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Problem structuring in participatory forest planning

Cited by 30 publications

References 63 publications

Participatory Multi-Criteria Assessment of Forest Planning Policies in Conflicting Situations: The Case of Tenerife

Participatory Multi-Criteria Assessment of Forest Planning Policies in Conflicting Situations: The Case of Tenerife

Analysis of electronic waste reverse logistics decisions using Strategic Options Development Analysis methodology: A Brazilian case

Climate change and the forest sector: Perception of principal impacts and of potential options for adaptation

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