From management to stewardship: Viewing forests as complex adaptive systems in an uncertain world [r-libre/818]

Messier, C.; Puettmann, K.J.; Chazdon, R.L.; Andersson, K.P.; Angers, V.A.; Brotons, L.; Filotas, E.; Tittler, R.; Parrott, L., & Levin, S.A. (2015). From management to stewardship: Viewing forests as complex adaptive systems in an uncertain world. Conservation Letters, 8 (5), 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12156

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Item Type:	Journal Articles
Refereed:	Yes
Status:	Published
Abstract:	The world's forests and forestry sector are facing unprecedented biological, political, social, and climatic challenges. The development of appropriate, novel forest management and restoration approaches that adequately consider uncertainty and adaptability are hampered by a continuing focus on production of a few goods or objectives, strong control of forest structure and composition, and most importantly the absence of a global scientific framework and long-term vision. Ecosystem-based approaches represent a step in the right direction, but are limited in their ability to deal with the rapid pace of social, climatic, and environmental changes. We argue here that viewing forest ecosystems as complex adaptive system provides a better alternative for both production- and conservation-oriented forests and forestry. We propose a set of broad principles and changes to increase the adaptive capacity of forests in the face of future uncertainties. These span from expanding the sustained-yield, single-good paradigm to developing policy incentives and interventions that promote self-organization and integrated social-ecological adaptation.
Official URL:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12...
Depositor:	Filotas, Élise
Owner / Manager:	Élise Filotas
Deposited:	22 Dec 2015 13:51
Last Modified:	03 Mar 2016 20:28

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