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The impact of National Forest City Construction on local employment: Evidence from China 国家森林城市建设对地方就业的影响：来自中国的证据

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103421

Jingqi Dang , Jingru Wang , Bingqian Tu

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A social-ecological approach to local forest conflict analysis and shaping 地方森林冲突分析与塑造的社会生态学方法

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103408

Anna S. Brietzke , Engelbert Schramm , Katharina Heß , Diana Hummel , Michael Kreß-Ludwig , Deike U. Lüdtke

{"title":"A social-ecological approach to local forest conflict analysis and shaping","authors":"Anna S. Brietzke , Engelbert Schramm , Katharina Heß , Diana Hummel , Michael Kreß-Ludwig , Deike U. Lüdtke","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, forest conflicts are intensifying in Germany. For this reason, it is time to reopen the scientific debate on how we research and manage forest conflicts. In this commentary, we argue that a social-ecological approach takes into account the interactions and interdependencies between social and physical structures and processes of forest conflicts. Consequently, the approach helps to analyse and shape these conflicts.</div><div>A social-ecological approach facilitates the consideration of the physical, social, cultural, political and economic aspects of the forest conflicts as well as the dynamics and contexts of different conflicts. It contributes to analysing the site-specific conditions, parameters and dynamics of local forest conflicts. Four shaping dimensions (<em>knowledge</em>, <em>practices</em>, <em>technologies</em>, <em>institutions</em>) can help to relate the conflicts more precisely to the social-ecological system. Against this background, in particular the social context of the conflicts can be analysed in detail.</div><div>In turn, a social-ecological approach to conflict management opens up the possibility of initiating change in social and physical interactions and interdependencies. The concept of <em>conflict transformation</em> can complement the social-ecological approach in an action-oriented way, both by contributing to social learning among the conflict actors and by generating ways of dealing with the particular forest that are adapted to new challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 103408"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142967773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What we can learn from India, a forerunner in community centric forest management: An insight for global forest policy and governance 我们可以从印度学习,以社区为中心的森林管理的先驱:全球森林政策和治理的洞察力

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103423

Nick Lalrinmawia , R. Lalengmawia , P.C. Vanlalhluna , Vanlalhruaii Ralte , B.C. Lalremruata , F. Lalnunmawia

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Improving forest decision-making through complex system representation: A viability theory perspective 基于生存力理论的复杂系统表征改进森林决策

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384

Clémence Labarre , Jean-Christophe Domec , Pablo Andrés-Domenech , Kai Bödeker , Logan Bingham , Denis Loustau

{"title":"Improving forest decision-making through complex system representation: A viability theory perspective","authors":"Clémence Labarre , Jean-Christophe Domec , Pablo Andrés-Domenech , Kai Bödeker , Logan Bingham , Denis Loustau","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests are complex adaptive systems (CAS) featuring dynamics that can take centuries to unfold. Managing them for multiple objectives (e.g. financial performance, climate regulation, biodiversity conservation, watershed protection) in the face of multiple risks (e.g. market fluctuations, illegal logging, natural disturbance) involves making decisions under deep and pervasive uncertainty. Through a systematic literature review, we explore quantitative approaches for integrating uncertainty and complex-systems theory into forest management planning and examine common challenges like dimensionality, tractability and realism. In addition to comparatively well-studied techniques from operations research and portfolio theory, we highlight a largely-overlooked framework known as viability theory. Whereas approaches like stochastic programming and robust optimization seek to maximize performance given predefined outcome probabilities and uncertainty spaces, respectively, viability theory aims to identify executive rules that can delineate the boundaries of the safe-operating space based on system dynamics. We discuss the potential utility of this novel approach to capturing uncertainty and examine potential barriers to improving forest decision-making and management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103384"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How the talent ecosystem of key state-owned forest areas in China empowers forestry scientific and technological talents aggregation 中国重点国有林区人才生态系统如何赋能林业科技人才集聚

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103400

Shenwei Wan, Shuifa Ke, Chen Liang

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Actor and power analysis in urban forests and green spaces management. Insights from the Garden City of West Africa 城市森林和绿地管理中的行为者和权力分析。西非花园城市的启示

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103389

Patrick Opoku , Collins Ayine Nsor , Emmanuel Acquah , Dorothy Asare Akoto , Norbert Weber

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From timber to carbon: Stakeholder acceptance of policy measures supporting forest management transition in Finland 从木材到碳：芬兰利益相关者接受支持森林管理转型的政策措施

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103394

Annika Lonkila , Anna Ott , Samuli Pitzén , Terhi Arola , Suvi Huttunen

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International climate finance in land use, land use change and forestry in Caribbean Small Island Developing States 加勒比小岛屿发展中国家土地利用、土地利用变化和林业方面的国际气候融资

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103383

Preeya S. Mohan

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A comprehensive outlook on drought caused economic losses and landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns 对干旱造成的经济损失和土地所有者对干旱和不稳定降雨模式的看法的全面展望

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405

Galen Hanby , Lu Zhai , Bijesh Mishra , Omkar Joshi

{"title":"A comprehensive outlook on drought caused economic losses and landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns","authors":"Galen Hanby , Lu Zhai , Bijesh Mishra , Omkar Joshi","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Natural disturbances such as drought reduce timber volume growth and increase tree mortality, which can have serious repercussions for the forest-based industries that rely on timber as a raw material. To assess these impacts, we utilized Forest Inventory and Analysis data and estimated weather caused-mortality and loss of total live timber volume for Oklahoma, USA between 2011 and 2015, a period in which this region experienced major drought events. An input-output model was built to understand economic implications for the forest sector given the live timber volume lost during this period. The results showed that the timberland drought could result in more than $20 million in the total losses for the Oklahoma forest sector. We also administered a survey instrument to understand landowner perceptions concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns in Oklahoma. Our survey results revealed that landowners focused on livestock production, hunting, and active management perceived greater drought impacts. Our findings recommend outreach regarding forest thinning as a potential tool to reduce drought-related losses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103405"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142889259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing homestead agroforestry-based livelihoods in Sivasagar District of Assam, India, using livelihood significance index (LSI) 利用生计意义指数 (LSI) 评估印度阿萨姆邦锡瓦萨格尔地区以农林业为基础的家庭生计情况

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103388

Barasha Rani Das , Manash Jyoti Bhuyan , Nityananda Deka , Prasanta Bhattacharya

{"title":"Assessing homestead agroforestry-based livelihoods in Sivasagar District of Assam, India, using livelihood significance index (LSI)","authors":"Barasha Rani Das , Manash Jyoti Bhuyan , Nityananda Deka , Prasanta Bhattacharya","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study evaluates the significance of homestead agroforestry (HAF) systems for rural livelihoods in Sivasagar District of Assam, India, using Livelihood Significance Index (LSI). The research integrates both quantitative and qualitative methods to offer a comprehensive analysis of how HAF systems contribute to rural livelihoods. The study reveals that the importance of various HAF plant species has undergone significant shifts over the past decade due to socio-economic changes, such as rising household expenses, market-oriented economic transitions, and urbanization. Among these species, <em>Bambusa arundinacea</em> has the highest livelihood significance, with an average LSI of 2.79, although this has decreased by 0.71 % from 2012 to 2022. Conversely, <em>Tectona grandis</em>, despite its low livelihood significance, has experienced a decadal increase in LSI of 20.5 %. This indicates that, while such species currently play a lesser role in community livelihoods, their importance is gradually increasing due to their economic benefits. The study also identifies several challenges, including the loss of traditional knowledge, the vulnerability of agroforestry systems to environmental changes, and difficulties in maintaining biodiversity amidst market pressures. To address these issues, the study advocates for sustainable agroforestry practices in the district that integrate both traditional and economically valuable species while improving market access for traditional products. In flood-prone villages like Afala, introducing flood-resistant species such as <em>Mangifera indica</em>, <em>Artocarpus heterophyllus</em>, and <em>Bambusa arundinacea</em>, along with training in value-added production, can enhance resilience and livelihood sustainability. Together, these approaches aim to cultivate a resilient and sustainable agroforestry landscape in Sivasagar District and beyond.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"170 ","pages":"Article 103388"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142823121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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