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==Public input and awareness== ==Public input and awareness==
There has been an increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. Public concern regarding forest management may have shifted from the extraction of timber to the preservation of additional forest ], including ] and ], protecting ], ] management, and ]. Increased environmental awareness may contribute to an increased public mistrust of forest management professionals.<ref>{{cite journal |quotes= |last=Shindler |first=Bruce |authorlink= |coauthors=Lori A. Cramer |date= |year=1999 |month=January |title=Shifting Public Values for Forest Management: Making Sense of Wicked Problems |journal=Western Journal of Applied Forestry |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=28–34 |publisher=Society of American Foresters |location= |issn=0885-6095 |pmid= |pmc= |doi= |bibcode= |oclc= |id= |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/eco/eco-watch/wickedpr.html |language= |accessdate=2008-08-25 |laysummary= |laysource= |laydate= |quote= }}</ref> There has been an increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. Public concern regarding forest management may have shifted from the extraction of timber to the preservation of additional forest ], including ] and ], protecting ], ] management, and ]. Increased environmental awareness may contribute to an increased public mistrust of forest management professionals.<ref>{{cite journal |quotes= |last=Shindler |first=Bruce |authorlink= |coauthors=Lori A. Cramer |date= |year=1999 |month=January |title=Shifting Public Values for Forest Management: Making Sense of Wicked Problems |journal=Western Journal of Applied Forestry |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=28–34 |publisher=Society of American Foresters |location= |issn=0885-6095 |pmid= |pmc= |doi= |bibcode= |oclc= |id= |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/eco/eco-watch/wickedpr.html |language= |accessdate=2008-08-25 |laysummary= |laysource= |laydate= |quote= }}</ref>

To increase public awareness, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 the ] as a global platform to celebrate what individuals are already doing to increase sustainability, and to spread education and awareness worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Year of Forests|url=http://www.celebrateforests.com/about-year-forests|publisher=National Association of State Foresters|accessdate=9 September 2011}}</ref>


Many tools like ] modelling have been developed to improve forest inventory and management planning.<ref></ref> Many tools like ] modelling have been developed to improve forest inventory and management planning.<ref></ref>

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Sustainable forest management carried out by Complejo Panguipulli has contributed to the preservation of the forested landscape around Neltume, a sawmill town in Chile

Forest management is the branch of forestry concerned with the overall administrative, economic, legal, and social aspects and with the essentially scientific and technical aspects, especially silviculture, protection, and forest regulation. This includes management for aesthetics, fish, recreation, urban values, water, wilderness, wildlife, wood products, forest genetic resources and other forest resource values. Management can be based on conservation, economics, or a mixture of the two. Techniques include timber extraction, planting and replanting of various species, cutting roads and pathways through forests, and preventing fire.

Public input and awareness

There has been an increased public awareness of natural resource policy, including forest management. Public concern regarding forest management may have shifted from the extraction of timber to the preservation of additional forest resources, including wildlife and old growth forest, protecting biodiversity, watershed management, and recreation. Increased environmental awareness may contribute to an increased public mistrust of forest management professionals.

To increase public awareness, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 the International Year of Forests as a global platform to celebrate what individuals are already doing to increase sustainability, and to spread education and awareness worldwide.

Many tools like GIS modelling have been developed to improve forest inventory and management planning.

Wildlife considerations

The abundance and diversity of birds, mammals, amphibians and other wildlife are affected by strategies and types of forest management.

See also


References

Deforestation and increased road-building in the Amazon Rainforest are a significant concern because of increased human encroachment upon wild areas, increased resource extraction and further threats to biodiversity.
  1. "Glossary of Forestry Terms in British Columbia" (pdf). Ministry of Forests and Range (Canada). 2008-03. Retrieved 2009-04-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Shindler, Bruce (1999). "Shifting Public Values for Forest Management: Making Sense of Wicked Problems". Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 14 (1). Society of American Foresters: 28–34. ISSN 0885-6095. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysource=, |laysummary=, and |quotes= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. "About the Year of Forests". National Association of State Foresters. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  4. Mozgeris, G. (2008) “The continuous field view of representing forest geographically: from cartographic representation towards improved management planning”. S.A.P.I.EN.S. 1 (2)
  5. * Philip Joseph Burton. 2003. Towards sustainable management of the boreal forest 1039 pages



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