During the last decades, and particularly since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the European Forestry sector has undergone deep changes: new functions and productive and social roles have increased the importance of the forest resources. In this context, particular emphasis is laid on sustainable forest management, which is aimed at safeguarding the environment and respecting social needs and economic efficiency. The new requirements linked to sustainable forest management have been taken into account by the northern European Countries after the Interministerial Conferences for the Protection of the European Forests held in Helsinki and Lisbon: evaluation schemes of the management criteria have been established based on indicators (DPSIR). This is not the case for the forested areas in Mediterranean Europe where the livelihood of several populations still depends on pastoral activities, with differences between the eastern and the western parts of the area. Even in Italy and France, countries where the agropastoral sector is in deep crisis both in terms of income and number of people employed, the old problem of the conflict between pastoralism and forest resources is still a live topic. Recent economic incentives have even favoured the spread of high impact activities. The importance attributed to the conservation of forest resources, which can also be seen in international treaties (United Nations Conventions on Biodiversity, Global Change and Desertification), makes the definition of sustainable management criteria for the silvopastoral systems typical of Mediterranean Europe an urgent and topical priority. In this context, ad hoc indicators and models able to describe complex aspects, such as the impact, carrying capacity, resilience, and the irreversibility threshold related to the intensity or type of pastoral use, among others. All such factors are strongly influenced by spatial and temporal factors and related to the particular climate and the evolution of the forest stands. This paper present a semi-empirical procedure (IMPAFORMED) to assess the sustainable use of a forest with domestic animals, using socio-economic constraints, goals, stocking rates and the grazing damage as operative tools.

Grazing damage assessment as sustainability indicator in Mediterranean forests / Pulina, G; D'Angelo, M; Zucca, Claudio; Nolis, S.. - (2005), pp. 47-58. (Intervento presentato al convegno Animal production and natural Resources utilization in the Mediterranean mountain areas tenutosi a Ioannina, Greece nel 5-7 June 2003).

Grazing damage assessment as sustainability indicator in Mediterranean forests

Pulina G;ZUCCA, Claudio;
2005-01-01

Abstract

During the last decades, and particularly since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the European Forestry sector has undergone deep changes: new functions and productive and social roles have increased the importance of the forest resources. In this context, particular emphasis is laid on sustainable forest management, which is aimed at safeguarding the environment and respecting social needs and economic efficiency. The new requirements linked to sustainable forest management have been taken into account by the northern European Countries after the Interministerial Conferences for the Protection of the European Forests held in Helsinki and Lisbon: evaluation schemes of the management criteria have been established based on indicators (DPSIR). This is not the case for the forested areas in Mediterranean Europe where the livelihood of several populations still depends on pastoral activities, with differences between the eastern and the western parts of the area. Even in Italy and France, countries where the agropastoral sector is in deep crisis both in terms of income and number of people employed, the old problem of the conflict between pastoralism and forest resources is still a live topic. Recent economic incentives have even favoured the spread of high impact activities. The importance attributed to the conservation of forest resources, which can also be seen in international treaties (United Nations Conventions on Biodiversity, Global Change and Desertification), makes the definition of sustainable management criteria for the silvopastoral systems typical of Mediterranean Europe an urgent and topical priority. In this context, ad hoc indicators and models able to describe complex aspects, such as the impact, carrying capacity, resilience, and the irreversibility threshold related to the intensity or type of pastoral use, among others. All such factors are strongly influenced by spatial and temporal factors and related to the particular climate and the evolution of the forest stands. This paper present a semi-empirical procedure (IMPAFORMED) to assess the sustainable use of a forest with domestic animals, using socio-economic constraints, goals, stocking rates and the grazing damage as operative tools.
2005
978-90-76998-56-5
Grazing damage assessment as sustainability indicator in Mediterranean forests / Pulina, G; D'Angelo, M; Zucca, Claudio; Nolis, S.. - (2005), pp. 47-58. (Intervento presentato al convegno Animal production and natural Resources utilization in the Mediterranean mountain areas tenutosi a Ioannina, Greece nel 5-7 June 2003).
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