Decreasing the fragmentation of old forests in landscapes involving multiple ownership in Finland: economic, social and ecological consequences

Kurttila, Mikko; Uuttera, Janne; Mykrä, Sakari; Kurki, Sami; Pukkala, Timo

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(01)00663-6

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“…For example, this is currently practiced in Sweden on land owned by the Swedish-Finnish forest company Stora Enso. How to do this for small forest owners is more difficult to envisage (see however Kurttila et al 2002). Nevertheless, as the maintenance of forest biodiversity continues to be a pressing societal concern, such planning dialogues needs to be established.…”

Section: Challenges For the Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Ecology of species living on dead wood – lessons for dead wood management

Jonsson¹,

Kruys²,

Ranius³

2005

Silva Fenn.

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Dead wood has been identified as a crucial component for forest biodiversity. Recent research has improved our understanding of habitat relations for many species associated with dead wood. However, the consequences for forest management are yet to be explored. In this review we build upon the growing volume of studies on dead wood dependent species, the dynamics of dead wood and ecological theory in order to identify the challenges for forest management at the landscape level. The review has a Fennoscandian focus, but the problems and challenges are similar in many forest ecosystems. We argue that it is necessary to 1) counteract the current shortage in availability of dead wood, 2) concentrate planning at the landscape level in order to minimize isolation and reduce edge effects, 3) create a variety of dead wood types, and 4) utilise available quantitative analytical tools. This calls for new approaches to management that to a large extent includes available knowledge, and to find platforms for planning forested landscapes with diverse holdings.

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Section: Challenges For the Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Ecology of species living on dead wood – lessons for dead wood management

Jonsson¹,

Kruys²,

Ranius³

2005

Silva Fenn.

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“…Crossboundary cooperation, if not actual joint management, could facilitate landscape and individual management objectives. Studies from Scandinavia suggest that collective approaches to landscape management may both protect biodiversity and provide income opportunities to owners (Jumppanen et al, 2003;Kurttila et al, 2002). Such considerations may become essential as parcelization continues to create smaller parcels and more owners (Rickenbach and Gobster, 2003;Mehmood and Zhang, 2001).…”

Section: Benefits Outcomes and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Membership matters: comparing members and non-members of NIPF owner organizations in southwest Wisconsin, USA

Rickenbach

Guries

Schmoldt³

2006

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…This small private forest is broadly distributed throughout the country and structures the rural landscapes; it therefore plays a major ecological role, notably with respect to biodiversity and water flows [1] and, consequently, requires particular attention in rural planning policies. Ecologically efficient regional planning must simultaneously take into account the ecological and landscaping functions of forests and the variety of objectives of the owners concerned [9,26,36,37].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Variability of cutting regimes in small private woodlots of south-western France

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-The small scale forest holdings are very common in Europe, but their management is not well known. The classical principes of forest management and of silviculture being rarely applied, their management is often seen as purely opportunistic, and even chaotic. To overcome this first sight, a detailed analysis of management practices in six private woodlots from two municipalities in south western France was done, with semi-directive interviews of the owners and an dynamic analysis of a chronological series of aerial pictures. The "said" practices (from the interviews) and the "seen" practices (from the aerial pictures) were crossed in a GIS and allowed to build the chronology of logging operations in any points of the woodlots from 1938 to 2003. The data from interviews and from aerial pictures fit together provided useful complementary information. They showed that there were no permanent spatial management unit, the logged areas being defined according to the local and current conditions. The silvicultural strategies and their dynamic have been described. The spatial-temporal complexity of the social and technical factors of the logging decision was acknowledged as a key explanation of the discrepancy between these small scale silvicultural systems and the classical systems.coppice / fragmented forest / forestry practices / logging dynamic Résumé -Variabilité des régimes de coupes dans des taillis de petites forêts fragmentées du sud-ouest de la France. La petite propriété forestière est très commune en Europe, mais sa gestion est mal connue. Les grands principes d'aménagement et de sylviculture la pénétrant très peu, sa gestion est souvent perçue comme purement opportuniste voire chaotique. Pour dépasser cette première approche nous procédons à une analyses fine des pratiques de gestion dans six petits bois privés de deux communes du sud-ouest de la France, au moyen d'entretiens semi-directifs avec les propriétaires et d'analyses d'une série de photos aériennes. Une méthode d'interprétation dynamique des photos aériennes est mise en oeuvre. Les pratiques « dites », les pratiques « observées » et leur croisement dans un SIG permettent de décrire la suite des coupes réalisées en chaque point des six bois de 1938 à 2003. Les données issues des entretiens et des photos se contredisent rarement et se complètent utilement. Nous montrons qu'il n'existe pas d'unités de gestion permanentes, les unités de coupe étant définies de manière conjoncturelle. Nous décrivons les stratégies sylvicoles au moyen de plusieurs indicateurs et montrons leur évolution. L'étude met l'accent sur la complexité de l'organisation spatio-temporelle des coupes et des facteurs techniques et sociaux permettant de l'expliquer, et analyse la cohérence de stratégies sylvicoles en rupture avec les évolutions de la filière-bois internationale.taillis / forêt fragmentée / pratiques forestières / dynamique des coupes

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Decreasing the fragmentation of old forests in landscapes involving multiple ownership in Finland: economic, social and ecological consequences

Cited by 20 publications

References 23 publications

Ecology of species living on dead wood – lessons for dead wood management

Ecology of species living on dead wood – lessons for dead wood management

Membership matters: comparing members and non-members of NIPF owner organizations in southwest Wisconsin, USA

Variability of cutting regimes in small private woodlots of south-western France

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