From plots to policy: How to ensure long-term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes
From plots to policy: How to ensure long-term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes
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从地块到政策：如何确保长期森林地块数据支持完整热带森林景观的环境管理
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10.1002/ppp3.10154
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2020
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社会影响声明如果我们希望我们的研究为管理层提供信息，我们对科学采取的方法与我们解决的问题一样重要。在这里，我们讨论我们使用永久森林调查地块网络来支持完整热带森林的可持续管理和保护的经验。一个关键的结论是，为了在决策中最大限度地利用来自大型国际网络的数据，参与者之间广泛分享领导力至关重要。这种方法有助于解决围绕国际合作的伦理问题，并实现更大的政策影响。摘要来自永久森林清查地块的长期数据对管理和保护完好的热带森林景观有很大帮助。了解重要经济物种的生长和死亡率、森林碳平衡以及气候变化对森林构成的影响都是有效管理的核心。然而，这些信息很少被纳入决策过程。这一问题反映了利用证据影响环境管理的更广泛的问题，特别是需要在收集和公布高质量数据之外与潜在用户接触。为了确保使用永久性的情节数据，需要：(A)确定关键的“政策窗口”--将数据纳入决策的机会；(B)需要在科学家与政策制定者和决策组织之间发展长期关系；(C)需要在所有参与者之间分享对情节网络的领导，特别是在全球北方的机构和热带国家的机构之间。解决这些问题将使永久的地块网络能够为确保完好的热带森林在未来几十年持续存在作出切实贡献。
Societal Impact StatementThe approach that we take to our science is as important as the questions that we address if we would like our research to inform management. Here, we discuss our experience of using networks of permanent forest inventory plots to support sustainable management and conservation of intact tropical forests. A key conclusion is that to maximize the use of data from such large international networks within policymaking, it is crucial that leadership is widely shared among participants. Such an approach helps to address ethical concerns surrounding international collaborations and also achieves greater policy impact.SummaryLong‐term data from permanent forest inventory plots have much to offer the management and conservation of intact tropical forest landscapes. Knowledge of the growth and mortality rates of economically important species, forest carbon balance, and the impact of climate change on forest composition are all central to effective management. However, this information is rarely integrated within the policymaking process. The problem reflects broader issues in using evidence to influence environmental management, and in particular, the need to engage with potential users beyond the collection and publication of high‐quality data. To ensure permanent plot data are used, (a) key “policy windows”—opportunities to integrate data within policy making—need to be identified; (b) long‐term relationships need to be developed between scientists and policy makers and policymaking organizations; and (c) leadership of plot networks needs to be shared among all participants, and particularly between institutions in the global north and those in tropical countries. Addressing these issues will allow permanent plot networks to make tangible contributions to ensuring that intact tropical forest persists over coming decades.