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Published in Wanda Grimsgaard, Design and Strategy, 2023
Sustainable forest management can be explained as the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their bio-diversity, productivity and their potential to fulfil, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems’ (European Agreement, Helsinki, 1993).
The Environmental Impacts of Carbon Emissions
Published in Stephen A. Roosa, Arun G. Jhaveri, Carbon Reduction:, 2020
Stephen A. Roosa, Arun G. Jhaveri
Climate change creates conditions that make improving forest management practices more difficult. Warming increases the potential for droughts and forest fires, which reduce the ability of forests to process and store carbon dioxide. Roughly 20% of the world’s global warming gases are caused by deforestation. While the total impact is unknown, it has been estimated that these actions cause more heat-trapping CO2 to be exhausted into the atmosphere than the combined emissions from “all the world’s trains, trucks and automobiles.”31 A forest area the size of 300 soccer fields is cleared every hour in Indonesia and illegal logging costs the government $3 billion in lost revenues annually.32 In Africa, 130,000 km2 (50,000 sq. miles) of tropical forests are being cleared annually for farming.33 In the Amazon and other South American countries forests are burned for cattle, sugar cane and soybean production; in Indonesia island forests are cleared for palm oil production.34 In the month of September 2008 alone, it was estimated that 777 km2 (300 square miles) of rain forests were illegally burned to clear land for farming in Brazil—three times the amount lost in September 2007. When considered on a global sale, 24 hectares (60 acres) of tropical forests disappear every minute and dying forests cause climate change to accelerate.35
Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Forest Management: Common Aspects and Assessment Procedures
Published in Roger A. Sedjo, R. Neil Sampson, Joe Wisniewski, in Forestry, 2020
Catrinus J. Jepma, Sten Nilsson, Masahiro Amano, Yamil Bonduki, Lars Lönnstedt, Jayant Sathaye, Tom Wilson
In 1991 the ITTO council adopted the following definition of sustainable forest management: Sustainable forest management is the process of managing permanent forest land to achieve one or more clearly specified objectives of management with regard to the production of a continuous flow of desired forest products and services without undue reduction of its inherent values and future productivity and without undue undesirable effects on the physical and social environment.
Forest damage and forest supply chains: a literature review and reflections
Published in International Journal of Forest Engineering, 2023
Although much research has focused on the connection between global forests, climate, and damage caused by pests and insects, this review shows the specific impact of forest damage on timber flows. The risk of forest damage and disruptions restricts the adoption of efficient forest management practices that combine high wood utilization rates, ecosystem services, and limited carbon losses into the atmosphere. This literature review reflects an increasing awareness of the problem as climate change triggers various stress-related events that result in forest damage. Although forest damage occurs in all continents, studies that deal with forest supply chains are geographically limited, primarily to North America, Europe, and Australia. Future studies should expand this scope to all regions where the forest industry depends on a steady wood supply.
Virtual forests: a review on emerging questions in the use and application of 3D data in forestry
Published in International Journal of Forest Engineering, 2023
Arnadi Murtiyoso, Stefan Holm, Henri Riihimäki, Anna Krucher, Holger Griess, Verena Christiane Griess, Janine Schweier
We also acknowledge the great potential of virtual forests to contribute to enhanced communication between stakeholders. Public debates about forest management and targeted ecosystem services have shown that there are multiple stakeholders, often having varying interests and targets but also different levels of forest expertise. For example, if oak is envisaged as a dominant tree species in the next generation, it is necessary to conduct intensive management interventions. These might easily be misinterpreted as clear cuts, which are often not accepted by the public. Visualizing the potential development of an oak forest under alternative management scenarios offers various stakeholders a way to visualize and better understand why a certain decision has been made. Considering the growing need for biodiversity and ecosystem services, it is becoming increasingly important to bring stakeholders together.
Improving the decision-making process by considering supply uncertainty – a case study in the forest value chain
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2023
Vanessa Simard, Mikael Rönnqvist, Luc LeBel, Nadia Lehoux
Trees are a natural growing material, and their properties change during the growth cycle, an aspect that needs to be taken into account during harvesting planning (Pasalodos-Tato et al. 2013). At the strategic and tactical levels, forest management plans are created to assure resource sustainability, thus providing economic and ecological viability. In most Canadian provinces, forests are mainly located on public land. Hence, detailed forest management plans are required. The plans describe where the wood will be sourced from for several months or even years in advance. Operational plans determine which areas will be harvested, the periods, the sequencing, the machinery to be used and the log bucking rules. Björheden and Helstad (2005) stated that the quality, species, and dimensions of available logs are all uncertain characteristics having a decisive impact on the production process. One strategy they suggested is to improve production efficiency is an increased control over raw material flow. This can be done through several optimisation models as proposed in this study.