Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Forest ecosystems are increasingly facing challenges related to overexploitation and climate and land-use change, thereby posing a threat to the myriad benefits they provide. Forest management is the only tool for ensuring that adaptation, mitigation, and biodiversity conservation in forest ecosystems are maintained and further enhanced over time. However, forest managers might not have clear guidance on how to ensure these goals are achieved through their practices, which is why a goal-driven management framework is proposed and discussed in this study. The proposed framework provides an overview of the possible effects of alternative forest management practices on climate services, biodiversity conservation, and wood extraction and production. Based on this framework, the following “should-haves” for forest management towards achieving multiple goals are outlined: consideration of the trade-offs between biodiversity and other benefits; the need to reflect on time and space variability; and incorporation of climate sensitivity. The suggested actions are as follows: improve the monitoring framework; implement more robust modeling tools; and further consider policy trajectories.
Source: Land
DOI: 10.3390/land13122169
Author: Matteo Vizzarri
Institution: University of Milan
Language: English
Topic: Forest Management and Policy
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,955
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W4405377495