Uneven-aged forest management in boreal Sweden: local forestry stakeholders' perceptions of different sustainability dimensions
Uneven-aged forest management in boreal Sweden: local forestry stakeholders' perceptions of different sustainability dimensions
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DOI：
10.1093/forestry/cpr034
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发表时间：
2011-12-01
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影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Angelstam, Per
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作者：
Axelsson, Robert;Angelstam, Per
为了执行可持续森林管理政策，必须满足经济、生态和社会文化可持续性目标。由于为满足森林工业的需要而持续生产木材的悠久历史，在瑞典大约96%的管理森林中使用了砍伐管理系统。为了满足当代森林和土地使用政策的意图，目前正在讨论作为补充的不均匀年龄森林管理制度。我们采访了瑞典北方林区北部和南部的当地林业利益相关者，了解他们对不同森林管理系统对可持续森林管理的贡献的看法和态度。大多数利益相关者普遍对使用不均匀树龄系统进行持续产量木材生产持否定态度，但看到了可持续森林管理在生态和社会文化方面的优势。为了鼓励使用平均年龄队列和非平均年龄系统来满足可持续森林管理的所有方面，需要改进通讯、教育和公众认识。这最终可能导致一场更具建设性、不那么激烈的辩论。此外，在满足经济、生态和社会文化目标方面，还需要更多基于经验的知识，了解年龄不均匀和队列森林管理系统的利弊。
To implement policies on sustainable forest management (SFM), there is a need to satisfy economical, ecological and socio-cultural sustainability objectives. Due to a long history of sustained yield wood production to satisfy the needs of the forest industry, clearfelling management systems are used in similar to 96 per cent of managed forests in Sweden. To satisfy the intentions of contemporary forest and land use policies, uneven-aged forest management systems as a complement are currently debated. We interviewed local forestry stakeholders in the Swedish boreal forest region's north and south about their views on and attitudes towards different forest management systems' contribution to SFM. Most stakeholders were generally negative to the use of uneven-aged system for sustained yield wood production but saw advantages for ecological and socio-cultural dimensions of SFM. To encourage the use of even-aged cohort and uneven-aged systems to satisfy all dimensions of SFM, there is a need for improved communication, education and public awareness. This could ultimately lead to a more constructive and less heated debate. In addition, there is a need of more empirically based knowledge about uneven-aged and cohort forest management systems' pros and cons when it comes to satisfying economical, ecological and socio-cultural objectives.