Zhang, Jasmine
- Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Sustainable forest management approaches, regardless of whether they involve continuous cover forestry (CCF) or rotation forestry (RF), require a holistic landscape perspective that acknowledges the multiple interests, values, and uses that depend on the locally relevant economic, ecological, and socio-cultural circumstances. These must be considered alongside the use of forests and forest landscapes as a resource for rural development.Forests provide a wide range of goods and services. Those addressed here (i.e. tourism, recreation, health, grazing, non-timber forest products, and societal protection from natural hazards) are a subset of all of those potential services that are already considered to be of special significance for the Nordic region.Most recreational users consider variation in the forest landscape and long-distance views as visually attractive but think that clearcuttings and soil tilling are harmful.In general, CCF favours bilberries, while lingonberries and some mushrooms benefit from even-aged forestry.Owing to the many and varied demands relating to forests and forest landscapes in Norway, Sweden, and Finland, CCF-supported multiple-use strategies and planning will need to consider stakeholder requirements more, now and in the future, than is currently the case.
Keywords
Recreation; Nature-based tourism; Grazing; Non-timber forest products; Natural hazards
Published in
Managing Forest Ecosystems
2024, number: 45, pages: 169-193
Title: Continuous Cover Forestry in Boreal Nordic Countries
Publisher: Springer
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Economic Geography
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70484-0_10
- ISBN: 978-3-031-70483-3
- eISBN: 978-3-031-70484-0
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/140101