Multifaceted Value Profiles of Forest Owner Categories in South Sweden: The River Helge å Catchment as a Case Study

Richnau, Gustav; Angelstam, Per; Valasiuk, Sviataslau; Zahvoyska, Lyudmyla; Axelsson, Robert; Elbakidze, Marine; Farley, Joshua; Jönsson, Ingemar; Soloviy, Ihor

doi:10.1007/s13280-012-0374-2

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“…55 N, 14 E, Figure 1) as a representative example of the long term general transition from a multi-functional cultural landscape based on animal husbandry, and thus pastures and grasslands [25], to maximum sustained yield forestry and agriculture [26]. This municipality includes the downstream part of the River Helge å drainage basin, which transitions from forest uplands to agricultural lowland areas.…”

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Defining Benchmarks for Restoration of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study Combining the Historical Range of Variability of Habitat and Species’ Requirements

Manton

Angelstam

2018

Sustainability

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Animal husbandry in Europe that sustained once wide-spread semi-natural grasslands has been replaced by maximum sustained yield agriculture and forestry. This transformation coincides with declining populations of species dependent on semi-natural grasslands. A key task is therefore to define benchmarks for landscape restoration in terms of well-planned functional habitat networks, i.e., green infrastructure. Using a representative example of the European landscape gradient between agricultural and forest landscapes in southern Sweden as a case study, we analyzed the historic range of variability of the total area, quality, and size of grassland patches, and compared this to the requirements of focal grassland species. Spatial data covering the past two centuries indicated a 75-80% loss of total grassland area. Three factors affected the functionality of grasslands as green infrastructure. First, during the period 1927-1976, the loss of all grassland areas with high nature values was 41-59%. Second, as a measure of alteration, the number of semi-natural grassland types declined from 5 to 1. Third, to address habitat fragmentation, an analysis of changes in grassland patch size showed that patches sufficiently large to support local populations of complete focal grasslands species assemblages declined by 89-100%. The cumulative effect of loss, alteration, and fragmentation over the past two centuries indicates that the functionality of semi-natural grasslands has declined by at least 98%. However, this estimate does not consider land use changes before 1800, reduced connectivity, and altered biotic and abiotic processes in both semi-natural grasslands and the surrounding matrix. We stress the need to define the historic range of variability as a benchmark in relation to species' requirements to maintain semi-natural grasslands as green infrastructure. Finally, integrated land management and governance that support multi-functionality of grasslands is needed.

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Defining Benchmarks for Restoration of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study Combining the Historical Range of Variability of Habitat and Species’ Requirements

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Angelstam

2018

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“…The Model Forest concept focuses on communicative and collaborative approaches, mixing local, traditional, and scientific knowledge in a transdisciplinary multistakeholder and multi-functional manor (Bonnell et al 2012;Ho et al 2014). Other landscape initiatives, such as the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (Esselin 2014;Richnau et al 2013) have approaches that in similar ways encompass bottomup perspectives, transparency and collaboration.…”

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“…Examples include the EU Leader programme (Ray 2000; Swedish Board of Agriculture 2016), the Natura 2000 (SEPA 2016), the Biosphere Reserve (Richnau et al 2013), the river catchment-based planning within the European Water Framework Directive (Hammer et al 2011;Lundmark & Jonsson 2014), and the Model Forest initiative (Bonnell et al 2012;Ho et al 2014). Most of those landscape approaches aim to reach sustainable resource management and development of social capital, democracy and dialogue (Esselin 2014).…”

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Opportunities for Integrated Landscape Planning – the Broker, the Arena, the Tool

Carlsson

Lidestav

Bjärstig

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As an integrated social and ecological system, the forest landscape includes multiple values. The need for a landscape approach in land use planning is being increasingly advocated in research, policy and practice. This paper explores how institutional conditions in the forest policy and management sector can be developed to meet demands for a multifunctional landscape perspective. Departing from obstacles recognised in collaborative planning literature, we build an analytical framework which is operationalised in a Swedish context at municipal level. Our case illustrating this is Vilhelmina Model Forest, where actual barriers and opportunities for a multiple-value landscape approach are identified through 32 semi-structured interviews displaying stakeholders' views on forest values, ownership rights and willingness to consider multiple values, forest policy and management premises, and collaboration. As an opportunity to overcome the barriers, we suggest and discuss three key components by which an integrated landscape planning approach could be realized in forest management planning: the need for a landscape coordinator (broker), the need for a collaborative forum (arena), and the development of the existing forest management plan into an advanced multifunctional landscape plan (tool).

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“…Multiple uses of forests are highlighted as the conservational, recreational and spiritual values of forest have increasingly become part of the current sustainable forest management paradigm [13,14].…”

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Sustainable forest development: problems and prospects

Ikonnikova¹,

Gorkin²,

Петрик³

2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends of Technologies and Innovations in Economic and Social Studies 2017

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Abstract-Russia is the largest forest power in the world, it accounts for a quarter of the world's forest cover. Occupying almost half of the territory of the country, forests provide environmental safety and are one of the most important factors of socio-economic development. In modern conditions, the problems of conservation and use of forests are becoming more complex and require the modification of existing approaches to forest management, which should be implemented on the basis of the principles of sustainable development. State forest policy should be based on the recognition and respect of the rights of citizens to use forest resources and a favorable environment and multi-purpose and sustainable use of forests. The concept of sustainable development presupposes the consideration of economic, social and environmental factors that in the sphere of forest management means increasing the efficiency of the forestry sector, preserving the biosphere role of forests and increasing the level and quality of life of the population associated with forests. Despite the fact that a large number of normative documents in the field of forestry have been adopted in Russia, there are serious inconsistencies in them, as well as a considerable discrepancy between theory and practice. This study is aimed at identifying the main problems of sustainable forest management in Russia and identifying ways to overcome them, including using the experience of European countries. The authors believe that the long-declared approach to forest management based on the principles of sustainable development requires concrete steps both in the area of adjusting forest legislation, and in enhancing the legal awareness of Russian citizens, and their active involvement in the sphere of control over the turnover of forest products. An important factor is the improvement of the quality of life of the local population.Keywords-sustainable development, forest management, management of forest resources.

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Multifaceted Value Profiles of Forest Owner Categories in South Sweden: The River Helge å Catchment as a Case Study

Cited by 25 publications

References 56 publications

Defining Benchmarks for Restoration of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study Combining the Historical Range of Variability of Habitat and Species’ Requirements

Defining Benchmarks for Restoration of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study Combining the Historical Range of Variability of Habitat and Species’ Requirements

Opportunities for Integrated Landscape Planning – the Broker, the Arena, the Tool

Sustainable forest development: problems and prospects

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