What Is Sustainable Forest Management?

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SFM is a branch of forestry that is concerned with the overall administration, economic, legal and social aspects as well as the scientific & technical aspects (silviculture, forest regulation, and protection). It can be based on the conservation, economics and/or a mixture of the two: timber extraction, afforestation and reforestation. The Glossary of Forestry Terms in British Columbia (2008), indicated that it also includes the management of aesthetics, wood products, genetic resources and other forest resources values, this is through the maintenance of and enhancement of the long term forest ecosystem health for the benefits of all living things both in the present and future (Canadian Forest Service, 2007)
SFM as defined during the Forest …show more content…

Since forest management decisions are not only based on present or current resources but also on future conditions, models are needed to describe the forest dynamics. Sustainable forest management decisions are based on resource conditions from both the present and future

Long term field data absence forest dynamics that is been described by forest models e.g. reproduction, succession, growth etc., are used for management plans like inventory update, predicting forest yield, species composition or make up, ecosystem structure and function. It also allows for the exploring if other management options thereby providing information for effective decision making. (Vanclay, 1995 in Changhui, 2000)
Sustainable forest management as explained by PEFC (2016) is the environmentally appropriate, socially, beneficial and economically viable management of forests for both the present and future …show more content…

Through C&I, it is also possible to monitor, assess and report progress on sustainable forest management at regional and national levels. The six Pan-European criteria that best describes the different aspects of sustainable forest management in Europe are listed

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