The water–energy–food–land–climate nexus: Policy coherence for sustainable resource management in Sweden DOI Creative Commons
Małgorzata Blicharska, R. Smithers, Magdalena Kuchler

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Environmental Policy and Governance, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 34(2), P. 207 - 220

Published: Aug. 9, 2023

Abstract The concept of a ‘nexus’ across issues regarding the management natural resources has gained increasing academic attention in recent years, but there is still relatively limited research on application nexus approach for evaluating policies. This study analyses coherence among main goals five policy areas (water, energy, food, land, and climate) Sweden, drawing upon desk review, expert assessment, interaction with stakeholders. objective to enhance understanding opportunities challenges posed by such nexus, understand interactions provide insights into use analysis as an integral part resource assessments. reveals synergies conflicts between goals. For example, Sweden's environmental quality objectives (EQOs) land all water are either synergistic or neutral. Likewise, climate well aligned energy ground quality. On other hand, key goal agriculture, which food production, least coherent those areas. There EQOs agricultural forestry production. Stakeholders also indicate that treated higher priority than Notably, some conflicting depending context their interpretation. Implementation existing depends relevant stakeholders' interests, priorities interpretations, prevailing discourses society, often supported level

Language: Английский

Future wood demands and ecosystem services trade-offs: A policy analysis in Norway DOI Creative Commons
Marta Vergarechea, Rasmus Astrup, Christoph Fischer

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Forest Policy and Economics, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 147, P. 102899 - 102899

Published: Dec. 31, 2022

To mitigate climate change, several European countries have launched policies to promote the development of a renewable resource-based bioeconomy. These bioeconomy strategies plan use biological resources, which will increase timber and biomass demands potentially conflict with multiple other ecosystem services provided by forests. In addition, these forest (FES) are also influenced other, different, policy strategies, causing potential mismatch in proposed management solutions for achieving different goals. We evaluated how Norwegian forests can meet projected wood from international market mitigation targets at same time nationally determined FES. Using data national inventory (NFI) we simulated under regimes defined scenarios, according most relevant Norway: (NFS), biodiversity (BIOS), (BIES). Finally, through multi-objective optimization, identified combination matching best each scenario. The results all scenarios indicated that Norway be able satisfy up 17 million m3 2093. However, objectives FES scenario caused substantial differences terms selected. observed BIES NFS resulted very similar programs Norway, dominance extensive regimes. BIOS there was an set aside areas continuous cover forestry, made it more compatible indicators. found synergies trade-offs between FES, likely definition scale.

Language: Английский

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Modelling the regional potential for reaching carbon neutrality in Finland: Sustainable forestry, energy use and biodiversity protection DOI Creative Commons
Martin Forsius, Maria Holmberg, Virpi Junttila

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AMBIO, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 52(11), P. 1757 - 1776

Published: Aug. 10, 2023

The EU aims at reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and Finland 2035. We integrated results of three spatially distributed model systems (FRES, PREBAS, Zonation) to evaluate the potential reach this goal both national regional scale in Finland, simultaneously considering protection targets biodiversity (BD) strategy. Modelling anthropogenic emissions forestry measures were carried out, forested areas important for BD identified based on spatial prioritization. used scenarios until mitigation climate energy strategy, policies predicted change, evaluated how implementation these would affect greenhouse gas fluxes, storages, possibility target. Potential new according 10% target provided a significant storage (426-452 TgC) sequestration (- 12 - 17.5 TgCO2eq a-1) 2050, indicating complementarity emission conservation measures. study can be utilized integrating policies, accounting ecosystem services regulation, delimitation conservation.

Language: Английский

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Modelling the effects of climate and management on the distribution of deadwood in European forests DOI Creative Commons
Andrey Lessa Derci Augustynczik, Mykola Gusti, Fulvio Di Fulvio

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 354, P. 120382 - 120382

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

Deadwood is a key old-growth element in European forests and cornerstone of biodiversity conservation practices the region, recognized as an important indicator sustainable forest management. Despite its importance legacy for biodiversity, uncertainties remain on drivers deadwood potentials, spatial distribution how it may change future due to management climate change. To fill this gap, we combined comprehensive dataset fit machine learning Bayesian hurdle-lognormal model against multiple environmental socio-economic predictors. We deployed models gridded predictors forecast changes volumes Europe under alternative (RCP4.5 RCP8.5) scenarios (biodiversity-oriented production-oriented strategies). Our results show hotspots montane central unmanaged Scandinavia. Future conditions reduce potentials up 13% mid-century climate, with regional losses amounting 22% Southern Europe. Nevertheless, towards more biodiversity-oriented strategies, including increase share mixed extended rotation lengths, mitigate loss 4% reduction potentials. conclude that adaptive can promote changing thereby support habitat maintenance multifunctionality.

Language: Английский

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Blind spots in the EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-free products DOI
Gustavo Magalhães de Oliveira, Rafaella Ferraz Ziegert, Andrea Pacheco

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Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(8), P. 1382 - 1383

Published: July 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Beliefs on environmental impact of wood construction DOI Creative Commons
Anders Roos, Elias Hurmekoski, Liina Häyrinen

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Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 38(1-2), P. 49 - 57

Published: Jan. 23, 2023

People have different beliefs about the environmental impact of forest products. This quantitative web-survey study investigated public in Finland and Sweden climate impacts using wood as a construction material for multi-story buildings. It was conducted with consumer panels reflecting average populations two countries. The analyzed factors affecting that Wood Buildings: (1) contribute to mitigating global warming, (2) adversely biodiversity climate. used panel multivariate statistics. Favorable climate-related were associated Finnish nationality, male gender, age, children household, university degree, change is induced by humans causes weather disasters. Beliefs buildings drive warming harm non-rural residence, female young low income, No associations recorded current residence types. These findings highlight importance industry improve, document, communicate its on biodiversity. They also indicate how market information can be formulated targeted an accurate image construction.

Language: Английский

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Ecosystem service multifunctionality of mixed conifer-broad-leaved forests under climate change and forest management based on matrix growth modelling DOI Creative Commons
Xue Du, Xiangdong Lei, Xiao He

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Forest Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11, P. 100231 - 100231

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Climate change and forest management are recognized as pivotal factors influencing ecosystem services thus multifunctionality. However, the magnitude relative importance of climate effects on multifunctionality remain unclear, especially for natural mixed forests. In this study, our objective is to address gap by utilizing simulations climate-sensitive transition matrix growth models based national inventory plot data. We evaluated seven scenarios (combinations various cutting methods intensities) future provision in conifer-broad-leaved forests northeastern China, under four (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP5-8.5, constant climate). Provisioning, regulating, cultural, supporting were described timber production, carbon storage, sequestration, tree species diversity, deadwood volume, number large living trees. Our findings indicated that production was significantly influenced scenarios, while trees impacted both separately. Carbon storage sequestration notably interaction management. These emphasized profound impact services, outweighing alone. found no single scenario maximized all six service indicators. The upper story thinning 5% intensity with 5-year interval (UST5) strategy emerged highest multifunctionality, surpassing lowest values more than 20% across scenarios. conclusion, results underlined potential a decision support tool provided recommendations long-term strategies multifunctional context. Ecosystem could be enhanced implementing appropriate measures amidst changing climate.

Language: Английский

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Balancing Non-Timber Services with Biomass Production via Sustainable Forest Management: A Review of Conflicting Demands and Suggested Approaches DOI Open Access
Diogenis A. Kiziridis,

Eleni Salonikidou,

Nikoleta Eleftheriadou

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Forests, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(2), P. 348 - 348

Published: Feb. 15, 2025

Forest management can be implemented for various demands, including biomass or energy production, biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem services, all related to forest utilisation sustainability. However, these demands conflict, with production potentially hindering a focus on climate mitigation services possibly limiting wood production. The aim of the present study was review literature conflicts identify best practices balancing in context policies tools European Union (EU). We found that while EU promote sustainability, there is insufficient integration between biodiversity, storage, objectives. additionally by integrating datasets models, such as interconnecting models dynamics, predictions hence workarounds addressing competing more accurate. Based findings, we recommend adopting holistic approach strategies, considering both ecological socio-economic factors long-term This provides insights policymakers, managers, other stakeholders, navigating trade-offs different supporting informed decision-making development effective policies.

Language: Английский

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Impact of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 on the EU wood-based bioeconomy DOI Creative Commons
Fulvio Di Fulvio, Tord Snäll, Pekka Lauri

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Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 92, P. 102986 - 102986

Published: March 11, 2025

Language: Английский

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A better place for whom? Practitioners’ perspectives on the purpose of environmental education in Finland and Madagascar DOI Creative Commons
Aina Brias Guinart, Tuomas Aivelo,

Markus Högmander

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The Journal of Environmental Education, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 54(3), P. 163 - 180

Published: March 16, 2023

Calls for a common environmental education (EE) vision imply imposing certain values as universal. Nevertheless, there is lack of knowledge on the extent to which EE reflects universalities versus diverse sociocultural realities. We explored practitioners' perspectives purpose by interviewing practitioners in Finland and Madagascar using theory change approach. classified goals into eight categories following framework Clark et al. (Citation2020). found signs universal patterns, with commonalities such importance cognitive domain de-emphasis aspects. Yet, differences arise: connection nature was central Finland, whereas economic bridging strategies were more Madagascar. Our results reflect tradition post-industrial countries suggest influence colonial legacy Western epistemologies Questions remain about those are culturally grounded.

Language: Английский

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Enhancing multifunctionality in European boreal forests: The potential role of Triad landscape functional zoning DOI Creative Commons
Clemens Blattert, Kyle Eyvindson, Mikko Mönkkönen

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 348, P. 119250 - 119250

Published: Oct. 19, 2023

Land-use policies aim at enhancing the sustainable use of natural resources. The Triad approach has been suggested to balance social, ecological, and economic demands forested landscapes. core idea is enhance multifunctionality landscape level by allocating zones with specific management priorities, i.e., production (intensive management), multiple (extensive conservation (forest reserves). We tested efficiency identified respective proportion above-mentioned needed in Finnish forest Through a simulation optimization framework, we explored range scenarios three evaluated how changing their relative (each ranging from 0 100%) impacted multifunctionality, measured various biodiversity ecosystem service indicators. results show that maximizing required around 20% area managed intensively, 50% extensively, 30% allocated reserves. In our case studies, such zoning represented good compromise between studied components maintained 61% maximum achievable net present value (i.e., total timber value). Allocating zone had distinctive effects on optimized or values. Net was only moderately shifting intensive extensive management, while benefited less more diverse regimes. This first study apply European boreal landscape, highlighting usefulness this approach. Our potential promoting as well strong trade-off multifunctionality. conclude simply applying does not implicitly contribute an overall increase careful planning still requires clear objectives.

Language: Английский

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