Herbert Kaufman's Forest Ranger Thirty Years Later: From Simplicity and Homogeneity to Complexity and Diversity

Tipple, Terence J.; Wellman, J. Douglas

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“…Also some conflicts may occur when striving to achieve the objectives (cf. Twight andLyden 1988, Tipple andWellman 1991). But as in this study, some diversity has been discovered, and consequently potential for change and adaptability does exist.…”

Section: Dealing With Contradictionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…biodiversity protection), general societal changes such as urbanizing and the evolving of multiple-stakeholder problems have revolutionized the working agenda of forestry professionals (Twight and Lyden 1988, Tipple and Wellman 1991, Hoogstra et al 2004, Hoogstra and Schanz 2008. As a consequence, more sophisticated substance and methodological expertise is nowadays needed to solve multi-dimensional and ill-defined problems in the field of forestry.…”

Section: Scope Of the Concept Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

Hokajärvi¹,

Hujala²,

Leskinen³

et al. 2009

Silva Fenn.

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Recent and ongoing societal changes have brought about a need to foster multiple-use forestry and to strengthen customer orientation in family forestry outreach. The study assesses how forest management planning in family forest holdings could be developed to tackle these challenges. The approach introduces a new way of evaluating the effectiveness of information-and communication-based policy instruments. Here, the cultural-historical activity theory is applied in studying the interwoven practices of present-day planning and the associated advisory services targeted at landowners. The data, comprising semi-structured in-depth interviews with 19 professional planners, were qualitatively examined, and a forest management planning activity model was constructed with the emphasis placed on the inherent contradictions of planning work. As the main contradiction, the forest and the forest owner compete as objects. The aims of making the forest productive and advising the landowners towards an increased activeness motivate forest management planning but the planners feel that they lack the opportunity to respond to the needs of the landowner. A wood-productionemphasizing interpretation of the benefits to the national economy frustrates the policy goal of genuinely promoting the goals of multiple-use forestry. The conclusion drawn is that the actors engaged in forest management planning can reveal the needs for change by discussing their opinions and practical innovations. This can be done with the aid of facilitation by e.g. researchers oriented to developmental work study.

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Section: Dealing With Contradictionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Scope Of the Concept Of Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

Hokajärvi¹,

Hujala²,

Leskinen³

et al. 2009

Silva Fenn.

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“…Although there has been substantial research devoted to comparing the knowledge of natural resource users with that of scientists (Berkes 1999, Davis and Ruddle 2010, Raymond et al 2010, less attention has been devoted to examining the knowledge used by government natural resource managers. Agency professionals typically have substantial training in a natural science discipline related to the mission of their agency, for example, most employees of forestry agencies in the U.S. have bachelors or master's degrees in forestry or other relevant natural resource management disciplines, such as range management or wildlife biology (Kaufman 1960, Tipple and Wellman 1991, Koontz 2007. However, their primary responsibilities are not to engage in research or scholarship, but to implement programs designed by their respective agencies.…”

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Professional ecological knowledge: an unrecognized knowledge domain within natural resource management

Fleischman¹,

Briske²

2016

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Successful natural resource management is dependent on effective knowledge exchange and utilization. Local/traditional/ indigenous knowledge derived from place-based experience and scientific knowledge generated by systematic inquiry are the most commonly recognized knowledge domains. However, we propose that many natural resource decisions are not based on local or scientific knowledge, but rather on a little recognized domain that we term professional ecological knowledge (PEK). Professional ecological knowledge is founded upon codification of broad ecological principles, but not necessarily scientific evidence, to legitimize agency programs, support operational efficiency, and encourage user compliance. However, in spite of these benefits, PEK may reduce program effectiveness by inhibiting the exchange of local and scientific knowledge and minimizing the development of evidence-based conservation. We describe what we consider to be common facets of PEK through case studies examining the sources of knowledge utilized by forestry agencies in India and by rangeland conservation programs of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service. Three propositions are presented regarding the origins and continued existence of PEK: (1) minimal information feedbacks regarding the efficacy of agency programs contributes to development of PEK; (2) a narrow scientific agenda and a perception that most scientific knowledge is not relevant to management decisions encourages a divide between scientists and managers; and (3) political interests often benefit from existing applications of PEK. By calling attention to the existence of PEK as a distinctive knowledge domain, we aim to encourage more explicit and critical consideration of the origins of knowledge used in environmental decision making. Explicit recognition of PEK may provide greater understanding of the dynamics of knowledge exchange and decision making in natural resource management.

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“…In contrast to previous generations, through more open processes of forest governance, the principal actors in contemporary forest management are now compelled to interact with many more issues and forces that cross jurisdictional lines, disciplinary divides, and cultural landscapes (Tipple and Wellman 1991). A movement toward more openness within governance institutions is also mirrored within the physical sciences side of ecosystem management where flexibility and adaptation are now commonly accepted concepts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This opening up of the institutional context through civic engagement matters because local and contextual changes have transformed bureaucratic forest resource agencies in Canada and the U.S. over the past decades. The relatively closed system of the past appears to be, however slowly, opening up through a series of new policies and processes that increase public involvement and the need to address a broader range of ecological values (Tipple and Wellman 1991).…”

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Taking the pulse of civic engagement in forest management

Parkins¹

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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Outdated and unresponsive institutional arrangements are the greatest single obstacle to the achievement of sustainable forestry in Canada. More open civic engagement processes and institutional arrangements are now emerging, however, compelling traditional actors to interact with many more issues and social forces. This article introduces a way of understanding and evaluating civic engagement processes for this special issue on civic engagement in forest management. It reviews the articles for this special issue and critically assesses where we have come from and where we might need to go as forest governance continues to evolve and meet the challenges of a 21 st Century Canada.Key words: institutional arrangements, sustainable forestry, forest governance, civic engagement, public participation, evaluation RÉSUMÉ Les ententes réglementaires obsolètes et inadéquates constituent le plus important obstacle à la réalisation de la foresterie durable au Canada. Des processus d'implication civique plus ouverts et de nouvelles ententes réglementaires sont de plus en plus présents, mais forcent les acteurs traditionnels à se mesurer à plus d' enjeux et à des forces sociales plus nombreuses. Cet article introduit une façon de comprendre et d' évaluer les processus d'implication civique qui sont à la base de ce numéro spécial sur l'implication civique au Canada. Il effectue une révision des articles formant ce numéro spécial et évalue de façon critique le chemin parcouru à ce jour et vers quoi nous nous dirigeons alors que la gestion des forêts continuera d' évoluer et de faire face aux défis du XXI e siècle au Canada.

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Herbert Kaufman's Forest Ranger Thirty Years Later: From Simplicity and Homogeneity to Complexity and Diversity

Cited by 65 publications

References 10 publications

Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

Effectiveness of sermon policy instruments: forest management planning practices applying the activity theory approach

Professional ecological knowledge: an unrecognized knowledge domain within natural resource management

Taking the pulse of civic engagement in forest management

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