Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone

The Southern Cone countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have a common background regarding land use and land cover with a total of 46 million ha of forests whose benefits are prospering for the regional framework of the Southern Cone. The three countries do not articulate or interchange on their...

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Autores principales: Laclau, Pablo, Meza, Andrés, Lima, Joaquín Garrido Soares de, Linser, Stefanie
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author Laclau, Pablo
Meza, Andrés
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Linser, Stefanie
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description The Southern Cone countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have a common background regarding land use and land cover with a total of 46 million ha of forests whose benefits are prospering for the regional framework of the Southern Cone. The three countries do not articulate or interchange on their forest policies beyond circumstantial agreements. In this regard, and as our first research focus, we examined experiences while participating in the international Montréal Process on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. Secondly, we focused on the progress these processes have afforded regarding respective national implementation of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I for SFM) and uptake in forest policy. Thirdly, we examined also the obstacles experienced during participation and implementation. We based our findings on content analysis of key documents and author observations. Albeit the institutional and political frameworks between the countries differ, we found common constraints on budgeting, limited human resources and institutional capacity. Communication to society and policy makers’ commitment are also important weaknesses. The engagement of the three countries in the Montréal Process and the application of related national sets of C&I for SFM have provided solutions to recent land use conflicts. This also strengthened the quality and effectiveness of recently approved laws and regimes for a sustainable forest management. In conclusion, the forest dialogues of these countries, within and between each other, were reinforced by participation in C&I for SFM processes, helping to bridge the gap between decision-makers, national forest agencies, academia and other forest-related stakeholders. Common indicators and related national reports facilitated the identification of affinities for regional integration on a common basis and helped to raise the level of national forest policies increasing its strength and commitment to global forest challenges. The lessons learned should be considered to reach progress towards sustainability.
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spelling INTA65132019-12-16T11:07:52Z Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone Laclau, Pablo Meza, Andrés Lima, Joaquín Garrido Soares de Linser, Stefanie Bosques Indicadores Ordenación Forestal Forests Indicators Forest Management América del Sur Manejo Forestal The Southern Cone countries of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have a common background regarding land use and land cover with a total of 46 million ha of forests whose benefits are prospering for the regional framework of the Southern Cone. The three countries do not articulate or interchange on their forest policies beyond circumstantial agreements. In this regard, and as our first research focus, we examined experiences while participating in the international Montréal Process on Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests. Secondly, we focused on the progress these processes have afforded regarding respective national implementation of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management (C&I for SFM) and uptake in forest policy. Thirdly, we examined also the obstacles experienced during participation and implementation. We based our findings on content analysis of key documents and author observations. Albeit the institutional and political frameworks between the countries differ, we found common constraints on budgeting, limited human resources and institutional capacity. Communication to society and policy makers’ commitment are also important weaknesses. The engagement of the three countries in the Montréal Process and the application of related national sets of C&I for SFM have provided solutions to recent land use conflicts. This also strengthened the quality and effectiveness of recently approved laws and regimes for a sustainable forest management. In conclusion, the forest dialogues of these countries, within and between each other, were reinforced by participation in C&I for SFM processes, helping to bridge the gap between decision-makers, national forest agencies, academia and other forest-related stakeholders. Common indicators and related national reports facilitated the identification of affinities for regional integration on a common basis and helped to raise the level of national forest policies increasing its strength and commitment to global forest challenges. The lessons learned should be considered to reach progress towards sustainability. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Agencia de Extensión Rural San Martín de los Andes Fil: Laclau, Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Agencia de Extensión Rural San Martín de los Andes; Argentina Fil: Meza, Andrés. Corporación Nacional Forestal; Chile Fil: Lima, Joaquín Garrido Soares de. Uruguay. Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca. Dirección General Forestal; Uruguay Fil: Linser, Stefanie. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences; Austria. Forest Policy Research Network. European Forest Institute; Austria 2019-12-16T10:56:21Z 2019-12-16T10:56:21Z 2019 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6513 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cfa/ifr/2019/00000021/00000003/art00004 1465-5489 https://doi.org/10.1505/146554819827293196 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Commonwealth Forestry Association International Forestry Review 21 (3) : 315-323 (September 2019)
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Indicadores
Ordenación Forestal
Forests
Indicators
Forest Management
América del Sur
Manejo Forestal
Laclau, Pablo
Meza, Andrés
Lima, Joaquín Garrido Soares de
Linser, Stefanie
Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title_full Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title_fullStr Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title_full_unstemmed Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title_short Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management: lessons learned in the Southern Cone
title_sort criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management lessons learned in the southern cone
topic Bosques
Indicadores
Ordenación Forestal
Forests
Indicators
Forest Management
América del Sur
Manejo Forestal
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