A balancing act: Principles, criteria and indicator framework to operationalize social-ecological resilience of forests
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A balancing act : Principles, criteria and indicator framework to operationalize social-ecological resilience of forests. / Nikinmaa, Laura; Lindner, Marcus; Cantarello, Elena; Gardiner, Barry; Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl; Jump, Alistair S.; Parra, Constanza; Plieninger, Tobias; Schuck, Andreas; Seidl, Rupert; Timberlake, Thomas; Waring, Kristen; Winkel, Georg; Muys, Bart.
In: Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 331, 117039, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A balancing act
T2 - Principles, criteria and indicator framework to operationalize social-ecological resilience of forests
AU - Nikinmaa, Laura
AU - Lindner, Marcus
AU - Cantarello, Elena
AU - Gardiner, Barry
AU - Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl
AU - Jump, Alistair S.
AU - Parra, Constanza
AU - Plieninger, Tobias
AU - Schuck, Andreas
AU - Seidl, Rupert
AU - Timberlake, Thomas
AU - Waring, Kristen
AU - Winkel, Georg
AU - Muys, Bart
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Against a background of intensifying climate-induced disturbances, the need to enhance the resilience of forests and forest management is gaining urgency. In forest management, multiple trade-offs exist between different demands as well as across and within temporal and spatial scales. However, methods to assess resilience that consider these trade-offs are presently lacking. Here we propose a hierarchical framework of principles, criteria, and indicators to assess the resilience of a social-ecological system by focusing on the mechanisms behind resilience. This hierarchical framework balances trade-offs between mechanisms, different parts of the social-ecological system, ecosystem services, and spatial as well as temporal scales. The framework was developed to be used in a participatory manner in forest management planning. It accounts for the major parts of the forest-related social-ecological system and considers the multiple trade-offs involved. We demonstrate the utility of the framework by applying it to a landscape dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in Central Europe, managed for three different management goals. The framework highlights how forest resilience varies with the pursued management goals and related management strategies. The framework is flexible and can be applied to various forest management contexts as part of a participatory process with stakeholders. It thus is an important step towards operationalizing social-ecological resilience in forest management systems.
AB - Against a background of intensifying climate-induced disturbances, the need to enhance the resilience of forests and forest management is gaining urgency. In forest management, multiple trade-offs exist between different demands as well as across and within temporal and spatial scales. However, methods to assess resilience that consider these trade-offs are presently lacking. Here we propose a hierarchical framework of principles, criteria, and indicators to assess the resilience of a social-ecological system by focusing on the mechanisms behind resilience. This hierarchical framework balances trade-offs between mechanisms, different parts of the social-ecological system, ecosystem services, and spatial as well as temporal scales. The framework was developed to be used in a participatory manner in forest management planning. It accounts for the major parts of the forest-related social-ecological system and considers the multiple trade-offs involved. We demonstrate the utility of the framework by applying it to a landscape dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in Central Europe, managed for three different management goals. The framework highlights how forest resilience varies with the pursued management goals and related management strategies. The framework is flexible and can be applied to various forest management contexts as part of a participatory process with stakeholders. It thus is an important step towards operationalizing social-ecological resilience in forest management systems.
KW - Criteria and indicators framework
KW - Forest management
KW - Forest management planning
KW - Principles
KW - Resilience mechanism
KW - Strategic planning
KW - Trade-off
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117039
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117039
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36701888
AN - SCOPUS:85146909453
VL - 331
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
SN - 0301-4797
M1 - 117039
ER -
ID: 337434271