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Title: Development and Testing of a Criteria and Indicators System for Sustainable Forest Management at the Local Level

Development and Testing of a Criteria and Indicators System for Sustainable Forest Management at the Local Level

Case Study at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd., Canada

by Thorsten Mrosek (Author)
©2005 Thesis XIV, 189 Pages
Science, Society & Culture
Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes, Volume 29

Summary

The concept of criteria and indicators (C&I) for sustainable forest management (SFM) is suitable for defining, measuring and assessing sustainability in forestry. Within this study, the concept was developed further to a C&I system for application at the local level and tested as a case study at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. in Canada. The research involved: development of a generic set of local level C&I, identification of verifiers and norms, field testing the C&I, development of indicator measurement databases, assessment of the state of the forest and its management, and the application of adaptive management procedures. Based on the generic C&I system for SFM and the comprehensive field test, the study provides a model for evaluating sustainability in the management of temperate forests around the world.

Details

Pages
XIV, 189
Year
2005
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631533963
Language
English
Keywords
Haliburton (Ontario, County) Forstwirtschaft Nachhaltigkeit Kanada Management Indikator Lokale Ebene
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XIV, 189 pp., num. fig., tables and graphs

Biographical notes

Thorsten Mrosek (Author)

The Author: Thorsten Mrosek, born 1972 in Dinslaken (Germany); 1992-1998 undergraduate studies in forestry at the University of Göttingen; 1998-2001 MSc and Ph.D. studies in forestry at the University of Toronto as well as Researcher and Management Assistant at the Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. (Canada); 2002 Ph.D. graduation; 2001-2003 Head of MSc forestry program, Coordinator of BSc forestry program, Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Applied Sciences of Eberswalde (Germany); since 2004 Researcher (Post-doctoral) and Lecturer at the University of Münster, researching sustainable forest management, forestry and wood-processing industry cluster analysis and management, forest policy, multiple forest use and forest conservation.

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