Challenges of municipal greening and multifunctional forest management: The case of Finland

Mattila, Osmo; Häyrinen, Liina; Tervo, Mikko; Toppinen, Anne; Berghäll, Sami

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2015.09.007

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“…The selection of trees to be cut is often inconsiderate and without the support of reliable health condition analysis or risk evaluation. The compromise between risk and biodiversity is a challenge for road managers, and forestry service markets do not fully support multifunctional aims [58]. Meanwhile, researchers point out that there is a possibility to avoid the cutting of old road alleys and ensure traffic safety at the same time [59][60][61].…”

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Transit versus Nature. Depreciation of Environmental Values of the Road Alleys. Case Study: Gamerki-Jonkowo, Poland

Suchocka

Błaszczyk

Juźwiak³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Road alleys are multifunctional features in open landscapes that serve as ecological corridors connecting habitats, and play an important role in sustaining ecological stability. However, multiple road authorities claim that tree-lined routes pose a threat to traffic safety and should therefore be removed. This aspect of safety seems crucial to authorities, significantly overwhelming the benefits of road alleys. Problems with the vitality of the trees (which are mainly mature and aging) deliver arguments for cutting them down. The aim of this paper is to examine the environmental and natural value of road alleys based on a 14 km long section of the Gamerki—Jonkowo Road in the Province of Warmia (Northeast Poland). Further, we aim to verify the degree of hazard posed by trees to be felled for safety reasons. An examination framework with six components was developed for the research. This framework includes a tree risk assessment and vitality evaluation, pulling tests, an examination of the protected hermit beetle and lichen species, and an examination of bat fauna. The results revealed that no trees were in the resignation phase and confirmed that the alley is a unique natural habitat with protected species of lichen, a few bats, and valuable insect species, among others the hermit beetle (Osmoderma barnabita). Therefore, the alley cannot be perceived only as a component of the road infrastructure. The maintenance of the trees seems to be essential when taking into account the environmental stability of the region.

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Transit versus Nature. Depreciation of Environmental Values of the Road Alleys. Case Study: Gamerki-Jonkowo, Poland

Suchocka

Błaszczyk

Juźwiak³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…The aforementioned human needs in relation to forest use have evolved (e.g., [5][6][7][8]) and they have changed with the progress of civilization, from the initial pragmatic needs (e.g., fuel, food reserves) to the current ones, also including higher-level needs (e.g., aesthetic values, nature conservation, hobbies). This is associated with more free time being available than in the past, the increasing wealth of society, and the rise of environmental consciousness (e.g., [2,6,[9][10][11]). Additionally, current trends in tourism, which most strongly affect the use of urban and suburban forests, are linked to a return to nature, care for health (e.g., active pastimes, activation of elderly people), and a polarization of interests [2,8,9,12].…”

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“…Picking of forest fruits is simultaneously of recreational value (e.g., [6,7,9,38]). Timber harvesting brings some material benefits [6,9,11,22,39], but in developed countries, it is usually less important than the social functions of forests (e.g., [1,3,6,22]). Hunting is the activity the least frequently mentioned [6,30,38,40,41].…”

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Management and Social Problems Linked to the Human Use of European Urban and Suburban Forests

Referowska-Chodak¹

2019

Forests

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This review regards the management and social problems in European urban and suburban forests linked to their maintenance and human use. They can be divided into major categories: forest management problems (e.g., the low priority of urban forestry, various or diffused urban forest management, lack of management plans or lack of sufficient funds); the social reception of forest works and forests (e.g., emotional reactions to total clear-cutting, negative evaluation of logging traces, negative evaluation of poor tourist infrastructure, specific expectations concerning a model forest: e.g., tall, of low density, mixed, old); and relations between forest users (problems related to e.g., crowding, fast-moving people, the presence of dogs, littering, thefts or noisy behaviour). Here, special attention is paid to problems and negative interactions, as they are challenges to forest management, as well as to the development of plans, strategies, and policies, both in relation to existent forests and those planned in various parts of Europe. Taking into account the feelings and expectations of forest users concerning forests, forest works/management, and infrastructure, as well as their attitude to other forest users, may reduce conflicts concerning various kinds of forest perception and use, and (with the support of societal education) may help to increase the sense of social responsibility for the “shared” forests. The presented findings are expected to be practical and useful for the management of urban and suburban forests, regardless of the location, as a type of checklist of possible problems, that may prove to be important and up-to-date in a particular location.

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Assessment of the concept of forest functions in Central European forestry

Bončina

Simončič

Rosset

2019

Environmental Science & Policy

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Challenges of municipal greening and multifunctional forest management: The case of Finland

Cited by 8 publications

References 31 publications

Transit versus Nature. Depreciation of Environmental Values of the Road Alleys. Case Study: Gamerki-Jonkowo, Poland

Transit versus Nature. Depreciation of Environmental Values of the Road Alleys. Case Study: Gamerki-Jonkowo, Poland

Management and Social Problems Linked to the Human Use of European Urban and Suburban Forests

Assessment of the concept of forest functions in Central European forestry

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