Planning for Connectivity
... national forest lands and facilitating connectivity planning across land ownerships—the first such requirements in the history of U. S. public land management. The pending revisions of most forest plans provide a significant opportunity to protect and enhance the diversity of habitat and wildlife on ...
... national forest lands and facilitating connectivity planning across land ownerships—the first such requirements in the history of U. S. public land management. The pending revisions of most forest plans provide a significant opportunity to protect and enhance the diversity of habitat and wildlife on ...
Ecosystem Services and CBD - ALTER-Net
... finding synergy and collaboration with other MEAs, organizations and processes Interactions between biodiversity and climate chnage Ecosystem-based approaches, adaptation and mitigation measures, particularly REDD+ (Reducing deforestation and forest degradation) Win-win situations for conservation o ...
... finding synergy and collaboration with other MEAs, organizations and processes Interactions between biodiversity and climate chnage Ecosystem-based approaches, adaptation and mitigation measures, particularly REDD+ (Reducing deforestation and forest degradation) Win-win situations for conservation o ...
Rethinking Swidden Cultivation in Myanmar
... cultivation adaptation include low population density, extensive land, and remoteness, especially from markets. These conditions have been rapidly changing across SE Asia in recent decades, due to a range of stresses, most of which in Myanmar are more recent and more rapid: population growth, enclos ...
... cultivation adaptation include low population density, extensive land, and remoteness, especially from markets. These conditions have been rapidly changing across SE Asia in recent decades, due to a range of stresses, most of which in Myanmar are more recent and more rapid: population growth, enclos ...
3. Project Outputs and Rationale
... lines—agriculture, forestry and water resources are treated separately from other land uses such as infrastructure development—and these are proving to be ineffective in addressing the nexus of inter-related land use pressures threatening fragile upland ecosystems. While this tendency is present in ...
... lines—agriculture, forestry and water resources are treated separately from other land uses such as infrastructure development—and these are proving to be ineffective in addressing the nexus of inter-related land use pressures threatening fragile upland ecosystems. While this tendency is present in ...
Report Under the Cover of the Swedish Forestry Model
... and the preservation of biological diversity. The latter target is formulated in detail in the environmental quality objective “Sustainable Forests”. It states that the value of woodlands for biological production must be protected, at the same time as biodiversity, cultural heritage and recreationa ...
... and the preservation of biological diversity. The latter target is formulated in detail in the environmental quality objective “Sustainable Forests”. It states that the value of woodlands for biological production must be protected, at the same time as biodiversity, cultural heritage and recreationa ...
Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest
... and has been internationally recognized as one of the key global biodiversity hotspots (Mittermeier et al., 2005a). Since 120 million people (or 70% of the Brazilian population) live along the Brazilian Atlantic coast, this biome has experienced unprecedented levels of habitat loss and other human ...
... and has been internationally recognized as one of the key global biodiversity hotspots (Mittermeier et al., 2005a). Since 120 million people (or 70% of the Brazilian population) live along the Brazilian Atlantic coast, this biome has experienced unprecedented levels of habitat loss and other human ...
Not seeing the ocean for the islands
... a fully–absorbing barrier to the dispersal of forest taxa. In this paper, we present a conceptual model that addresses how forest habitat loss and fragmentation affect biodiversity through reduction of the resource base, subdivision of populations, alterations of species interactions and disturbance ...
... a fully–absorbing barrier to the dispersal of forest taxa. In this paper, we present a conceptual model that addresses how forest habitat loss and fragmentation affect biodiversity through reduction of the resource base, subdivision of populations, alterations of species interactions and disturbance ...
Human disturbance on Polylepis mountain forests in Peruvian
... disturbance affects the natural state of ecosystems and is a significant threat to species living in these areas. In addition, fragmentation of ecosystems, patch size and edge effects can influence species richness and extinction rates. The eastern slopes of the Andes form one of the world’s biodive ...
... disturbance affects the natural state of ecosystems and is a significant threat to species living in these areas. In addition, fragmentation of ecosystems, patch size and edge effects can influence species richness and extinction rates. The eastern slopes of the Andes form one of the world’s biodive ...
Does natural selection organize ecosystems for the maintenance of
... as the fragment averaged 55 tree species apiece (Kellman et al. 1994). Moreover, ‘edge effects’ in these natural fragments are minimal, compared with those in fragments recently isolated by human activity. Newly arrived human hunters with stone-tipped weapons killed off Beringia’s mammoths and other ...
... as the fragment averaged 55 tree species apiece (Kellman et al. 1994). Moreover, ‘edge effects’ in these natural fragments are minimal, compared with those in fragments recently isolated by human activity. Newly arrived human hunters with stone-tipped weapons killed off Beringia’s mammoths and other ...
Brief - nerc-bess
... been offset by arrivals of new species [2]. However, there have been significant net declines in species that provide cultural values, pest control and pollination, suggesting an erosion of the resilience of these ecosystem functions [2]. Dieback in the New Forest with evidence for threshold respons ...
... been offset by arrivals of new species [2]. However, there have been significant net declines in species that provide cultural values, pest control and pollination, suggesting an erosion of the resilience of these ecosystem functions [2]. Dieback in the New Forest with evidence for threshold respons ...
Forests - Woodland Park Zoo
... Generally, forests are large, continuous stand of trees. Forests grow in areas of the world with moist climates and at least one moderately warm season each year. The world’s forests can be divided into two main groups: temperate and tropical. The word temperate refers to moderate annual climatic pa ...
... Generally, forests are large, continuous stand of trees. Forests grow in areas of the world with moist climates and at least one moderately warm season each year. The world’s forests can be divided into two main groups: temperate and tropical. The word temperate refers to moderate annual climatic pa ...
NSDNR Forest Disturbance Report
... future change to our landscapes and that there is no true ability to re-create or preserve the past. Kay et al (2000) suggest that it is not about maintaining the ecosystem in a specific state or even configuration - rather it is about maintaining the process of self-organization. Frelich (2002) con ...
... future change to our landscapes and that there is no true ability to re-create or preserve the past. Kay et al (2000) suggest that it is not about maintaining the ecosystem in a specific state or even configuration - rather it is about maintaining the process of self-organization. Frelich (2002) con ...
3 - Current Forest Conditions and Trends 3.1 - Introduction
... well as the number of merely wet days have increased (Andresen et al., 2012). The growing season has lengthened by about a week since the 1930s and the duration and amount of ice cover have decreased (Andresen et al., 2012). In Michigan, snowfall patterns have been different in lake-effect and non-l ...
... well as the number of merely wet days have increased (Andresen et al., 2012). The growing season has lengthened by about a week since the 1930s and the duration and amount of ice cover have decreased (Andresen et al., 2012). In Michigan, snowfall patterns have been different in lake-effect and non-l ...
Ecological Components of Endangered Forests
... on defensible methods for defining and mapping such forests. The Endangered Forest concept is specifically intended to provide this scientific underpinning with a focus on ecological sustainability. Ecological sustainability is different from but not incompatible with sustainable forest management, ...
... on defensible methods for defining and mapping such forests. The Endangered Forest concept is specifically intended to provide this scientific underpinning with a focus on ecological sustainability. Ecological sustainability is different from but not incompatible with sustainable forest management, ...
3.2.1 Fragmentation metrics - Food and Agriculture Organization of
... scale because of forest development. Increasing universally high levels of forest fragmentation is a major cause of well-documented reductions in the distribution and abundance of individual species and on the species composition of many forest communities, especially in temperate and tropical fores ...
... scale because of forest development. Increasing universally high levels of forest fragmentation is a major cause of well-documented reductions in the distribution and abundance of individual species and on the species composition of many forest communities, especially in temperate and tropical fores ...
Andrew D. Barnes , Rowan M. Emberson , Hazel M. Chapman
... Land use has been implicated as the largest global driver of biodiversity loss, largely due to associated habitat loss and fragmentation. The resulting production of habitat edges have pervasive impacts on the distribution and persistence of invertebrates1. Land use change is of particular concern i ...
... Land use has been implicated as the largest global driver of biodiversity loss, largely due to associated habitat loss and fragmentation. The resulting production of habitat edges have pervasive impacts on the distribution and persistence of invertebrates1. Land use change is of particular concern i ...
Phase 1 Framework Glossary 0103121
... OKLRMP: MOF: “to avoid where it is feasible; however, it may not be convenient or the most cost effective option.” ...
... OKLRMP: MOF: “to avoid where it is feasible; however, it may not be convenient or the most cost effective option.” ...
Forest Cover, Condition, and Ecology in Human
... Forest cover, condition, and ecology in human-impacted forests / 197 Within the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA), the mining company and hired consultants have predicted that even in the absence of mining, most of the littoral forest cover will be removed within the next four decad ...
... Forest cover, condition, and ecology in human-impacted forests / 197 Within the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA), the mining company and hired consultants have predicted that even in the absence of mining, most of the littoral forest cover will be removed within the next four decad ...
Summary of Scientific Findings on Roads and Aquatic Ecosystems
... changes in streamflow, changes in water temperature caused by loss of riparian cover or conversion of groundwater to surface water, migration barriers, and access for disease, exotic fish introductions, and increased fishing pressure. Sediment—The increased sediment flux into streams that is associa ...
... changes in streamflow, changes in water temperature caused by loss of riparian cover or conversion of groundwater to surface water, migration barriers, and access for disease, exotic fish introductions, and increased fishing pressure. Sediment—The increased sediment flux into streams that is associa ...
RG report
... will provide information on present-day ecosystem and landscape properties. Combinations of several retrospective vegetation history and archaeological methods will provide information on long-term natural changes, human settlement, timber logging, grazing pressure, economics, and human wellbeing. T ...
... will provide information on present-day ecosystem and landscape properties. Combinations of several retrospective vegetation history and archaeological methods will provide information on long-term natural changes, human settlement, timber logging, grazing pressure, economics, and human wellbeing. T ...
Criteria and Indicators for Assessing the Sustainability
... broad concept and, given the huge diversity of life in tropical forests, it is impossible to make rapid direct assessments of biodiversity in forests in anything other than a superficial manner. It is likely that there will be limited skilled human resources and time for biodiversity assessment in a ...
... broad concept and, given the huge diversity of life in tropical forests, it is impossible to make rapid direct assessments of biodiversity in forests in anything other than a superficial manner. It is likely that there will be limited skilled human resources and time for biodiversity assessment in a ...
Plant Diversity of Forests
... been paid to these problems. The year 1992 can be considered as the pivotal year in this field since in this year the Convention on Biological Diversity was approved on the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. This document defines biological diversity - biodiv ...
... been paid to these problems. The year 1992 can be considered as the pivotal year in this field since in this year the Convention on Biological Diversity was approved on the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. This document defines biological diversity - biodiv ...
Approaches to ecosystem management
... Strategic management is not merely strategic planning (planning one’s future actions) – it is “acting with a purpose”. This acknowledges that “the better you know where you are going the more likely you are to get there”. The ‘purpose’ of management needs to be made explicit and operational. The ult ...
... Strategic management is not merely strategic planning (planning one’s future actions) – it is “acting with a purpose”. This acknowledges that “the better you know where you are going the more likely you are to get there”. The ‘purpose’ of management needs to be made explicit and operational. The ult ...
Lack of natural control mechanisms increases wildlife–forestry
... Received: 16 December 2010 / Revised: 1 April 2011 / Accepted: 18 April 2011 / Published online: 12 May 2011 Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
... Received: 16 December 2010 / Revised: 1 April 2011 / Accepted: 18 April 2011 / Published online: 12 May 2011 Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
-portal.org Ecology and Evolution
... Stockholm Resilience Centre, a crossfaculty research center at Stockholm University; and the Strategic Research Programme EkoKlim at Stockholm University. Received: 23 April 2013; Revised: 3 September 2013; Accepted: 6 September ...
... Stockholm Resilience Centre, a crossfaculty research center at Stockholm University; and the Strategic Research Programme EkoKlim at Stockholm University. Received: 23 April 2013; Revised: 3 September 2013; Accepted: 6 September ...
Sustainable forest management
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the management of forests according to the principles of sustainable development. Sustainable forest management uses very broad social, economic and environmental goals. A range of forestry institutions now practice various forms of sustainable forest management and a broad range of methods and tools are available that have been tested over time and space.The ""Forest Principles"" adopted at The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 captured the general international understanding of sustainable forest management at that time. A number of sets of criteria and indicators have since been developed to evaluate the achievement of SFM at both the country and management unit level. These were all attempts to codify and provide for independent assessment of the degree to which the broader objectives of sustainable forest management are being achieved in practice. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forests. The instrument was the first of its kind, and reflected the strong international commitment to promote implementation of sustainable forest management through a new approach that brings all stakeholders together.