Indicator development in sustainability impact assessment: balancing theory and practice

Pülzl, Helga; Prokofieva, Irina; Berg, Staffan; Rametsteiner, Ewald; Aggestam, Filip; Wolfslehner, Bernhard

doi:10.1007/s10342-011-0547-8

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“…The format which new indicators' need to follow is described in Pülzl et al (2013). This possibility was used to define both the FWC and RC, with carbon in timber products and carbon in reindeer products being the material flow.…”

Section: Tosia Application For Forest Wood Chains (Fwc) and Reindeer mentioning

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Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Berg¹,

Valinger²,

Lind³

et al. 2016

Silva Fenn.

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T., Suominen T., Tuomasjukka D. (2016). Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden. Silva Fennica vol. 50 no. 1 article id 1384. 16 p. Highlights• Forestry adapted to reindeer husbandry results in: potential economic improvement of reindeer husbandry, potential reduced cuttings in forestry and reduced wood flow to industry, reduced gross value added for forest industry and increased carbon storage in standing forest. AbstractForestry in Malå, northern Sweden, coexists with other land uses. Reindeer husbandry is in the area for centuries and requires large areas of grazing land. Competing land uses may threaten the Malå Sami village. The aim of the study was to evaluate increased consideration in forest management towards 1) reindeer husbandry, 2) nature and 3) a combination of the two. These scenarios were compared with forest management as it was in 2009. Results indicate that all three scenarios lead to a decrease in annual harvesting volumes of 0.2 to 0.4 million m 3 . Forest industry dominated the economic viability in the area. Forest management adapted to the needs of reindeer husbandry resulted in less potential for yearly harvest, employment and profits from forest industry. On the other hand, it led to an increase in growing stock and consequently the potential for carbon sequestration over time. Indeed the increased sequestration would compensate for all fossil emissions of carbon from the Forest Wood Chain (FWC). The nature scenario had minor effects on economic result and on the emissions of fossil carbon. The combined scenario gave a reduced economic performance for the FWC. A scenario based on forest management accommodating the needs of reindeer husbandry gave the best economic result for the reindeer chain, due to high survival rate of the reindeer. However the economic importance of reindeer husbandry in the region was small compared to the FWC. Results from scenario analysis could serve as a platform for mutual understanding between stakeholders.

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Section: Tosia Application For Forest Wood Chains (Fwc) and Reindeer mentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Berg¹,

Valinger²,

Lind³

et al. 2016

Silva Fenn.

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“…One critical success factor is the research and development process that ultimately leads to the tool (Weaver and Rotmans 2006, Reed 2008, Bell et al 2012, Pülzl et al 2012). Many of these processes are iterative learning processes with nonlinear links between goal definition, design, and implementation (Woodward et al 2008).…”

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Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Triste¹,

Marchand²,

Debruyne³

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Adoption of sustainability assessment tools in agricultural practice is often disappointing. One of the critical success factors for adoption is the tool development process. Because scientific attention to these development processes and insights about them are rather limited, we aimed to foster the scientific debate on this topic. This was done by reflecting on the development process of a Flemish sustainability assessment tool, MOTIFS. MOTIFS was developed with the aim of becoming widely adopted by farmers and farm advisors, but this result was not achieved. Our reflection process showed success factors favoring and barriers hindering tool adoption. These were grouped into three clusters of lessons learned for sound tool development: (1) institutional embeddedness, (2) ownership, and (3) tool functions. This clustering allowed us to formulate actions for researchers on the following aspects: (1) learning from stakeholders and end users, (2) providing coaching for appropriate tool use, and (3) structuring development of different tool types and exploring spin-offs from existing tools. We hope these normative results evoke other researchers to feed a debate on understanding tool development.

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“…In addition to MCPFE indicators (MCPFE 2007) and those proposed for whole chain analysis within EFORWOOD (Pülzl et al 2012), specific economic, environmental, or social indicators have been used in this special feature for the different forest case studies reported in several papers, e.g., marketable wood production, land expectation value, water quality, soil fertility, forest vulnerability, recreational values, etc. …”

Section: Sustainability Indicatorsmentioning

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Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest Management Alternatives in Europe: an Introductory Background and Framework

Carnus¹,

Hengeveld²,

Mason³

2012

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ABSTRACT. Adaptation of forest management practices in the context of rapid climatic and socioeconomic changes is a global concern. Stakeholders in the forest-based sector as well as policy makers need improved methods and tools to assess potential impacts of changes in management on sustainability indicators. In this special feature, we introduce a methodological framework for classification of forest management approaches in European forestry and explore how changes in forest management might affect the delivery of various ecosystem goods and services and appropriate sustainability indicators over time and space from local to continental scales. The complementary papers in this special feature explore different aspects of sustainability and risks in representative European forest systems as affected by forest management. We show how a common framework plus supporting growth models and indicators can be used to examine the effects of management on ecosystem services and so provide a first step toward the development of a more integrated approach for strategic forest planning and sustainable use of forest ecosystems.

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Indicator development in sustainability impact assessment: balancing theory and practice

Cited by 36 publications

References 35 publications

Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

Reflection on the development process of a sustainability assessment tool: learning from a Flemish case

Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest Management Alternatives in Europe: an Introductory Background and Framework

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