Between biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management - A multidisciplinary assessment of the emblematic Bialowieza Forest case

Autor: Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, E. Hermanowicz, F. Mohren, A. Konieczny, Per Angelstam, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Malgorzata Blicharska, Lukas Giessen, Krzysztof Niedziałkowski, Georg Winkel, Z. Mirek, Grzegorz Mikusiński, Jacek Hilszczański, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, A. Konczal, Z. Witkowski, R. Zaplata, J. Holeksa, G. M. Winder, J. Szwagrzyk, Bart Muys, Metodi Sotirov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
Conservation conflict
Skogsvetenskap
Białowieża Forest
Sustainable forest management
Forest management
Biodiversity & Conservation
LEVEL
Interdisciplinarity
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Biodiversity conservation
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Sustainable land use
Politics
RECONCILING TIMBER EXTRACTION
Naturalness
Political science
IMPLEMENTATION
Land use conflict
Bosecologie en Bosbeheer
Bialowieia Forest
Empirical evidence
Environmental planning
Ecology
Evolution
Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ekologi
Science & Technology
Ecology
POLAND
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Forest Science
Stakeholder
NORWAY SPRUCE
Citizen journalism
SPRUCE BARK BEETLE
PE&RC
Forest Ecology and Forest Management
PROTECTED AREAS
NATURA 2000
BEETLE IPS-TYPOGRAPHUS
Conflict management
NATIONAL-PARK
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Environmental Sciences
Zdroj: Blicharska, M, Angelstam, P, Giessen, L, Hilszczański, J, Hermanowicz, E, Holeksa, J, Jacobsen, J B, Jaroszewicz, B, Konczal, A, Konieczny, A, Mikusiński, G, Mirek, Z, Mohren, F, Muys, B, Niedziałkowski, K, Sotirov, M, Stereńczak, K, Szwagrzyk, J, Winder, G M, Witkowski, Z, Zaplata, R & Winkel, G 2020, ' Between biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management – A multidisciplinary assessment of the emblematic Białowieża Forest case ', Biological Conservation, vol. 248, 108614 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108614
Biological Conservation 248 (2020)
Biological Conservation, 248
National Information Processing Institute
ISSN: 0006-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108614
Popis: The tension between biodiversity conservation and multipurpose forest management may lead to conflicts. An internationally prominent example is the Białowieża Forest Massif (BFM), an extensive forest complex with high levels of naturalness. We apply a systematic, multidisciplinary assessment process to review empirical evidence on different dimensions of the BFM conflict. While there is broad consensus that this forest massif is an exceptional place worth conserving and that a way forward is a zonation system combining conservation with management, exactly how this should be done has yet to be agreed upon. Our assessment shows that the key reasons for the BFM controversy go beyond the availability of knowledge on the ecological status of the BFM and include: 1) evidence stemming from different sources, which is often contradictory and prone to different interpretations; 2) knowledge gaps, particularly with regard to socio-economic drivers and beneficiaries as well as uncertainties about future trends; 3) fundamentally different values and priorities among stakeholder groups, resulting in power struggles, and an overall lack of trust. We conclude that evidence-based knowledge alone is insufficient to cope with complex conservation conflicts. While more evidence may help assess the consequences of decisions, the actual management decisions depend on different actors' worldviews, which are rooted in their professional identities and power, and their political and legal realities. This calls for conflict management through a well-organized participatory process organized and supervised by a body deemed legitimate by the groups involved. ispartof: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION vol:248 status: published
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