The Bio-Based Economy: Dynamics Governing Transition Pathways in the Swedish Forestry Sector

Bennich, Thérèse; Belyazid, Salim; Kopainsky, Birgit; Diemer, Arnaud

doi:10.3390/su10040976

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“…Ownership autonomy Address forest owner reluctance to adopt alternative silvicultural prescriptions due to concerns that higher biodiversity will increase government control (Bjärstig and Kvastegård 2016;Bennich et al 2018) Adaptive management & monitoring Use different management objectives as an opportunity to test and resolve key uncertainties, and actively monitor the effects of new policies (Lindenmayer and Likens 2009;Rist et al 2013) Practice (system characteristics and feedbacks)…”

Section: Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping pace with forestry: Multi-scale conservation in a changing production forest matrix

Felton¹,

Löfroth²,

Angelstam

et al. 2019

Ambio

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The multi-scale approach to conserving forest biodiversity has been used in Sweden since the 1980s, a period defined by increased reserve area and conservation actions within production forests. However, two thousand forest-associated species remain on Sweden's red-list, and Sweden's 2020 goals for sustainable forests are not being met. We argue that ongoing changes in the production forest matrix require more consideration, and that multiscale conservation must be adapted to, and integrated with, production forest development. To make this case, we summarize trends in habitat provision by Sweden's protected and production forests, and the variety of ways silviculture can affect biodiversity. We discuss how different forestry trajectories affect the type and extent of conservation approaches needed to secure biodiversity, and suggest leverage points for aiding the adoption of diversified silviculture. Sweden's long-term experience with multi-scale conservation and intensive forestry provides insights for other countries trying to conserve species within production landscapes.

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Section: Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping pace with forestry: Multi-scale conservation in a changing production forest matrix

Felton¹,

Löfroth²,

Angelstam

et al. 2019

Ambio

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“…In addition to visualizing the structure of the system on the basis of hypotheses, the approach allows to outline problem areas, formulate topics for further research, identify areas of risk and uncertainty (Stave & Kopainsky, 2015). Flow Diagrams are used to perform quantitative analysis of complex systems (Bennich et al, 2018). These charts use three types of variables: stocks (drives), flows, and dynamic variables -to reflect the accumulation and instant causative relationships.…”

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“…To confirm the reliability of the constructed CLD, we applied another system dynamics tool, namely, a Stock and flow diagram (SFD) (Bennich et al, 2018). The proposed SFD is based on the assumption that the main indicator of the efficiency of the mechanism for stimulating energy saving in buildings is the number of buildings in which the ESM have been introduced throughout the year.…”

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Modeling the Process of Ecologization Investments in Energy Saving in Residential and Public Buildings of Cities by Using the Method of System Dynamics

Fedoruk

Zahvoyska²

2018

JEE

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Using the method of system dynamics, hypotheses about functioning of the mechanism of energy saving stimulation in buildings and its ecologization tools have been proposed and tested. The results of the survey conducted by domestic and foreign experts were used as the main empirical data for analysis and modeling. The constructed simulation models have allowed to prove the advisability of using multicriteria assessment of energy saving measures effectiveness, as well as to test the recommendations we propose concerning ecologiza- tion of the energy saving process by integrating environmental and social assessments into the rules for making investment decisions. Methods of system dynamics revealed undesirable consequences and points of resistance, which can cause the failure of the proposed intervention.

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“…The method for evaluating territorial embeddedness in the industrial symbiosis, underlines the key drivers for each stakeholder's behavioural patterns [30], triggering the systems dynamic approach through a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD), with a coherent narrative string to demonstrate if in the Dunkirk industrial symbiosis territories influence and are influenced by, the industrial system. We analyse the interactive behaviour, cooperation, institutional productive capacity, organizational strategies and by-product flow exchanges, which allow us to understand the qualitative nature of such interdependences.…”

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confidence: 99%

Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics, a Strategy to Accomplish Complex Analysis: The Dunkirk Case Study

Morales

Diemer

2019

Sustainability

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is presented as an inter-firm organizational strategy with the aim of social innovation that targets material and energy flow optimization but also structural sustainability. In this paper, we present geographical proximity as the theoretical framework used to analyse industrial symbiosis through a methodology based on System Dynamics and the underpinning use of Causal Loop Diagrams, aiming to identify the main drivers and hindrances that reinforce or regulate the industrial symbiosis's sustainability. The understanding of industrial symbiosis is embedded in a theoretical framework that conceptualizes industry as a complex ecosystem in which proximity analysis and stakeholder theory are determinant, giving this methodology a comparative advantage over descriptive statistical forecasting, because it is able to integrate social causal rationality when forecasting attractiveness in a region or individual firm's potential. A successful industrial symbiosis lasts only if it is able to address collective action problems. The stakeholders' influence then becomes essential to the complex understanding of this institution, because by shaping individual behaviour in a social context, industrial symbiosis provides a degree of coordination and cooperation in order to overcome social dilemmas for actors who cannot achieve their own goals alone. The proposed narrative encourages us to draw up scenarios, integrating variables from different motivational value dimensions: efficiency, resilience, cooperation and proximity in the industrial symbiosis. We use the Dunkirk case study to explain the role of geographical systems analysis, identifying loops that reinforce or regulate the sustainability of industrial symbiosis and identifying three leverage points: "Training, workshop and education programs for managers and directors," "Industrial symbiosis governance" and "Agreements in waste regulation conflicts." The social dynamics aims for the consolidation of the network, through stakeholder interaction and explains the local success and failure of every industrial symbiosis through a system dynamics analysis.

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The Bio-Based Economy: Dynamics Governing Transition Pathways in the Swedish Forestry Sector

Cited by 18 publications

References 21 publications

Keeping pace with forestry: Multi-scale conservation in a changing production forest matrix

Keeping pace with forestry: Multi-scale conservation in a changing production forest matrix

Modeling the Process of Ecologization Investments in Energy Saving in Residential and Public Buildings of Cities by Using the Method of System Dynamics

Industrial Symbiosis Dynamics, a Strategy to Accomplish Complex Analysis: The Dunkirk Case Study

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