Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry?
Climate-smart forestry (CSF) is considered a promising approach for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, as highlighted in several European policy documents. This paper describes a prospective approach to introducing an incentive-based scheme to facilitate the implementation of CSF t...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/cjfr-2020-0312 2024-09-15T18:13:19+00:00 Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? Brnkalakova, Stanislava Světlík, Jan Brynleifsdóttir, Sigríður Júlía Snorrason, Arnór Baštáková, Viera Kluvankova, Tatiana 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0312 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0312 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0312 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Forest Research volume 51, issue 12, page 1781-1790 ISSN 0045-5067 1208-6037 journal-article 2021 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0312 2024-07-11T04:12:01Z Climate-smart forestry (CSF) is considered a promising approach for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, as highlighted in several European policy documents. This paper describes a prospective approach to introducing an incentive-based scheme to facilitate the implementation of CSF through a case study in Iceland. It is argued that the payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme allows for effective CSF management and long-term sustainability if introduced in compliance with local, cultural, and social values. In a case study of an Icelandic afforestation programme, we conducted an institutional analysis of the PES scheme and assessed its effect on the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services for the long term. We provide preliminary findings on the application of CSF in the 30-year-old Icelandic afforestation programme scheme. The perspectives of forest and policy experts, as well as local farmers participating in the scheme, were crucial for assessing the effectiveness of PES scheme performance in Iceland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Forest Research |
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Climate-smart forestry (CSF) is considered a promising approach for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, as highlighted in several European policy documents. This paper describes a prospective approach to introducing an incentive-based scheme to facilitate the implementation of CSF through a case study in Iceland. It is argued that the payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme allows for effective CSF management and long-term sustainability if introduced in compliance with local, cultural, and social values. In a case study of an Icelandic afforestation programme, we conducted an institutional analysis of the PES scheme and assessed its effect on the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services for the long term. We provide preliminary findings on the application of CSF in the 30-year-old Icelandic afforestation programme scheme. The perspectives of forest and policy experts, as well as local farmers participating in the scheme, were crucial for assessing the effectiveness of PES scheme performance in Iceland. |
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Brnkalakova, Stanislava Světlík, Jan Brynleifsdóttir, Sigríður Júlía Snorrason, Arnór Baštáková, Viera Kluvankova, Tatiana |
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Brnkalakova, Stanislava Světlík, Jan Brynleifsdóttir, Sigríður Júlía Snorrason, Arnór Baštáková, Viera Kluvankova, Tatiana Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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Brnkalakova, Stanislava Světlík, Jan Brynleifsdóttir, Sigríður Júlía Snorrason, Arnór Baštáková, Viera Kluvankova, Tatiana |
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Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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Afforesting Icelandic land: A promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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afforesting icelandic land: a promising approach for climate-smart forestry? |
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