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Quantifying the Imp...
Quantifying the Implications of Different Land Users' Priorities in the Management of Boreal Multiple-Use Forests
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- Horstkotte, Tim (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap,Institute of Geography and Geology, Turku University, Finland,Arcum
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- Lind, Torgny (author)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning,Department of Forest Resource Management
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- Moen, Jon (author)
- Umeå University
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- 2015-12-08
- 2016
- English.
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In: Environmental Management. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0364-152X .- 1432-1009. ; 57:4, s. 770-783
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- In the management of natural resources, conflicting interests and objectives among different stakeholders often need to be considered. Here, we examine how two contrasting management scenarios of boreal forests in northern Sweden differ in their consequences on forest structural composition and the economic gains at harvest. Management strategies prioritize either (i) forest characteristics that promote grazing resources for reindeer herded by the indigenous Sami, or (ii) timber production as practiced in Sweden today. When prioritizing reindeer grazing, forest stands develop a higher abundance of older age classes with larger trees and lower stem density, which reduces harvest and revenue levels by approximately 20 % over a 100-year period. The differences between these strategies illustrate the complexity in finding a trade-off for coexistence between industrial land users and other livelihoods that share the same landscape. Political support and institutional solutions are necessary to initiate changes in policy in finding such trade-offs in the management of environmental resources and thereby influence the optimal distribution of costs and benefits between different actors.
Subject headings
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Skogsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Forest Science (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Multiple-use management
- Trade-off
- Land use conflict
- Reindeer husbandry
- Forest management scenarios
- Boreal forests
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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