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ArticleScientific basis of household practices in agroforestry homegardens: A case study in Matara district, Sri Lanka
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Agroforestry in homegardens with high diversity of species which play main agro-ecological roles are complex and sustainable land use systems. Efforts are being made across the globe in valuing and protecting the age-old practices of agroforestry on scientific basis in homegardens. This study analysed the scientific basis of households’ practices in agroforestry homegardens in Matara district of Sri Lanka and develop strategies for the promotion of sustainable agroforestry homegardens. Selected households were interviewed measuring their concern using five point Likert scale, and analysed the qualitative data using non-parametric statistics. The study revealed that scientific basis of household practices in agroforestry homegardens are moderate in selection of appropriate trees and plants, and management of trees and plant health care. Households pay little concern on scientific basis in planning and site placement, land preparation and establishment of trees / crops, and implementing proper cultural practices. There is no significant correlation between scientific basis of practices in agroforestry in relation with size of home-gardens, educational level of households, and across the category of their occupations. Resources to use scientific knowledge in practice, and opportunity to improve scientific skills have moderate correlation significantly while availability of scientific information and access to scientific knowledge have significant but low correlation as applying knowledge on scientific basis by the households. The interest to acquire scientific knowledge, and sufficient time to improve scientific knowledge, and other reasons have no significant correlation with scientific basis of household practices. Carefully planned interventions including policy adjustments and effective extension programs for learning and experimenting couple with supportive programs would enhance scientific basis of household practices for agroforestry in homegardens. Key words: homegarden composition; plants selection; health-care management; resources use; agroforestry policy ID: 3620081 -
ArticleDisentangling the diversity of forest care initiatives and their contribution to local rural development: an Italian case study
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In the light of studies assessing the positive impact wellbeing of the contact with the forest and woodlands ecosystem, and the increasing societal demand for accessible and inclusive experiences in the forest, we are witnessing a growing number and typologies of forest-based initiatives for wellbeing. From forest bathing and healing forests in Asia, these initiatives are expanding throughout Europe next to other practices such as forest kindergartens, forest museums and social forestry. We argue that such initiatives provide a wide range of socio-behavioural/cultural ecosystem services and might represent an opportunity to revitalize the forest sector and create green jobs. The problem faced is a generalized lack of information on the initiatives, no tools that help to collect and standardize the information. Research efforts are currently focused on a limited range of initiatives and services and no clear terminology and definitions have been set yet. There is the need to understand better the development and organizational patterns of such initiatives so to identify their potential contribution to local rural development. We therefore propose (i) an umbrella definition – i.e. Forest Care Initiatives (FCIs), (ii) a framework characterizing initiatives into four categories according to target users, substitutability of the forest ecosystem and the specificity of the health contributions they aim to, (iii) and a repository to collect and systematize information on the initiatives. We used the repository to investigate the development of FCIs within the Italian case-study area, analysing a total of 232 initiatives. Results shows a lively panorama of FCIs providing multiple services and activities for a wide range of users. Privates and civil society can be a driver for FCIs development, creation of new partnerships, new business opportunities andgreen jobs. Further research is needed to account for such benefits and increase the knowledge on enabling environment. Keywords: Forest Care, health and wellbeing, innovation, Forest therapy, local development ID: 3486914 -
DocumentAnalyzing the occurrence trend of sediment-related disasters and post-disaster recovery cases in mountain regions in North Korea based on a literature review and satellite image observations
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.This study investigated spatiotemporal trends of sediment-related disasters in North Korea from 1960 to 2019 and post-disaster recovery cases based on a literature review and satellite images. Results showed that occurrence status of sediment-related disasters was initially externally reported in 1995 (during the Kim Jongil era); their main triggering factor was heavy summer rainfall. Furthermore, forest degradation rate was positively correlated with population density (R2 = 0.4347, p = 0.02) and occurrence number of sediment-related disasters was relatively high on the west coast region, where both variables showed high values. This indicates that human activity was a major cause of forest degradation and thus, significantly affected sediment-related disasters in mountain regions. Finally, sediment- related disasters due to shallow landslides, debris flow, and slow-moving landslides were observed in undisturbed forest regions and human-impacted forest regions, including terraced fields, opencast mines, forest roads, and post-wildfire areas, via satellite image analysis. These disaster-hit areas remained mostly abandoned without any recovery works, whereas hillside erosion control work (e.g., treeplanting with terracing) or torrent erosion control work (e.g., check dam, debris flow guide bank) were implemented in certain areas. These findings can provide reference information to expand inter-Korean exchange and cooperation in forest rehabilitation and erosion control works of North Korea. Keywords: Climate change, Deforestation and forest degradation, Sustainable forest management, Monitoring and data collection, Research ID: 3616353
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