Learning for sustainable forest management

• Main Authors: Angelstam, Per, Elbakidze, Marine, Axelsson, Robert, Lopatin, Eugene, Sandström, Camilla, Törnblom, Johan, Dixelius, Malcolm, Gorchakov, Valery, Kovriga, Leonid
• Format: Report
• Language: Swedish; English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Forestry; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3600/; https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/3600/1/FF07-01.pdf; https://arbetsplats.slu.se/sites/sfak/faculty_doc/Delade%20dokument/fakta_skog/FF07-01.pdf

• Sustainable forest management aims at satisfying ecological, economic and sociocultural values in entire landscapes. • The study of the gradient from the Russian Federation via countries in transition such as the new EU members and Ukraine, and to Fennoscandia, provides interesting knowledge. • We develop tools to measure the different dimensions of sustainability. • We compare concepts aiming at sustainable landscapes, such as Model Forest and Biosphere Reserve, with regular approaches for land management. • Natural and human science methods are combined, in close collaboration between researchers, policy-makers, planners and managers. • Transparent communication of results to the public through different media is crucial.