The Role of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative in Forest Landscape Changes in Texas, USA

Azevedo, João; Wu, X. Ben; Messina, Michael; Williams, J. R.; Fisher, Richard F.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8504-8_16

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“…The results of both studies showed that the magnitude of the predicted surface runoff, water yields, and sediment yields at the watershed outlets were generally small, and that the introduction of SMZs resulted in reduced water and sediment yields at the watershed outlets. Similar SFI results using APEX were reported by Azevedo et al (2008).…”

Section: Apex Large Watershed Scenario Applicationssupporting

confidence: 89%

Invited Review Article: The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) Model: An Emerging Tool for Landscape and Watershed Environmental Analyses

Gassman¹,

Williams²,

Wang³

et al. 2010

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The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model was developed by the Blackland Research and Extension Center in Temple, Texas. APEX is a flexible and dynamic tool that is capable of simulating a wide array of management practices, cropping systems, and other land uses across a broad range of agricultural landscapes, including whole farms and small watersheds. The model can be configured for novel land management strategies, such as filter strip impacts on pollutant losses from upslope crop fields, intensive rotational grazing scenarios depicting movement of cows between paddocks, vegetated grassed waterways in combination with filter strip impacts, and land application of manure removed from livestock feedlots or waste storage ponds. A description of the APEX model is provided, including an overview of all the major components in the model. Applications of the model are then reviewed, starting with livestock manure and other management scenarios performed for the National Pilot Project for Livestock and the Environment (NPP), and then continuing with feedlot, pesticide, forestry, buffer strip, conservation practice, and other management or land use scenarios performed at the plot, field, watershed, or regional scale. The application descriptions include a summary of calibration and/or validation results obtained for the different NPP assessments as well as for other APEX simulation studies. Available APEX GIS-based or Windows-based interfaces are also described, as are forthcoming improvements and additional research needs for the model.

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Section: Apex Large Watershed Scenario Applicationssupporting

confidence: 89%

Invited Review Article: The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) Model: An Emerging Tool for Landscape and Watershed Environmental Analyses

Gassman¹,

Williams²,

Wang³

et al. 2010

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110

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“…Respondents to forestry schemes were generally confident that their schemes effectively achieve criteria for biodiversity, soil, water and social aspects. Studies confirm that forest certification improves forest management practices, and habitat suitability and diversity . However, Elbakidze et al still find variations between regions in Sweden and Russia under FSC certification, due to different levels of ambition rather than differences in local conditions (e.g., level of forest fragmentation or land‐use history, cf.…”

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A global survey of stakeholder views and experiences for systems needed to effectively and efficiently govern sustainability of bioenergy

Stupak

Joudrey

Smith

et al. 2015

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Different governance mechanisms have emerged to ensure biomass and bioenergy sustainability amidst a myriad of related public and private regulations that have existed for decades. We conducted a global survey with 59 questions which examined 192 stakeholders' views and experiences related to (1) the multi-leveled governance to which they are subjected, (2) the impacts of that governance on bioenergy production and trade, and (3) the most urgent areas for improvement of certification schemes. The survey revealed significant support along the whole supply chain for new legislation which uses market-based certification schemes to demonstrate compliance (co-regulation). Some respondents did not see a need for new regulation, and meta-standards is a promising approach for bridging divergent views, especially if other proof than certification will be an option. Most respondents had so far experienced positive or neutral changes to their bioenergy production or trade after the introduction of new sustainability governance. Legislative requirements and a green business profile were important motivations for getting certified, while lack of market advantages, administrative complexity and costs all were barriers of varying importance. A need to include, e.g., regular standard revision and dealing with conflicting criteria was identified by respondents associated with bioenergy schemes. Respondents associated with forestry schemes saw less need for revisions, but some were interested in supply chain sustainability criteria. Significant differences among schemes suggest it is crucial in the future to examine the tradeoffs between certification costs, schemes' inclusiveness, the quality of their substantive and procedural rules, and the subsequent effectiveness on-the-ground.

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“…Initiative in the United States, for example, several biodiversity-and water-related processes, criteria, and indicators can only be addressed from a landscape perspective (Azevedo et al 2008). …”

Section: Changes In Forest Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forest landscape ecology and global change: an introduction

Azevedo

Pinto

Perera

2014

Forest Landscapes and Global Change

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The Role of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative in Forest Landscape Changes in Texas, USA

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Invited Review Article: The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) Model: An Emerging Tool for Landscape and Watershed Environmental Analyses

Invited Review Article: The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) Model: An Emerging Tool for Landscape and Watershed Environmental Analyses

A global survey of stakeholder views and experiences for systems needed to effectively and efficiently govern sustainability of bioenergy

Forest landscape ecology and global change: an introduction

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