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ArticleA transition framework for integration of non-wood forest products into the bioeconomy
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Non-wood forest products (NWFP) are essential to the health and livelihoods of billions of people and are increasingly preferred by consumers worldwide. The plants, fungi, lichens, and animals that provide these products are essential for global biological diversity and are the raw materials for multi-billion-dollar global industries. While overexploitation of these resources often was linked to poverty and food scarcity in lower- income countries, today, unsustainable resource use is also linked to global market demand and even pressure from recreational harvesting in high-income countries. To ensure present and future production, without compromising forest health and resiliency or the people who rely on and benefit from NWFP, these resources should be included at all levels of forest management. The concept of a bioeconomy, which involves using science-based knowledge for sustainable production of food, energy, and other renewable bio-products, provides a framework for ‘green’ growth. NWFP are produced in myriad of systems and realigning these to a bioeconomy framework offers opportunities to refocus and strengthen efforts to achieve a sustainable future with forests that work locally and can be scaled up to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals. We provide contemporary examples of NWFP and the conditions that support their integration into the bioeconomy. From these cases, we identify factors that may stimulate the transition to a bioeconomy with NWFP. Keywords: Forest development, sustainable transformation, economic transitions, nontimber forest products ID: 3480571 -
ArticleParticipatory forest conservation, restoration, and sanitation in a resilient and resistant social-ecological system in Mexico
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The world continues the search for effective mechanisms to protect the natural heritage of forested landscapes. Mexico is among the most important forested and mega-biodiverse countries, with some 60% (62.6 million ha) of forests owned by communities, which operate as common property forest social-ecological systems (SES). Mexican forests are under varying natural and anthropic threats, but community collective action around forest management is the most important response for facing them. Here, we document experiences of participatory-adaptive forest management for conservation, restoration and sanitation in community forests. Combined methods were used, included: document review, participatory mapping, forest cover analysis, community workshops, key actor interviews and participant observation. Participatory forest management strategies by varying communities commonly used community resources, labor, cultural values, local traditional knowledge and governance institutions, both with and without sustained government support. The hundreds of voluntary conservation areas demonstrate that nature and people can coexist. As well, thousands of participatory forest restorations are based on cultural motivations and concerns for environmental legacies. Also, despite the growing bark beetle threat in temperate forests, large- scale participatory sanitation logging illustrates the opportunities to maintain forest health at the community level. A better understanding of approaches that improve resistance and adaptive capacity in forest SES, may help to design public policies for government and non-governmental interventions oriented to support and strengthen grassroots initiatives in Mexico and beyond. Lessons from bottom-up collective action examples can help to build a more sustainable future in comparable inhabited forests. Keywords: Adaptive and integrated management, habitat conservation, forest transition, climate change, local governance. ID: 3487226 -
ArticleThe preservation of natural forests through the establishment of industrial wood production plantations via the new, fast growing Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Turbo Obelisk’ varieties and new cultivation technologies
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.After decades of research and development, Silvanus Forestry Ltd. and HungaroPlant Ltd. have successfully propagated the Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Turbo Obelisk’ variety group and developed the necessary cultivation technologies, specifically for intensive industrial wood production plantations. In comparison to the Hungarian and traditional black locust varieties and cultivation technology, industrial wood production plantations established with our variety group and using our cultivation technologies can produce twice as much timber yield and industrial timber yield, considering 15-year rotation periods. These parameters are comparable with the performance of the widespread Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations in the subtropics. Our varieties and cultivation technologies, however, are also usable in subtropical, temperate, as well as tropical climates. The outstanding yields achieved by the ‘Turbo Obelisk’ varieties and the extremely high industrial wood output can provide a significant contribution to the conservation and maintenance of natural ecosystems, whilst the CO2 sequestration per unit area per time is also several times that of natural forests. A particular advantage to emphasize is long term carbon sequestration due to the high percentage of industrial wood yield. Increasing the exceptional tolerance of black locust against drought, pollution and low-quality soils, our varieties are exceptionally suitable for the utilization of marginal agricultural areas, the agricultural utilization of which would otherwise create an economical loss. This can also significantly increase the advancement of less developed regions. In addition to plantation cultivation, it also provides a cost-effective solution for the establishment of protective forest belts, road-side plantings, quicksand fixation and soil renovation. Delicious honey production is also a possible revenue stream. The global exploitation of the research findings has begun, having already successfully established test plantations in China, India, and Pakistan, as well as in several European countries. Keywords: dry agricultural areas, micro-propagated black locust varieties, ‘Turbo Obelisk’, carbon sequestration ID: 3484660
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