Enhancing Resilience of Boreal Forests Through Management Under Global Change: a Review

Current Landscape Ecology Reports, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 8(3), С. 103 - 118

Опубликована: Апрель 19, 2023

Abstract Purpose of Review Boreal forests provide a wide range ecosystem services that are important to society. The boreal biome is experiencing the highest rates warming on planet and increasing demand for forest products. Here, we review how changes in climate its associated extreme events (e.g., windstorms) putting at risk capacity these continue providing services. We further analyze role management increase resilience combined effects change events. Recent Findings Enhancing recently gained lot interest from theoretical perspective. Yet, it remains unclear translate knowledge into practice operationalize maintain functions under changing global conditions. identify summarize main approaches (natural disturbance emulation, landscape functional zoning, complex network, climate-smart forestry) can promote resilience. Summary concept sciences, may put risk, alleviate or such risks. found increased temperatures having negative impacts forests. Then, discuss could enhance multifunctionality (simultaneous provision high levels multiple species habitats). Finally, complementary strengths individual report challenges implement them practice.

Язык: Английский

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Tradeoffs and synergies of optimized management for maximizing carbon sequestration across complex landscapes and diverse ecosystem services

Forest Policy and Economics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 161, С. 103178 - 103178

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Future supply of boreal forest ecosystem services is driven by management rather than by climate change

Global Change Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 29(6), С. 1484 - 1500

Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2022

Forests provide a wide variety of ecosystem services (ES) to society. The boreal biome is experiencing the highest rates warming on planet and increasing demand for forest products. To foresee how maximize adaptation forests future warmer conditions growing demands products, we need better understanding relative importance management climate change supply services. Here, using Finland as case study, assessed potential range ES (timber, bilberry, cowberry, mushrooms, carbon storage, scenic beauty, species habitat availability deadwood) given seven regimes four scenarios. We used simulator SIMO project dynamics 100 years into (2016-2116) estimate each service published models. Then, tested drivers these generalized linear mixed Our results show that effects were, average, 11 times higher than across all services, but greatly differed among them (from 0.53 24 timber respectively). Notably, substantially biogeographical zones within biome. were 1.6 in northern southern Finland, whereas opposite-they three south compared north. conclude new guidelines adapting global should account regional differences variation different ES.

Язык: Английский

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Combining scientific and local knowledge improves evaluating future scenarios of forest ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 60, С. 101512 - 101512

Опубликована: Янв. 28, 2023

Forest scenario analysis can help tackle sustainability issues by generating insight into the potential long-term effects of present-day management. In northern Sweden, forests provide important benefits including climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, reindeer husbandry, local livelihoods, and recreation. Informed stakeholders' views on how be enabled to deliver these benefits, we created four forest management scenarios: close-to-nature (CTN) which emphasises classic (CLA) optimising forests' net present value, intensified (INT) maximising harvested wood from forest, combined (COM) applying a combination measures CTN INT. The scenarios were applied landscape modelled over 100-year simulation period, results modelling then evaluated diverse group stakeholders. For most ecosystem services, there was time lag 10–50 years before noticeable differences between became evident, highlighting need consider both short- Evaluation stakeholders put context. They raised considerations relating wildlife hunting, risks, social acceptability, conflict, value evaluating qualitatively as well quantitatively. Overall, thought that CLA promoted more services posed fewer while also creating less conflict among Our emphasise combining scientific knowledge when developing future scenarios.

Язык: Английский

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Land sharing, land sparing, and Triad forestry: modeling forest composition, diversity, and carbon storage under climate change and natural disturbances

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 40(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 28, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Challenges and Solutions for Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Sweden: Assessment of Policy, Implementation Outputs, and Consequences

Land, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(5), С. 1098 - 1098

Опубликована: Май 20, 2023

Swedish policies aim at conserving biological production, biodiversity, cultural heritage and recreational assets. This requires compositionally structurally functional networks of representative habitats, the processes that maintain them, resilient ecosystems. The term green infrastructure (GI) captures this. We review (1) policy concerning forest biodiversity conservation from 1990s; (2) implementation outputs, including formulation short-term evidence-based long-term goals for protected areas, education, development hierarchical spatial planning; (3) consequences in terms formally voluntarily set-aside stands, as well management habitat restoration. assess successes failures regarding policy, outputs consequences, discuss challenges to be addressed, suggest solutions. Policies capture knowledge about planning an output. However, desired are not met on ground. Thus, amount voluntary forests presently too low, have limited quality poor connectivity. GI functionality is even declining because forestry intensification, insufficient conservation. Challenges include collaborative learning among planners, funding conserve habitats with sufficient size, connectivity, national politics ignores knowledge. As solutions, we highlight need diversification systems a landscape perspective matches owner objectives regional social-ecological contexts. integrative approaches planning.

Язык: Английский

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Forestry in the Face of Global Change: Results of a Global Survey of Professionals

Current Forestry Reports, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(6), С. 473 - 489

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2023

Abstract Purpose of Review Forests support most global terrestrial biodiversity and contribute to the livelihood billions people, but these other benefits are in jeopardy due change. This leads questions, such as how address challenges change forest management, given lack knowledge deep uncertainty about future developments. In addition, many impediments implement adaptation strategies unknown. Recent Findings Here, we present an overview results from a survey 754 forestry professionals (370 researchers educators, 227 practicing foresters, 37 policymakers, 64 administrators, 56 with or unspecified roles) 61 countries across 6 continents who were interested issues. These asked their opinion regarding three different strategies: resist , adapt transform . Most respondents agreed that majority factors will negatively influence ability forests provide desired ecosystem services. Similarly, they major when implementing specifically whether our current base is sufficient. concerns not limited ecological aspects, also highlighted need for better appreciation social/political economic barriers, especially transformation strategies. response patterns, including differences status, highlight importance developing evaluating local social–ecological context. Summary Our study demonstrates widespread perception on part around world, among practitioners, affect sustainable management negatively, resulting active silvicultural adaption. The suggest potential barriers strategies, particularly relative information social acceptance Further, this highlights political understand general public’s values well public perceived by managers.

Язык: Английский

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Achieving structural heterogeneity and high multi-taxon biodiversity in managed forest ecosystems: a European review

Biodiversity and Conservation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2024

Abstract The European Biodiversity Strategy has set the key goal to maintain and promote biodiversity. Managed forests here play a role, as they are among most diverse ecosystems. To create biodiversity rich managed forest landscapes, we need deep understanding on how management affects structure subsequently habitat quality local landscape level. However, date confusingly large amount of different terms for various systems exist it remains unclear composition affected by specific affect Here, first aim clarify terminology. Second, link existing with review at level these structures α-, well landscape-scale β- γ-biodiversity. We found that research derived guidelines have strong focus stand heterogeneity related α-diversity, while ignoring importance therefore γ-diversity. Instead promoting one system an all-in-one-solution, diversity seems promising way landscapes. finally discuss combination might help structurally habitats simulating successional stages species communities.

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing multifunctionality in European boreal forests: The potential role of Triad landscape functional zoning

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 348, С. 119250 - 119250

Опубликована: Окт. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests

Journal of Applied Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 61(10), С. 2350 - 2364

Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024

Abstract Managing forests to sustain their diversity and functioning is a major challenge in changing world. Despite the key role of understory vegetation driving forest biodiversity, regeneration functioning, few studies address functional dimensions response silvicultural management. We assessed influence regimes on redundancy European understory. gathered vascular plant abundance data from more than 2000 plots forests, each associated with one out five most widespread regimes. used generalized linear mixed models assess effect different (Rao's quadratic entropy) redundancy, while accounting for climate soil conditions, explored reciprocal relationship between three components (functional diversity, dominance) across through ternary diagram. Intensive are decrease an increase compared unmanaged conditions. This means that although intensive management may buffer communities' functions against species or losses, it also limits range environmental changes. Policy implications . Different facets features. While can be as reference design practices compliance biodiversity conservation targets, options should balanced at landscape scale multiple human societies increasingly demanding.

Язык: Английский

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