Sustainable landscape management in the Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to outline current foundations for sustainable landscape management in the Vilhelmina Model Forest, northwest Sweden. A case study revealed that the remaining patches of undisturbed or less disturbed boreal forest ecosystems comprise multiple values and, thus, constitute the basis for landscape planning. By identifying these patches, it is also possible to construct a spatial planning infrastructure for implementing sustainable management and land use. A more comprehensive toolbox needs to be developed, however, including monitoring and inventory schemes for relevant biophysical and socio-economic data, better temporal resolution for cause and effect analyses, and functioning scale-flexible planning and governance instruments.

Keywords

biodiversity; continuity forests; fragmentation; landscape planning; multi objective forestry; SFM; sustainable forest management; woodland key habitats

Published in

Forestry Chronicle
2012, volume: 88, number: 3, pages: 291-297
Publisher: CANADIAN INST FORESTRY

SLU Authors

• Svensson, Johan

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Sandström, Per

  • Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG12 Responsible consumption and production
SDG15 Life on land

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2012-056

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/45472