Review article
https://doi.org/10.15177/seefor.16-01
Making Forest Values Work: Enhancing Multi-Dimensional Perspectives towards Sustainable Forest Managemen
Doni Blagojević
orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-4974
; Independent Scientist, Augusta Šenoe 5, BA-79101 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Salvatore Martire
; European Forest Institute, Yliopistokatu 6, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland; University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Piazza della Scienza 1, I-20099 Milano, Italy
Cary Yungmee Hendrickson
; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Campus UAB, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), ES-08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain; Sapienza Università di Roma, Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance (
Mihail Hanzu
; Forest Research and Management Institute (ICAS), Bd. Eroilor 128, RO-077190 Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania
Michael Victor Galante
; The University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Centre for Environmental Change & Sustainability, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP Scotland, United Kingdom
Tanja Kähkönen
; University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences, Yliopistokatu 7, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland; Oulu University of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Natural Resources, Kotkantie 1, FI-90250 Oulu, Finland
Priit Põllumäe
; Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering Department of Forest Management - Kreutzwaldi 5, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia
Veronika Fontana
; University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology, Sternwartestraße 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; European Academy Bolzano/Bozen, Alpine Ecology, Drususallee 1, I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Anna Radtke
; Independent Scientist, Innsbruck, Austria
Vladimir Stojanovski
; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Feistmantelstr. 4, A-1180 Vienna, Austria; Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Forestry, Aleksandar Makedonski bb, MK-1000 Skopje, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Jelena Nedeljković
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forestry, Kneza Višeslava 1, RS-11030 Belgrade, Serbia
Zoran Poduška
; Institue of Forestry, Belgrade, Department of Spatial Planning, GIS and Forest Policy, Kneza Višeslava 3, RS-11030 Belgrade, Serbia
Dragana Stojkovic
; University of Padova, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, Via dell'Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy; GRM International, Office 2302, Vision Tower, Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Alessandro Sanches-Pereira
; University of São Paulo (USP), Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE), Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass (CENBIO), Av. Luciano Gualberto 1289, BR-05508-010 São Paulo/SP, Brazil; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Energy Technology, B
Florian Schubert
; Independent Scientist, Höperfeld 12, DE-21033 Hamburg, Germany
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Sustainability, sustainable development and sustainable forest management are terms that are commonly, and interchangeably used in the forest industry, however their meaning take on different connotations, relative to varying subject matter. The aim of this paper is to look at these terms in a more comprehensive way, relative to the current ideology of sustainability in forestry.
Materials and Methods: This paper applies a literature review of the concepts of: i) sustainable development; ii) sustainable forest management; and iii) economic and non-economic valuation. The concepts are viewed through a historical dimension of shifting paradigms, originating from production- to service-based forestry. Values are discussed through a review of general value theory and spatial, cultural and temporal differences in valuation. Along the evolution of these concepts, we discuss their applicability as frameworks to develop operational guidelines for forest management, relative to the multi-functionality of forests.
Results and Conclusions: Potential discrepancies between the conceptual origins of sustainable development and sustainable forest management are highlighted, relative to how they have been interpreted and diffused as new perceptions on forest value for the human society. We infer the current paradigm may not reflect the various dimensions adequately as its implementation is likely to be more related to the distribution of power between stakeholders, rather than the value stakeholders’ place on the various forest attributes.
Keywords
sustainable forest management; ecosystems multi-dimensionality; value theory; sustainability; forest policy; forest governance
Hrčak ID:
159493
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Publication date:
8.6.2016.
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